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Punjab Rolls Out School Meals for Special Education Students

The launch marks the first phase of a broader push to upgrade facilities plus support services for special education across Punjab.

Overview

  • In Lahore, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the programme with a commitment to extend meal provision across the province.
  • Punjab plans a complete reconstruction of 303 institutions dedicated to special education to modernize classrooms and services.
  • Sixty CCTV‑monitored school buses have been delivered as part of a plan to equip every special‑education school with monitored transport.
  • The government is issuing Himmat Cards to 70,000–75,000 differently‑abled individuals, with thousands of special children set to benefit.
  • Centres of Excellence are operating in 28 districts, a rollout credited to Sania Ashiq, and households are being urged to identify and enroll special children in government schools.