ISLAMABAD, : The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) had taken many measures as many were in progress to increase the number of schools/colleges in the capital territory of Islamabad, considering the significant increase of the population of the federal capital.
According to official sources, the construction of 07 establishments is nearing completion and these establishments will become functional from August 2022 for a new academic session and will be able to accommodate approximately 7480 students.
However, 519 rooms are to be constructed in the existing institutions over the next 2 years under the project titled “Provision of Basic Education Facilities in ICT Educational Institutions under FDE which will accommodate approximately 20760 students, the sources told APP.
They said the PC-I for future projects has been submitted to the Federal Ministry of Education for approval to increase the number of students. Future projects included Islamabad Model School for Girls (IMSG), (VI-X) Model Town, Chak Shehzad (FA) Islamabad. Islamabad Model College for Boys (IMSB), (IX) B-17 (Multi Garden) Islamabad and it will have a capacity of 960 students.
While Islamabad Model School for Girls (IX) F-17 (Tele Garden) Islamabad will be established with a capacity of 960 students. However, Up-Gradation of IMSB, Mohra Noor (FA) Islamabad will have the capacity of 400 students.
Likewise, the reconstruction/modernization of IMSG (IV) Tumair & Dhoke Suleman (FA) Islamabad will have a capacity of 960 students.
It should be mentioned here that the Federal Directorate of Education has 424 educational institutions, from preparatory to university level. About 225,115 students are currently studying in these schools/colleges.
