Balochistan Education Project is implemented by the Secondary Education Department Government of Balochistan with the financial support by the Global Partnership for Education. World Bank in Pakistan is looking after the project as supervising entity and UNICEF as coordinating agency. The project covers four main thematic areas of the Balochistan Education Sector Plan (2013-18) i.e. Access, Equity, Quality and Governance in public sector education system across 31 districts of the province. The three-year project will establish 725 gender-free primary schools and upgrade 120 schools to the next levels (95 primary schools to middle and 25 middle schools to secondary/higher secondary level). This intervention is expected to contribute in improving access to education for all children in general and equity for girls and marginalized groups in particular.

January 4, 2016

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