ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday has launched the Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif App to enable enrolment of children from Ehsaas eligible households at their doorstep.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar launched the App by enrolling a girl student at Government Girls College Kot Hathial in Islamabad.
Talking to media on the occasion, she said Ehsaas programme is focusing on improving access of the poorest families to education through its school stipend program.
She said the new App has been introduced to facilitate people to self-enroll their children under the program.
The Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif programme intends to bring 10 million deserving children into its fold from 160 districts of Pakistan. To date, over 6.7 million children have already been enrolled.
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The purpose of the ‘Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif’ Programme is twofold – to assist vulnerable households and reduce the number of out-of-school children.
Currently, there are 18.7 million out-of-school children in Pakistan. According to the ‘Ehsaas’ policy, ‘Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif’ gives a higher amount of stipend to girls as compared to boys. Stipends are given from primary to the higher secondary level to children aged 4-22 years from families eligible in the ‘Ehsaas’ ecosystem.
