Bijarani hands over relief goods to IDPs in Mardan.

ISLAMABAD, May 26, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani handed over relief goods collected by the students and teachers of educational institutions working under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to the displaced people in Mardan today. The relief goods loaded in 42 trucks were handed over to the authorities. The minister visited Yaseen camp and Government Girls High School No 2, Hoti, Mardan where he handed over that school for the IDPs. The ministry in collaboration with UNESCO would enrol the displaced children in the institutes of the federal capital. Provincial Minister Babar Khan, Director General FDE Malik Attiqur Rehman, Director Model Colleges Mujahid Zameer and other officials were present on the occasion. The relief items include sufficient quantity of rice, pulses, sugar, surf, soap, biscuits, fans, mattresses and match boxes besides cash were gathered at Islamabad Model College for Boys F-8/4. The students as well as teachers of the colleges voluntarily offered their services in the collection of relief goods and contributed wholeheartedly for assisting their brothers and sisters in moment of crisis. The students of the colleges have collected relief items in a period of three days. FDE is extending its all out support for accommodating the displaced people and to bring normalcy in their lives. The directorate is accommodating the displaced children in the model colleges and F.G. colleges, providing them uniform, books and whatever item they need. The student registration process in institutes is underway. The students of English medium are being given admissions in the model colleges while students of Urdu medium are being adjusted in federal government colleges, he said.

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