Enrolement Ratio Of School Going Children Increases To 77 Percent In Last Four Years, Senate Informed

The enrollment ratio of school going children has increased from 68 percent to 77 percent in last four years as a result of various measures taken by the incumbent government, Minister for Education and Professional Training Baligh ur Rehman told Senate Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Feb, 2018 ) :The enrollment ratio of school going children has increased from 68 percent to 77 percent in last four years as a result of various measures taken by the incumbent government, Minister for Education and Professional Training Baligh ur Rehman told Senate Tuesday.

Answering the questions of Senator Sherry Rehman during question hour, he said an additional capacity of about 05 million children has been created to enroll children in public sector schools across the country.

He said that 4 million out of school children have been enrolled in schools, adding free Primary education was being provided in all public sector schools across Pakistan and provincial governments were providing required funding for this purpose.

Baligh-ur-Rehman said that Punjab government has incentivized parents of children working on brick kilns in the province for sending their wards to schools. Answering the question of Senator Mohsin Aziz, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch informed that 10,715 Pakistanis are imprisoned abroad.

He said that 36,832 Pakistani prisoners have been released and repatriated to Pakistan during the last four years.

A total of 3,087 Paistanis have been detained in Saudi Arabia and 2,710 in UAE, 40 in Bangladesh and 226 Pakistanis in Malaysia.

He said legal assistance was being provided to destitute Pakistani prisoners/detainees. Pakistan Community Welfare and Education Fund (PCW&EF), being administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is utilized to extend legal assistance to Pakistanis detained abroad, including payment of lawyers' fees, fines and cost of repatriation of destitute Pakistani prisoners.

An Inter Ministerial Commission (IMC) with representation from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Develoment, has been established by the government to consider the cases of destitute Pakistani prisoners for legal and financial assistance.

In addition,he said Policy on Consular Assistance for Overseas Pakistanis which defines the parameters for provision of financial and legal assistance to detained/imprisoned Pakistanis is under submission for approval of the Federal Cabinet.