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PEF PLANS EDUCATIONAL PROJECT FOR CHILDREN WITH MINOR DISABILITIES
Monday, November 23, 2015 - Lahore—The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has planned to launch the pilot project for the free education of children with minor disabilities.
The project is being launched in collaboration with the Special Education Department in seven selected districts including Lahore, Multan, Vehari, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal in the first phase.
According to the spokesman of the Punjab Education Foundation, the PEF school partners in the selected districts can apply up to Dec. 5, 2015 to the foundation for affiliation with this project.
All the school partners attached with PEF sponsored educational programs including foundation assisted school, new school program and education voucher scheme can apply for this pilot project.
He said that PEF will pay @ Rs. 550 along-with an additional amount of Rs. 400 for each special student to the partner school every month.
As a token of support to the partner schools, PEF will also provide Rs. 40 thousand as grant to such schools to arrange for necessary facilities including ramp and toilet for the special students. The purpose is to arrange conducive atmosphere for the students, the spokesman added.
The spokesman further said that assisting devices including wheel chair, hearing aid, specialized spectacles and crutches will also be provided to such students, besides arranging specialized training for their teachers so that they could give best education in the schools.
The spokesman also said that the schools, where students’ number is capped, will be allowed to admit as much as four additional students against the admission of one special student.
The schools becoming part of this project will be allowed to start enrolling special kids in their schools from January 1, 2016 and teams of Special Education Department will physically verify these students.
PEF will pay for the certified students who will also appear the annually held quality assurance test but their result will not be included in the overall QAT result of the said school.
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