KARACHI, Aug 4: The Unicef has selected four districts to support local governments in raising the enrolment of girls primary schools, says a source in the education department.

Under the compulsory education programme of Sindh government, four district coordinators (education) have been appointed who will coordinate and monitor the integrated plans developed at district level.

It was learnt that the districts selected for increase in girls enrolment for the year 2004 were: Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Thatta, and Khairpur. A source in the education department said that the district coordinators (education) would work in two talukas of their respective districts and report to the EDOs concerned.

The enrolment plan would be implemented with the coordination of Unicef, Sindh Education Management Information System, district governments and non-governmental orgnizations, added the source.

Under the enrolment plan, the selected district coordinators will be trained at Quetta in the first week of August under the aegis of the Academy of Education Planning and Management. Later, they would impart training to district education managers at their respective districts.

Sources said that activities had been planned to get an additional enrolment of about 50,000 girls at primary schools of the four districts. It is pertinent to mention that there are 1,718 girls primary schools in Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Thatta and Khairpur districts. Out of them, around 431 are closed and 889 schools do not have toilets, according to SEMIS school profile-2000.