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LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Special Education Asif Saeed Minhais has said that Rs. 210.059 million have been released for the construction and establishment of Government Special Education Institutes all over the Punjab.

He said that Rs. 135.933 million have been released for the establishment and construction of buildings of 9 GovernmentSpecial Education institutes in Samundri District Faisalabad, Pattoki District Kasur, Dunyapur District Lodhran, Mumtazabad Town Multan, Karor Laleson District Layyah, Burewala District Vehari, Kalor Kot District Bhakar. Asif Saeed further said that 74.126 million have been released for the construction of building of Government Institutes for slow learners in Bahawalpur and Muzaffargarh.

He added that Rs. 1.50 million Children of school going age 4-16 are suffering from only mild disabilities. The children having mild disabilities can be placed in mainstream schools al though, the identification and mainstreaming of children with mild disabilities and who are out of school is a big challenge, it will be accomplished through a variety of means and with the cooperation of relevant attached stakeholders i,e District Government of Pilot Districts, School Education Department and its allied institutions, PMIU, Directorate of Staff Development Punjab, Examination Commission Punjab and health department.

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