Rs3.6bn BEING SPENT ON TPPF - 2004-02-06

ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The government is spending around Rs3.6 billion on the provision of educational as well as nutritional facilities to girl child under the Tawana Pakistan Programme (TPP). Over 500,000 girls of the 5-12 age group in about 5,300 government primary schools will benefit from the programme. The official said about 5,000 community organizers- one for each school- were being trained by the Aga Khan University.