KARACHI, Dec 23: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro said here on Friday that the World Bank has pledged an annual funding of US dollars 100 million to the Sindh Education Department for enhancing literacy, promotion of technical and IT education and provision of facilities at schools in rural and urban Sindh.

Talking to newsmen after a meeting with World Bank officials at her office, she said that the government was doing a lot to overcome lacunas in education sector, but owing to scarcity of resources, the World Bank has been approached to help the provincial government in this regard.

Sindh minister for education and literacy Dr Hamida Khuhro on Friday held a detailed discussion with World Bank mission at her office to workout a plan of uplift of education sector in the province with the assistance of the WB.

The WB team consisted of its senior social sector specialist Ms Tahseen Sayyad and senior education specialist Ms Sophia Shakeel, while the provincial secretary education Ghulam Ali Pasha, a team of recently established Reform Support Unit, led by Iqbal Hussain Durani, assisted the minister.

Senior official of Punjab government Khalid Gillani and Additional Secretary Finance, Sindh Mrs Nahid Durani were also present.

The meeting discussed in detail the issues of education in Sindh to finalize a plan to ensure speedy and sustainable development of this sector.

Both the sides decided to streamline the early childhood education component and also to include into plan the provision of missing facilities to the schools.

According to the education minister, the World Bank officials assured all possible assistance to perform the gigantic task of bringing reforms in education sector.—PPI