Chamalang Balochistan Education Programme (CBEP)

Assuming that you had already gone through Pakistan Army’s contributions in Balochistan, particularly to its Chamalang Coal Mines Project, i shall now explain Chamalang Balochistan Education Programme (CBEP) - an initiative directly linked to the coal project.

So here’s how CBEP works:

According to the agreement, the Army diverts some amount from the Coal income (approximately Rs 475 per metric tonne) for carrying out various development works and social sector initiatives such as free education, technical education and health dispensaries.

This arrangement was agreed to in the Agreement itself and is scrutinized by the Director Mines and Minerals Department Balochistan (the cheque is signed by him) and the Tribal Elders of both the Marri and Luni Tribes (both have a representative inside the Chamalang Action and Implementation Committee –CA&IC).

 

The Army approximately spends Rs 74 million annually on approximately 5000 students studying under the CBEP.

These 5000 students have been distributed as under:

• Approximately 3000 students in 18 x schools at Kohlu (FC and Private Schools)
• Approximately 350 students in 10 x schools at Loralai (Army, FC, FG and Private Schools)
• The remaining 1500 students are studying in Army Public Schools & Colleges System and FG Public Schools in the following cities/cantonments:
  • Mardan Cantt
  • Manser Camp Cantt
  • Attock Cantt
  • Sialkot Cantt
  • Gujranwala Cantt
  • Lahore Cantt
  • Multan Cantt
  • Okara Cantt
  • Pano Aqil Cantt
  • Hyderabad Cantt

A Glimpse:

Chamalang Beneficiaries Education Programme

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• Establishment of Hostel

• Hostel for 100 Students from Marri and Luni Tribes belonging to Loralai and
• Kohlu districts has been established at Quetta Cantonment
• Free boarding, lodging and medical facility along with monthly stipend of
• Rs 500/- is being provided to each student
• An average, Rs 7,000/- is being spent on each student per month.
  
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Education Initiatives

• 1687 Schools have been renovated / refurbished by Army
• 16,204 Balochistan Students are being educated in 48 Army / FC Public School and Colleges
• 6,167 Balochistan Students are being educated in 16 Federal Government Schools and Colleges
• 4,183 Students are being sponsored for free education through Chamalang Beneficiaries Education Programme
• 100% free education is being provided to 1496 students by FC in FCPS&Cs
• FC is also sponsoring 22 students including 10 students in HITEC Taxila, 6 students in Military College Murree, and 1 student each in Cadet College Petaro,Sadiq Public School Bahawalpur, Bahria Foundation Quetta and 3 students in Public School Multan.
  
  View more pics of such hostels here.