Special children of prison officers, officials to get scholarships

Scholarships have been approved for special children of officers and officials of the Prisons Department of Punjab.

The initiative has been approved by Punjab Home Department, on the instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz. Each child will receive a scholarship of Rs 72,000.

The scholarship will be awarded annually by the Punjab Prisons Foundation.

Special children will be eligible for the scholarship once a year until they reach the age of eighteen years.

It will require a physical disability certificate and enrollment in a special education institution.

The Prisons Department has also been instructed to submit the cases of all eligible candidates to the Prisons Foundation by August 14.