The Citizens Foundation brings 15th TCF Golf Tournament
to raise funds for the education of the less privileged children. The
tournament is set to take place next weekend at the Karachi Golf Club. The
fifteenth edition of the tournament will bring together the avid golfers of
Karachi to play a friendly golf match in Texas Scramble format. The funds
raised from the tournament are expected to enable more than 400 children from
the low income communities to get quality education in TCF schools.
According to the latest Pakistan Education Statistics Report by
AEPAM, Ministry of Education Pakistan, there are 22.84 million children out of
school. UNESCO´s latest published figures suggest Pakistan has the second
highest number of out of school children globally after Nigeria. It doesn’t get
any better in adulthood, as Pakistan also has the highest number of illiterate
adults in the world. To top it all off, we have gender inequality issues in
education. Out of the 5.06 million children not going to primary school, 60%
are girls. According to recent country
statistics, compared to a girl, a boy in Pakistan has a 15% higher chance of
going to primary school. (Source: Alif Ailaan)
“The
education emergency in Pakistan remains huge with almost half of Pakistan’s
children being out of school. The issue breeds many other social problems such
as unemployment, poverty, crime, poor health to name a few. We need a
collective effort to change this situation because every child has the right to
quality education. TCF’s Golf Tournament is an event that we hold each year to
highlight the education emergency and our efforts in educating the less
privileged children. With the greater support of concerned citizens, we are
hopeful that one day we will see an educated and enlightened Pakistan,” said Mushtaq Chhapra,
Founder Director, The Citizens Foundation.
With 1,482
school units all over Pakistan and more than 220,000 children getting quality
education, TCF model of education is trying to change the situation one child
at a time. The Foundation is the largest private employer of women in Pakistan
with an all-female faculty of 12,000 teachers and principals. TCF has 220,000
students this year. Nearly half (48%) of TCF students are girls. Eighty-eight
percent of TCF alumni have gone to college and 71% are employed.