Last Updated on: 22nd August 2023, 11:44 pm
PM Imran Khan’s social protection program, Ehsaas, has also approved financial assistance for all transgender people in the country under the Ehsaas Kafalat program.
As per the report, the board meeting of the social protection program approved the initiative, whereby all transgender people with national identification cards will be placed under the auspices of the Ehsaas Kafalat program.
This Kafalat program will provide them with a savings account of Rs 2,000 per month. Transgender people primarily live as a separate community, so all transgender people living in the same household will be able to benefit from this Ehsas Kafalat program.
In addition, the Council approved the establishment of 154 district-level sensation centers in the style of the recently opened One Window Sensation Center in Sitara Market, Islamabad.
Thanks to this, all services will be provided under one roof, which will bring more comfort to people and work will be faster.
The council also approved the extension of the Ehsaas scholarship to secondary and higher education, a program that will be carried out in all districts of the country next month. To encourage enrollment of girls in secondary and higher schools, they will receive 4,000 rupees per term, while boys will receive 3,500 rupees.
Depending on the design of the program, this amount will be paid for biometrics to the mothers of the children enrolled in the schools.
Ehsaas representative Sania Nishtar said: “In accordance with Ehsaas’ post-19 strategy, scholarships for secondary and higher education will allow low-income families to access education up to grade XII.”
