PESHAWAR: The elementary and secondary education department on Monday formally launched the second phase of the school admission campaign 2024 across the province to enroll as many as 0.3 million children.

Minister for education Faisal Tarakai said that the campaign had been started simultaneously in all the districts of the province and would continue till September 30.

He said that the admission campaign was initially launched in government schools across the province, and during the first phase of the drive, a record 119,900 children were enrolled, while a target of 0.3 million had been set for the second phase.

The minister said that under the campaign a total of 1.5 million children would be enrolled in the government schools.

Mr Tarakai said that currently 4.5 million children were out of school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and all the district education officers in the province had been directed to pursue the enrolment drive vigorously to meet the target.

Published in Dawn, September 3rd, 2024