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<p><strong>KARACHI: Education Fund for Sindh  (EFS), EFS provided a commitment of PKR 284.3 million to BRAC Pakistan under  one of its programmes, which supports sustainable partnerships for providing  quality education in underprivileged communities of Sindh.&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>  The  agreement provides for establishing 700 schools in the districts of Karachi,  Khairpur and Qambar Shahdad Kot for 21,000 children, with special focus on  girls&rsquo; education, where they will get an opportunity to pursue quality  education. The agreement will remain valid for one year and will be renewed on  an annual basis.<br />
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  This outreach programme establishes schools in far-flung and  under-privileged areas of Sindh to provide education to out of school children  who would not have had a chance to attend school otherwise.<br />
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<p>Education  Fund for Sindh (EFS), is a not-for-profit company (a company set up under  section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984) which addresses the current  education crisis in Pakistan through a multi-faceted strategy that focuses on  grass-root level support to families, capacity building of schools and NGO  partnering for extensive reach of its programs that focus on identifying out of  school children and providing access to school education. EFS&rsquo;s primary funding  partner at the moment is the UK Government&rsquo;s Department for International  Development (DFID), with which EFS is a listed project.<br />
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  Under the Intermediaries programme EFS provides access to education by  funding existing private educational organizations in Sindh and the key to this  programme is to gain synergies in leveraging existing infrastructure.  Additionally, EFS will also aim to build capacity of intermediaries to meet  demand requirements.<br />
  Speaking  at the ceremony, Khawaja Adeel Aslam, CEO – EFS, shared the vision of the  organization, &ldquo;Our dream is that every child in Pakistan has access to good  quality, cost effective education&rdquo;. He emphasized the importance of this  programme, &ldquo;this partnership between EFS and BRAC Pakistan holds great promise  as a model for addressing the education crisis in Pakistan. EFS is committed to  provide as much support as possible to the programme to increase the number of  children who get free school education under this program in the coming years&rdquo;.<br />
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<p>&ldquo;On  a global level, BRAC specializes in providing education to the under-privileged  children in the most stricken regions. Together we can significantly improve  the education scope in Pakistan by making sure that every child attends school  from an early age. At EFS, providing quality education to out of school  children is our primary goal. Every child deserves education and a better  future; we hope that our support will help children to fulfill their dreams&rdquo;.  He further added, &ldquo;We at EFS are grateful to DFID which not only is our primary  funding partner, but also played a key role in facilitating this partnership  between EFS and BRAC Pakistan&rdquo;.</p>
<p>  Speaking  at the occasion Mr. Muzaffar Ud Din – CEO / Country Representative BRAC  Pakistan said, &ldquo;Firstly, I must congratulate both the parties on this  significant alliance for the overall betterment of Pakistan and the education  sector in particular. There is a lot of work to be done both in terms of reach  and quality of education in Pakistan, our initial project aims to provide free  education to 21,000 children of which majority will be females. The idea behind  ensuring children attend school is not just to educate, but also to develop  communities that are healthy, crime-free and self-subsistent on a long term  basis&rdquo;.</p>