Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday launched the Ehsaas Education Scholarship Program for “deserving” families so they can send their children to education. Ehsaas Education Stipends Programme 2021
Speaking at the program’s opening ceremony in Islamabad, the Prime Minister said that 20 million out of school children were a “major problem” for the country and regretted that their education was not given due importance, adding that it was important is to correct the issue.
He said that a country’s greatest asset is “its people” and that it is “a waste of its wealth” not to provide them with education.
“By denying the possibility of upward social mobility, you are doing this segment a great injustice,” he said.
The scholarship initiative, said the prime minister, would serve to “stimulate and encourage” children to attend schools.
The Prime Minister highlighted the fact that more girls are out of school than boys. “We did not attach importance to education, but unfortunately we did not attach importance to the education of girls,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that a well-educated woman is of greater benefit to society than a well-educated man because she “educates her children and changes the whole system of her household [such as] the health and well-being of children, which is a much more societal one.” Effect”.
“The West says we don’t want to raise our girls, but that’s not the case. I have visited every region of Pakistan […] and nowhere have I seen such households where parents wanted their girls not to go to college. ” “, he said.
PM Imran said other issues, such as accessibility, contributed to a lack of education for girls more than the will of parents. He identified a lack of schools and teachers as driving factors for the threat.
“Parents everywhere are asking me to open schools for girls so they [their daughters] won’t want to raise them,” he said. “It was the government’s job to alleviate what was previously lacking.”
The Prime Minister also praised the inclusion of information technology (IT) in the transparency and anti-corruption program.
“By [using] IT, we will take control of most of these issues and [distribute] these grants in a very transparent manner.
Stipend kept higher for girls: PMO
According to a message from the Prime Minister’s Office, the scholarship will be awarded to “deserving parents” who can provide for 70 percent of their children’s school attendance.
“In this program, the level of scholarships for girls has been kept particularly high. The school scholarships cover primary, secondary and higher education,” she added.
In elementary school, boys were said to receive quarterly scholarships of Rs 1,500 and girls of Rs 2,000; in secondary education, boys receive 2,500 rupees and girls 3,000 rupees; and in upper secondary school boys receive 3,500 rupees and girls 4,000 rupees. The scholarships are awarded quarterly.