Facelift for schools in EP

The Eastern Provincial Council has allocated Rs. 7500 million to improve the education sector in the province

A sum of Rs. 6,500 million has been earmarked to implement development projects in 113 schools which were selected jointly with the Central Government.

Meanwhile Rs. 11.2 million has been allocated to improve Information Technology in 157 schools in the province.

Seven million rupees have been earmarked to set up libraries and laboratories in schools in the province.

One million rupees will be expended to improve the sports sector in the province to help youth in the province to excel at national level and one million rupees will be spent to buy musical instruments for the schools in the province.

Seventy million rupees have been allocated to renovate damaged schools and Rs. 140 million will be spent to construct new schools.

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