Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Kabul (BNA) Based on agreement inked by Dr. Kamal Sadat, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture on Youth Affairs, and Mohammad Daud Babur Shinwari, head of private school union, here yesterday, 1,500 deprived children would be facilitated to get education in private schools, BNA reported.
In his address after inking the agreement, Dr. Sadat said that 1,000 children would get enrollment with 50 percent discount and the remaining 500 would be free of charge to get education in private schools.
However, he noted that the children of martyrs, disabled and poor families have been taken into account to benefit from the program.
In his remarks, Babur Shinwari said that more than 900 private schools are operational in 24 provinces of the country wherein some 5,000 students getting education either free of charge or with discount.
Students introduced by the youth affairs department of the ministry for information and culture can benefit from the package, Shinwari noted.
