2,000 closed schools to reopen in Sindh

Provincial government collaborates with private sector to improve education in province

KARACHI: More than 2,000 closed schools in Sindh have been reopened, however 2,000 more closed schools will be reopened in collaboration with the private sector.

This was stated by Education and Literacy Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar while presiding over a meeting on Monday of representatives of various non-governmental organisations at his office.



"We need support from the private sector and the involvement of civil society," Dahar said. The meeting was attended by the Schools Education Secretary Abdul Aziz Uqaili, Reform Support Unit Chief Programme Manager Faisal Uqaili, Sindh Education Foundation Managing Director Naheed Shah Durrani, directors of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi and Sukkur, Adviser to the President Dr Amanat Jalbani and representatives of the Indus Resource Centre, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Akhuwat Foundation, The Citizens Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation.

The participants discussed at length how to make these closed schools functional. It was observed that the majority of the closed schools were in remote areas, so it was feasible to hire local staff for their reopening and drastic measures should be taken to improve the poor performance of teachers through an efficient monitoring system.



It was also decided that the education department would email a list of the closed schools to the stakeholders so that they may choose the school of their choice. Dahar asked the relevant quarters to improve the environment at schools and develop a mechanism to enhance education in remote areas. He also asked the private sector to come forward to improve education in Sindh