Pakistan, July 11 -- The federal government will contribute around $200 million as a counterpart to National Education Action Plan Programme for COVID-19.

This was disclosed by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb here on Friday while chairing a meeting to discuss the plan.

Federal and Provincial secretaries' education participated and senior officials from Planning Ministry participated in the meeting through video conference.

Mohammad Jehanzeb said that Federal Government has taken the lead on the concept of blended education and therefore consulted all provincial government education departments, Planning and Development divisions for their feedback on the initiative.

The contributing provinces will get the funding a...