Education stipend programme being introduced for secondary education: Sania

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Islamabad: March 20, 2021 (TNS): The government has decided to roll out an education stipend programme for secondary education under Ehsaas-e-Taleem program.

Presiding over a meeting in Islamabad, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar said aiming to tackle very low enrollment rates; Waseela-e-Taleem is being expanded to secondary education level.

Currently, there are 18.7 million out of school children, in the age group 6 to 16, in the country.