45% of the total population in Pakistan is illiterate.Poverty is the major factor which keeps majority of the children away from Schools.Many of the intelligent students have to leave education because the parents are unable to afford their education further. In Toba Tek Singh City,Society for Human Development is helping intelligent yet needy students to fulfill their dreams.The project will provide scholarships to 100 needy school and college going students to help them complete their educati

Challenge

More than 10 million children in Pakistan are not going to school due to poverty. In the rural and semi urban areas of Punjab Province, it is hard for one third of the children to continue education due to poor economic conditions. Despite having good grades and a passion for education, the children are stopped from going to school or colleges and are forced to work , which leads to the increase in child labor. The situation in Toba Tek Singh city is not different from the rest of Punjab.

Long-Term Impact

1) Hundred Intelligent Students will get a support to continue their education. 2) Child Labor will be discouraged in the communities. 3) Literacy rate will be increased among the communities. 4) Other students will also be encouraged to get selected for the scholarships. 5) Improvement in the socio-economic status of the families.

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