KARACHI: Karachi Electric (KE) has partnered with Patel Education Foundation School (PEFS), located in Saeedabad, Baldia Town, to provide desktop computers to the school.
The newly established computer lab was inaugurated in the presence of KE representatives and school management on Tuesday.
According to KE spokesperson, “Provision of computers for education, besides enhancing students’ access to information technology, helps them to prepare for modern-day challenges; and subsequently bridging the digital divide in our society. KE will continue to make social investments in line with its commitment of empowering the society.”
PEFS principal said, “For over a decade, we have been providing quality education free of cost in Baldia Town and through the partnership with K-Electric around 200 students will be able to use computers for the first time at the school. We are hopeful that this generous support will help develop students’ computer knowledge, which serves the foundations of the Digital Age.”
KE reaches around 3.9 million lives annually under its Social Investment Program (SIP). Initiatives under SIP include facilitating education for the underprivileged; providing free electricity to Karachi’s key educational and health institutions; educating thousands of school children through its fire safety and energy conservation programmes, while engaging youth through cricket and football platforms including KE-Lyari League. Last year, KE partnered with Qurtaba Government Boys and Girls Elementary School located in Shireen Jinnah Colony for the provision of desktop computers.
