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CDGK schools' problems: KU MA marksheet
CDGK schools lack basic facilities
Karachi, Feb 06, 2008: Children of a majority of schools being run by the city
government only dream of basic facilities like drinking water, power, toilets,
furniture, bookshop, canteen and playgrounds at their schools.
Most of
the 3,752 primary, secondary and lower secondary schools being run by the city
government are in extremely poor conditions despite the fact that millions of
rupees are allocated in the budget under the head of their maintenance. The
schools surveyed by the PPI showed that the authorities concerned did nothing to
improve their condition. Some without their own buildings were being run on the
premises of other government schools.
The students of Government Sabzi
Mandi Girls Primary School have to cover an additional distance of eight
kilometres to reach Government Girls Secondary School, University Campus, in
order to attend their regular classes daily. Thousands of poor students residing
near Askari Park have to travel long distances just because those at the helm of
affairs did not do their job.
Same is the case with the students of
Government Ojha Primary Girls School, which is being run in the university
campus school, around a kilometre away from its original site.
No
different is the condition of Government Sirajul Uloom Boys Primary School and
Government Baghdadi Primary Boys School as both the schools are being run in the
university campus school building in the evening shift. In absence of their own
buildings, both school administrations have curtailed the timings of classes
which now end at 1210 hours instead of 1330 hours.
A glaring example of
the city government education department's negligence is the state of affairs of
Government Boys Primary School, Haji Ramazan Gabol, at Safoora Goth. The school
lacks drinking water for students. There is no sweeper to maintain cleanliness,
no windowpanes to protect students from extreme weather, while the condition of
doors, tables and chairs is also pathetic.
The recently constructed
building of Government Boys Lower Secondary School, Safoora Goth, presented a
deserted look with all doors, windows and furniture broken. There were only
three students present when this reporter visited the school.
There is no
government school for girls in Pehalwan Goth which has a population of more than
a hundred thousand people. In such a situation, girls residing in the locality
have to attend classes in a building where two boys schools - Government Boys
Primary School, N-Area, and Government Boys Primary School, Pehalwan Goth, - are
already functioning in two shifts. Teachers claimed that they were running the
schools on a self-help basis as there was neither electricity nor water
available for students. There was no sweeper to keep the school clean, they
said, regretting that students were asked to sweep their rooms before attending
classes.
Even worse is the condition of Ahad Government Primary School
for Boys, Pehalwan Goth, which was established around 36 years
back.
Executive District Officer (Education) Mrs Fakhr Karim Siddiqui
said that a monitoring system had been developed under the supervision of senior
educationist Dr Samin Ahmed. The monitoring committee would file its report
regarding the condition of schools run by the city government following which
the education department would be able to chalk out a strategy to overcome the
school problems, she added.
In reply to a question about non-availability
of necessities, she blamed the lower staff of the education department concerned
for not sending the requirements despite her repeated requests for the
same.-PPI
KU dispatches mark sheets
Karachi: University of Karachi has informed the
candidates of MA Previous External Annual Examinations 2006 that the mark sheets
have been dispatched at their postal addresses. Candidates who do not receive
the mark sheets by February 09, 2008 are advised to contact the External
Examination Unit, Examinations departments at Silver Jubilee gate, University of
Karachi from February 12 to February 14, 2008. The News
Your Comments
"Its such a shame! Today was the first time I actually visited a public school, because it was our voting center. I have been depressed ever since. I just dont understand how can this all be fixed... Its so ironic that the voting center (the school),where we went to vote for our prime minister will never know or do anything about the conditions of these schools. Every child deserves an education that should be in a good enviornment, clean air, and well-maintained. The building is now just falling apart, and no one is here to take responsibility. Why wouldnt children beg in this country? why wouldnt they do labor work for dirt cheap? How can the children of this country dream of a better future? .....Im so ashamed...for all of us!"
Name: Mahrukh Abbasi
City, Country: Karachi, Pakistan
"I wish we had Aladins lamp to change the state of our schools. I heard a similar story about another voting Centre, a school in Lasipara, baldia town. It appears that when the Presiding officer reached there on 24th Feb,most of the rooms were the storerooms of broken furniture. The entire premises was filled with dust and garbage as though the place had never seen the sight of a sweeper. Doors, windows and fans were broken and obviously washrooms were practically non-existant. Drinking water is a luxury very few Govt.schools can afford. Instead of studets addicts occupied the empty rooms. I had the opportunity to visit many Govt. schools in the interior Sindh, which can be lablled "Ghost schools". It would be a public service if the schoolwise budget allocation and strength of the teaching staff is made public. presiding "
Name: Aquila Islam
Email: aquilaislam@yahoo.com
City, Country: Karachi, Pakistan
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