Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has called for UNESCO’s increased role in establishing non-formal education centers in the flood affected areas of Pakistan.
Talking to the Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova in Islamabad he also called for providing training to teachers in the flood relief camps in various disciplines so that around 6 million children who have lost their classes could resume schooling in the just starting new academic year. The Prime Minister emphasized that UNESCO should extend assistance to Pakistan in the post disaster phase by undertaking small and medium level projects in education, water management and preservation of world heritage sites. He appreciated the initiative taken by the Director General of UNESCO to send a team of scientists to Pakistan to assess the damage caused by floods. The Director General of UNESCO while briefing the Prime Minister on the measures already taken by her organization to help Pakistan, assured that UNESCO will go by with Pakistan’s requirements and offer all the cooperation to meet those requirements within its means.
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