Ehsaas School Stipends has been rolled out to support education of 10 million children in all 160 districts.

The programme includes primary, secondary and higher secondary school stipends. Children aged 4 to 22 years from all Ehsaas eligible families can enroll for the school stipends. Primary school going boys get a quarterly stipend of Rs.

1,500 and girls Rs. 2,000; secondary school boys receive Rs. 2,500 and girls Rs. 3,000; and at higher secondary level, boys get Rs.3,500 and girls Rs.

4,000.The Ehsaas School Stipends programme with higher incentive for girls, has been designed to encourage parents to send their children particularly girls to schools.

Ehsaas has also introduced a one-time graduation bonus of Rs. 3,000 to encourage girls to complete primary education. This award is being given to girl students completing Grade 5 from Ehsaas eligible families.

To checkmate abuse, the programme has been made end-to-end digital.All payments are made to mothers of children. Disbursements are linked to the 70% school/college attendance.

A specialized Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif app has been developed for eligible families to facilitate them to enroll their children at the doorstep without visiting any office. Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif app can be accessed at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pk.gov.bisp.enrollment

Eligible families can also reach out to tehsil offices of Ehsaas all over the country to enroll their children. BISP is the implementing agency for the Ehsaas School Stipends programme.