ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): Benazir Income Support Programme
(BISP) has planned to expand the network of Waseela-e-Taleem (WeT)
initiative to atleast 50 districts till the end of next year.
Currently the programme is facilitating 1.3 million children
enrolled in primary schools in 32 districts across the country which
would be raised to 1.6 million by June this up.
BISP has planned to connect an important Disbursement Linked
Indicator (DLI) of Department For International Development (DFID)
is related to strengthening of WeT, an official of BISP told APP.
BISP has considered it necessary to further strengthen the
human resource of WeT, in this context the management has decided to
transfer and re-designate many competent and committed employees
from different wings of the organization to WeT.
These employees will be selected from the BISP field offices
as well as the Headquarter”, he informed.
“The dedicated human resource for WeT will be critical for on
ground monitoring of enrollment process, retention in schools,
attendance compliance of children, functioning of 50,000 BISP
Beneficiary Committees (BBCs) and performance of partner firms of
BISP”, he informed.
Under WeT, beneficiary families receive Rs. 750/- per quarter
per child from the age of 5 to 12 years with the condition of 70
percent compulsory attendance compliance other than Unconditional
Cash Transfer (UCT) of Rs 4834 per quarter.