Benazir Taleemi Wazaif – New Updates 2024
Education is a fundamental right of children. In Pakistan, it is challenging for some parents to cover the expense of their children’s education. Is there a way to get primary to higher secondary education, without imposing additional financial burden on parents? Good news! You have an opportunity to get an education, with the help of an education scholarship.
The government launched BISP (Benazir Income Support Programme). This program helps the children to get their education by providing Benazir Taleemi Wazaif. Let me explain to you all about this wazifa and how you can get enrolled in this programme.
Benazir Taleemi Wazaif Eligibility
This program is linked to the Kafalat program. As noted above, the mother must also be part of the BISP program. To check your mother’s eligibility, visit this page. The child must meet the following age criteria:
| Education Level | Age |
|---|---|
| Primary (up to 5) | 4 – 12 |
| Secondary (up to 10) | 8 – 18 |
| Higher secondary (up to 12) | 13 – 22 |
Registration Process for Taleemi Wazaif
After deciding that your child is eligible for this scholarship, you need to know the registration process. If you follow the steps one by one, the Registration or enrollment process will be a piece of cake for you.
Steps before registration
There are a few things that you have to do before going to the BISP office.
- Get your child for admission to any nearest school or college.
- Get an admission slip with the class name and school/college name verified by the teacher.
- Apply for a B-form at the NADRA office for your child.
- B-form is essential for enrollment in this scholarship.
Documents for registration
You need to take the following documents to the BISP office with you:
- CNIC of one of the parents enrolled in the Benazir Kafalat Programme.
- Mobile number of the family’s head.
- B-form, also known as CRC (Child Registration Certificate), of the child
- Admission slip verified by the teacher with all information about class and school/college.
Registration Process Step by Step
- Visit the nearest BISP office, in your area, with your child and the documents described above.
- After checking documents, the officer will issue an enrollment slip.
- Now, fill out the enrollment slip at school or college.
- Class and section name, teacher name, and head teacher data should be filled in on the slip.
- Submit the filled slip at the BISP office.
- Congratulations! You have successfully applied for this scholarship.
- They will take time to verify the enrollment slip.
- After verification, your child will get the wazifa.
Online Registration Process
The BISP official website does not provide an online registration facility. You need to visit the BISP office in your area for registration. Follow the above steps for registration, because it is the only way to enroll in this education scholarship. Maybe in the future, they will provide this facility.
The unofficial websites providing forms for online registration are fake. You are thinking about why I am so sure about this. The reason is that I experience these unofficial websites. I have warned you about these registration forms, now the ball is in your court.
Benazir Taleemi Wazaif App
The app you are searching for does not exist. Read carefully, I am going to spill the beans. BISP apps on the Play Store are not official and they will annoy you with ads. You do not need to install any app for registration to this programme.
BISP Helpline
You can get more information using the BISP helpline. They will answer your queries and solve your problem. Note the following toll-free helpline number.
Notifications from BISP come through 8171. They use this number to contact their beneficiaries. Beware of other numbers claiming to be from BISP.
Payment Releasing Details
After successful enrollment in Benazir Taleemi Wazaif, first quarter payment releases for students. The first quarter means the first 3 months. They release payment in quarters (every 3 months).
After the first quarter or first 3 months, they analyze the student’s attendance. If the student’s attendance is more than 70%, the organization releases the second quarter payment for students. The process goes on and they release payment in every quarter.
Note these two points, if you want to keep continuing scholarship. Students need to maintain attendance of at least 70% to continue the scholarship. You also need to inform BISP of changing schools.
Wazaif amount
The Stipend rate is different for boys and girls. Girls’ stipend rate is a little higher than boys’. Check the following table of the wazaif amount. These stipend amounts have been recently updated in 2024.
| Education Level | for Boys, Per Quarter | for Girls, Per Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | 2000 | 2500 |
| Secondary | 3000 | 3500 |
| Higher secondary | 4000 | 4500 |
Journey of Benazir Taleemi Wazaif
Objectives
Why do they spend 3 to 20 billion rupees every year? There are several reasons for doing this. Read the following objectives of this wazifa:
- To make awareness of the importance of education.
- To increase the children’s enrollment in school and college.
- To improve the attendance of students.
- To decrease the dropout rates.
How They Started
Benazir Taleemi Wazaif programme was introduced in November 2012 by BISP. It took 8 years to expand from 5 districts to all districts of Pakistan. You can see the details in the chart below.
Past Records
I am glad to see that this programme has achieved its goal. Millions of children are getting an education with the help of Benazir education stipends. Substantial funds are disbursed every year for the children’s education. Check the records of enrollment and disbursement.
Enrollment Records
Benazir Taleemi Wazaif started in 2012. 12.1 million children have been enrolled in this programme since the start of this prominent programme. This is the wondrous result of the struggle of BISP. Examine the table below for detailed information.
| Education Level | Count of Boys | Count of Girls | Total Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 4853113 | 4453211 | 9306324 |
| Secondary | 1323955 | 1082904 | 2406859 |
| Higher secondary | 156851 | 140810 | 297661 |
| Total | 6333919 | 5676925 | 12010844 |
Disbursement Record
How much money has been distributed since the start of this programme for children’s education? You will be amazed to see, it is more than 60 billion. The record of the disbursed amount is given below in the table yearly.
| Financial Year | No. of Released Payments | Disbursed Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 – 2014 | 32983 | 84114000 |
| 2014 – 2015 | 670106 | 472888200 |
| 2015 – 2016 | 1201099 | 1858420800 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 1266978 | 2275221750 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 1609115 | 3304563150 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 2469071 | 4012074000 |
| 2019 – 2020 | 1313281 | 3707712500 |
| 2020 – 2021 | 1237384 | 3665298500 |
| 2021 – 2022 | 5183187 | 20482684500 |
| 2022 – 2023 | 5687870 | 23478686000 |
| Total | 20671074 | 63341663400 |
Stakeholders
Stakeholders, involved in the programme, are persons or groups. They play crucial roles in ensuring the success of the programme. The information about a list of the main stakeholders involved in the execution of the programme is given below.
- BISP
- Provincial Education Departments
- Schools
- Donors
Key Process
Now, you will know how they manage this programme. How do they verify that a person is eligible or not? It is not easy to track everything. There are 5 key processes involved in this programme.
Micro Supply Capacity Assessment (MSCA)
BISP collects data from provincial education departments. These departments play crucial roles in the development and improvement of education. After collecting data, MSCA evaluates data into useful information about schools.
This process gives information about the school such as capacity for new students, infrastructural conditions, accessibility, and catchment area. The catchment area is the geographic area from which the school gets its students.
Social Mobilization
Social mobilization is an activity that is conducted by BISP offices. BISP beneficiary families understand the importance of education through this activity. A BISP beneficiary is a person who is enrolled in any BISP programme.
A team visits the beneficiary family in his area and makes up their minds to enrol their children in school and college. If the student attendance is low, the team tries to find out the problem and motivates them to increase attendance.
Registration and Enrollment
Registration for this programme is a major process. This process begins after the first two processes, the MSCA, and the social mobilisation. They invite the beneficiary families to the nearest registration office for communication. They also communicate on a public level through the media.
After the successful registration of eligible children, they become beneficiaries of this programme. If you are interested, please check the feedback from schools about the Benazir Income Support Programme.
Admission and Attendance Compliance
Admission to school or college and at least 70% attendance are co-responsibilities of students. The management transfers cash on condition of compliance with these responsibilities. Let’s cut to the chase and discuss the objectives of this process.
- Identify beneficiary children who have complied with responsibilities and qualify them for cash transfer.
- Identify beneficiary children who have not complied with responsibilities and trigger alerts in such cases.
- Suspend beneficiary children who have not complied with attendance responsibility back-to-back 3 quarters.
Case Management
Case management is the process of handling complaints of beneficiaries. Mainly, BISP offices are responsible for handling complaints. Beneficiaries can file a complaint about deductions in their amount or any other issue. They respond as quickly as possible to complaints. Following are the good effects of this process.
- Improve the implementation efficiency of the programme.
- Increase the confidence of BISP beneficiaries to enrol their children in schools and colleges.