KP govt to establish 400 community schools in selected districts

PESHAWAR: KP Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Faisal Khan Tarakai has said that 400 community schools are being set up under the Human Capital Investment Project in selected districts of the province.

He was presiding over a progress review meeting on the Human Capital Investment Project here on Thursday.Besides, Special Secretary Elementary & Secondary Education, Asfandyar Khattak and other authorities of the department also attended the meeting.

The Provincial Minister said that over 26,000 boys and girls would be enrolled in these schools while 500 Early Age Childhood Education Classrooms would also be established wherein over 32,000 more boys and girls would be enrolled.

Similarly, 150 schools are also being established in selected districts, which will have the capacity of the enrollment of 9,000 girls and boys while 11,000 more boys and girls would be enrolled under Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) project to benefit 0.3 million boys’ and girls’ in the province.

Faisal Tarakai said that under the project 0.1 million teachers would be imparted CPD training beside 1500 new selected school leaders, saying all arrangements in this regard have been completed.A digital lab will also be established soon for online courses.