On February 23, 2016, Mr. Fawad Shamsi the Chief of Party, Sindh reading program visited three Non-Formal Education Centers established by the Sindh Rural Support Organization in the Jacobabad, district. The CoP appreciated the SRSO for their efforts to raise awareness for strengthening non-formal education in rural Sindh. Mr. Fawad expressed his pleasure at seeing children learning hard using educational materials supported by the Sindh Reading Program, funded by the USAID.
Sindh Rural Support Organization has established 67 Non-Formal Education Centers in Jacobabad and Kashmore-Kandhkot , districts under the Sindh Reading Program funded by the USAID. The main objectives of opening the NFE-centers are to educate the out of School children, who were deprived to enrolled in the normal education system. SRSO is engaged in developing curricula for non-formal basic education and adult literacy, establishing the system of teacher training as well as assessment methods and tools. Through this project, SRSO has enrolled 2,000 Children in NFE centers and have been provided educational opportunities.