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Summary USAID will help construct schools in flood-affected areas of Sindh.
Areas include Khairpur, Dadu, Jacobabad, Kambar, Sukkur, Larkana, Kashmore and Karachi.The program will also aim to increase literacy in schools, ease undernourishment in children and give technical assistance to the education department. The total funding available for the project is US$155 million.Secretary for Education and Literacy, Alam Din Bullo said, the goal of the Sindh Basic Education Program is to rise and endure students’ enrollment in primary, middle and secondary schools in targeted environmental locations of the province by developing a school environment favorable to teaching and learning.The details of the given funds are; re-construction of schools affected by floods $51 million, support to Government of Sindh’s policy $30 million, reforms to merge, consolidate and upgrade schools through construction of schools and to improve early grade reading in primary schools $30 million, community mobilization $20 million, technical assistance to the department of education $6 million, monitoring and evaluation $4 million and office setup and engineering $14 million.A good education is the key to a better life and a stronger economy. A person’s earnings increase by 10 percent with each year of school they complete. Women with higher levels of education have healthier children. And increasing the average level of higher education in a country by just one year can add half a percentage point of growth to GDP.Over the last decade, the world has seen absurd increases in school enrollment. But tragically, studies show there is still a learning crisis, children attending school still leave without the ability to read, write and do basic math.In Mali, Peru and Pakistan, reading tests show that 70 percent of primary school children can’t read at grade level, with many unable to read at all and these arent the only countries with such problems. A growing number of young people find they lack the knowledge they need to get a job and earn a living.This trend needs a focus on learning, not just school access. That’s why our programs hold some of the biggest obstacles to education for children.
