LAHORE: The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has assured its partner schools that it will release their payments in the coming month – August, saying the delay in payments was caused by the delay in release of funds by the government.

The foundation made the statement in response to the administrations of partner schools that were getting restless over the delays in payments.

In a statement, the PEF announced that it had decided to release partner schools payments during the second week of August. It further said the Foundation Assisted Schools (FAS) would be paid up till the month of June whereas the Education Voucher Scheme (EVS) partners would be paid for the month of June.

Making it clear that the delays were due to not receiving money from the Punjab government, it expressed hope to get the funds from the Punjab government before Aug 10. Furthermore, it said that irrespective of the receipt of funds by the Punjab government, the PEF management had decided to release partner payments as per the aforementioned schedule.

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2019