Accord signed on 71 USAID-built schools in Sindh

Published July 23, 2020
Education Management Organisations will manage the schools for the next 10 years.  — AFP/File
Education Management Organisations will manage the schools for the next 10 years. — AFP/File

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director Julie Koenen (virtually), and Minister for Education and Literacy Saeed Ghani on Wednesday witnessed the agreement signing between the government of Sindh and the Education Management Organisations (EMOs) to manage 71 USAID-built schools for the next 10 years.

The ceremony held at CM House marked the handing over of management of the schools built under the USAID Sindh Basic Education Programme (SBEP) to the EMOs. Officials from USAID participated virtually while the Sindh government and EMO representatives attended the ceremony in person.

Secretary of Education Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo and representatives of the two selected EMOs — Charter for Compassion (CFC) and Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) — signed the agreements to manage these schools for 10 years.

Under the agreements, both organisations will manage 71 government schools, including 25 new ones, to improve quality of education in four districts of Sindh: Dadu, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Karachi and Larkana.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2020

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