Policy Disconnect

Byline: Dr Faisal Bari The Punjab government budget 2011-12 shows that Rs 3 billion has been allocated for Danish Schools. This amount would have been sufficient to upgrade 660 existing government primary schools to middle schools or 500 government middle schools to high schools. The cost, per child per month, for Danish School is Rs 16,000, while it is Rs 1,600 for every child that goes to a regular government school. The figures in this article are from a presentation made by Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (ISAPS), but the arguments are not attributable to them.