Allocation of education Rs178.70bn

KARACHI: Sindh chief minister Murad Shah said that his government was fully committed to provide quality education.

In his budget speech here Thursday, he said that the allocation of education sector is Rs.178.70 billion. The non-development budget of Education has been increased from Rs.178.70 billion to a total of Rs.205.739 billion in next financial year 2018-19.

Giving details of  development side, Murad Shah said that Rs.24.4 billion are allocated in ADP 2018-19, for 309 on-going schemes only, whereas new schemes of Education sector would be accommodated under the provision of Rs.50.00 billion earmarked separately as ‘Block Allocation’ for new schemes for all sectors in ADP 2018-19, Rs.11.250 billion were allocated for different development schemes and ‘996’ units against  167 schemes would be completed by June 2018.

Nine schools under JICA and 22schools under USAID Projects would be completed by June 2018.15  more English Medium Schools in the districts Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Thatta, Badin, Sujawal, Jamshoro, N. Feroze, Sanghar, Khairpur, Ghotki, Mirpurkhas, Matiari, T.M. Khan & Tando Allahyar have been completed.

Six Comprehensive High Schools in districts Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas & Umerkot will be completed by June 2018.

He said in order to improve the quality of education, reduce the drop out ratio and increase the enrollment at various school level among the age group from 5 -16, an initiative has been taken up for “Rehabilitation &Expansion of High Priority ‘4204’ Schools”, having higher enrollment, for carrying out major & minor repair work, provision of missing facilities 2100 schools would be facilitated at the cost of Rs. 9.635 billion during current financial year 2017-18.

He said that the establishment of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law at Karachi will be facilitated by provision of Rs.250 million under an existing scheme.

He said Rs.4.9billion are tagged for School Specific budget for furniture, stationery, travelling and other heads. He said 23 out of 33 schools have been re-constructed where 7,000 additional students would be facilitated.

He said that Rs.1.2billion are kept for students’ securing A-1 grade in SSC and HSC in Sindh.

25 schools with Cambridge system (nursery to O level) and 25 schools with Comprehensive high school are being established across the province.

Murad Shah said that the ADP allocation for Education Sector (for on-going schemes) has been kept to Rs.24.4 billion, including Rs.3.2 billion kept for Boards and Universities, Rs.958.5 million for STEVTA and Rs.200 million for Special education, Rs.5 billion for college education and Rs.15 billion for School Education.

Besides provincial ADP, Rs.3 billion have been allocated for foreign funded projects of education department.  He added that rehabilitation & expansion of 4,560 schools will be continued through 57 on-going schemes from Rs.8.69 billion.

He that we are proposing an allocation of Rs.9.598 billion in the budget of Sindh Education Foundation for the next financial year 2018-19 as against Rs.8.085 billion kept during CFY 2017-18.

Shah said that for College Education an allocation of Rs.5000.000 million has been proposed for ADP 2018-19 for 48 on-going schemes with different interventions. The schemes are 11 new degree colleges would be established in districts Hyderabad, Korangi, Malir, Karachi West, Umerkot, Sukkur, Jamshoro, Shikarpur, Jacobabad one in each and two in Sanghar. Law College at Sukkur and 5 IBA Community Colleges will be established at Naushero-Feroze, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Dadu & Umerkot.

Construction/re-construction/rehabilitation/ missing facilities/repair & renovation of existing colleges will be carried out located in districts. New furniture will be provided in the existing degree colleges almost all over Sindh.

The allocation for Special Education is Rs.1,117.253 million, including Rs.213 million on development side, and Rs.904.253 million on non-development side