Scholarship for Young Women and Girls

  • Project Timeline:

    December 2021- June 2024

  • Budget:

    PKR 9 million

  • Area of Implementation:

    Torghar, Kurram, Swat

  • Sector:

    Education

Funded By:

Project Brief

Sarhad Rural Support signed an agreement with British Council project titled “Scholarships for young women and girls”. Under the project, scholarships will be awarded to 450 girl students of secondary school age (13-16 years) belonging from government schools or low-cost private schools only.

Objective

Objective of the project is to provide support to secondary level female students who fall into the category of being un-privileged, disabled and poor groups, with scholarship that will help the students continue their schooling. School uniforms, bags, books, stationery and shoes, tuition fee, examination fee etc will be covered under the scholarship.

Progress Update of Activities

  • 450 students including 50 each from Kurram and Tor ghar, 250 from Swat and 100 from Battagram have been provided scholarships under this project. These students were selected from 14 different public schools (Middle and High levels).

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