College Building Construction Fund

Pakistan has about 22.8 million out-of-school children (OOSC) (aged 5-16 years), which makes the world’s second-highest number of OOSC and 44 percent of the total population in the mentioned age group. Disparities based on gender, socio-economic status, and geography are significant; in Sindh, 52 percent of the poorest children (58 percent girls) are out of school, and in Balochistan, 78 percent of girls are out of school.

Nearly 10.7 million boys and 8.6 million girls are enrolled at the primary level and this drops to 3.6 million boys and 2.8 million girls at the lower secondary level.

Gaps in service provision at all education levels is a major constraint to education access. Socio-cultural demand-side barriers combined with economic factors and supply-related issues (such as availability of school facility), together hamper access and retention of certain marginalized groups, in particular adolescent girls. Putting in place a credible data system and monitoring measures to track retention and prevent drop-out of out-of-school children is still a challenge.

At systems level, inadequate financing, limited enforcement of policy commitments and challenges in equitable implementation impede reaching the most disadvantaged. An encouraging increase in education budgets has been observed though at 2.8 percent of the total GDP, it is still well short of the 4 percent target.

With the challenges mentioned above, NUR Foundation started its schools in the year 1996 and since then, it has not only took 18000 children out of the dark holes of illiteracy but also helped them in attaining jobs to earn a respectable living. However, the current schools are not sufficient to cater to the needs of the rising number of students. Hence, in pursuit of its mission of providing free education to the underprivileged in Malikpur, NUR Foundation has started the project of constructing a College building for them. In order to finance the building, generous donations from our esteemed donors are necessary.

Given below is the breakdown of the funds that we require to start the college:

Furniture: Rs. 1,540,000 = USD 10,000
Computer Lab: Rs. 550,000 = USD 3,500
Science Lab: Rs. 350,000 = USD 2.250
Library: Rs. 500,000 = USD 3,250
Play Area: Rs. 200,000 = USD 1,300
Cafeteria: Rs. 100,000 = USD 645
Mosque: Rs. 200,000 = USD 1,300
Conference Room: Rs. 150,000 = USD 970
Principal Office: Rs. 200,000 = USD 1,300
Boundary Wall: Rs. 2,700,000 = USD 1,710
Guard Cabin: Rs. 30,000 = USD 200

Keeping in view the above, we at NUR Foundation, request our esteemed donors to donate with a generous heart for this noble cause and help us in making this fortress of education.

Thank you!

According to UNICEF Pakistan Annual Report 2018, rather than a target of 4 percent, only 2.8 percent of the total GDP is being spent on Education. Moreover, Pakistan has about 22.8 million out-of-school children (OOSC) (aged 5-16 years), which makes the world’s second-highest number of OOSC and 44 percent of the total population in the mentioned age group. What adds fuel to the fire is the fact that males outnumber females at every stage of education. This is due to the fact that the girls of Pakistan are still fighting with the negative dogmas embedded in the culture of the country which deems the education of girls to be highly unnecessary or in extreme cases, useless. The rhetoric surrounding female education renders female education to be useless as their primary vocation is considered to be child bearing and child rearing. Furthermore, it is not only girls who are victimized by the stigma attached to education but also boys who are affected by a faulty mentality which encourages child labour and eventually drives them away from education.

Cutting through the chains of child labour and patriarchy in Pakistan, NUR Foundation started its schools in the year 1996 and since then, it has not only took 18000 children out of the dark holes of illiteracy but also helped them in attaining jobs to earn a respectable living. However, the current schools are not sufficient to cater to the needs of the rising number of students. Hence, in pursuit of its mission of providing free education to the underprivileged in Malikpur, NUR Foundation has started the project of constructing a College building for them. In order to finance the building, generous donations from our esteemed donors are necessary. Given below is the breakdown of the funds that we require to start the college:

Furniture: Rs. 1,540,000
Computer Lab: Rs. 550,000
Science Lab: Rs. 350,000
Library: Rs. 500,000
Play Area: Rs. 200,000
Cafeteria: Rs. 100,000
Mosque: Rs. 200,000
Conference Room: Rs. 150,000
Principal Office: Rs. 200,000
Boundary Wall: Rs. 2,700,000
Guard Cabin: Rs. 30,000

Therefore, we at NUR Foundation, request our esteemed donors to donate with a generous heart for this noble cause and help us break the shackles of illiteracy. Thank you!