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The  Education Department of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KPK) signed an MOU with The Citizens Foundation (TCF) for a 5-year partnership to establish and run second shift schools in 5 government schools in the Nowshera District, effective from April 2016.  

The MOU was signed by Qaiser Alam, Additional Secretary KPK and Ateed Riaz, Founder-Director TCF at a ceremony held in Peshawar at the Chief Minister’s house, in the presence of KPK Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, Education Minister Atif Khan and Secretary Education Ali Raza Bhutta. 

Speaking at the occasion Mr Riaz, said “We feel privileged to have partnered with the Elementary and Secondary Education Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This partnership is of great value as it will help us in our mission of providing quality education to the less privileged. TCF brings to this collaboration its 20 years of experience in operating schools and delivering quality educational outcomes in low income communities. TCF also intends to pursue opportunities for collaborating with all provincial governments in order to bring children off the streets and into schools.”

Pervez Khattak, Chief Minister KPK  also emphasized on the need for future expansion of the project and directed his team to work on  increasing the number of partnering schools in various districts of KPK. TCF has agreed to subsequently appraise and finalise these additional schools, in collaboration with the KPK government.

TCF is Pakistan’s leading educational charity, providing quality education to children in marginalized areas of Pakistan since 1995. Currently, it is educating over 165,000 children nationwide through a network of more than 1,060 purpose-built school units. TCF has an all-female faculty, comprising of 8,900 well trained teachers. It encourages female enrolment and strives to maintain 1:1 parity among female and male students in all of its campuses.