Sindh
Sindh province has been facing a lot of issues in the education system, Akbar Laghari, Secretary of Education admitted in a report submitted to the Sindh High Court, sources reported.
Laghari presented the report to the court in response to the case of ‘giving free education to children from between 5 years to 16 years’ in Sindh, report.
As per The Sindh Narrative report, Sindh province has been struggling after floods. Houses have been damaged, livestock has been finished, agriculture has been impacted, health management is depleting and education has ‘deteriorated’ even more after the floods.
Media and activists have raised questions over the worsening education status of Sindh. However, the authorities have no response and they get defensive about the issue, the report said. In response to the case of ‘giving free education to children from between five years to 16 years,’ Akbar Laghari admitted that there have been a lot of issues in the education system of Sindh province.
In the report, Laghari highlighted issues like shortage of school buildings, teachers, acute shortage of furniture, absconding and absent teachers, the uneven proportion of primary and secondary schools and governance issues. As per the report, 6,407 among 40,529 schools are shelterless/ without roof which has resulted in the low presence of students in these schools. In addition, 622 schools are under construction in the current annual schemes. The rest of the schools are due to be constructed in the next five years.
