
Unavailability of English newspapers is an issue in Turbat
TURBAT: Unavailability of English newspapers is an issue in Turbat. Being an English teacher myself at Delta Academy in Kech, Turbat, I know the importance of English newspapers for students. The lack of it impacts education.
Only one national English newspaper is distributed in the city. But this isn’t enough. For character building of students, and society as a whole, it is important to have a distribution of different English dailies.
Newspapers are an important source of providing information about national and international news. They improve knowledge and the people of Turbat are deprived of it. It has affected the students’ education a lot, as the city lacks online internet connections — such as 2G, 3G and 4G — as well. Only a PTCL internet connection is available but not everyone can afford it.
We, the teachers of the city, request the government of Balochistan and the district commissioner of Turbat to resolve the issue in order to save the education of the students in Turbat.
Shakeel Phullan
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2018.
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