Benazir Taleemi Wazaif is a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme for education of children of BISP active Kafalat beneficiaries up to higher secondary level. Through additional cash incentives beneficiaries are motivated to get their children enrolled in schools/colleges and discourage dropout rate by ensuring retention. By July 2020 programme has been expanded in all districts of Pakistan.
Eligibility criteria for enrollment of children in Benazir TaleemiWazaif program are as under:
- i- Children of active BISP Kafalat Beneficiary
- ii- Age criteria of child is 4-12 years for enrollment in Primary Education
- iii- Age criteria of child is 8-18 years for enrollment in Secondary Education
- iv- Age criteria of child is 13-22 years for enrollment in Higher Secondary Education
Benazir Taleemi Wazaif Programme has two co-responsibilities that the children have to comply with in order to receive cash transfers
- i- Admission in a school/College
- ii- 70 percent quarterly attendance
Stipend rate of enrolled children in programme is given below:
|
Description |
Per Boy/per quarter (Rs.) |
Per Girl /per quarter (Rs.) |
|
Primary Level |
1,500 |
2,000 |
|
Secondary Level |
2,500 |
3,000 |
|
Higher Secondary Level |
3,500 |
4,000 |
Since inception of the programme, 9.4 Million children have been enrolled and BISP has disbursed Rs.40 Billion under Benazir Taleemi Wazaif.