Sindh

Govt renews vow to restore Jufelhurst school

Renovation work will not disrupt academic activities at the school, says education minister

Our Correspondent July 21, 2017

the preservation of the building was part of an approved project of august 2015 and since then it has been a regular feature of the department 039 s budget photo express

The preservation of the building was part of an approved project of August, 2015 and since then it has been a regular feature of the department's budget. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI: Education Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Thursday renewed the Sindh government’s vow to restore Jufelhurst Government School to its former glory on Thursday. He said the government would turn the historical education institution into a model school.

While speaking to the media outside the school, he said the reason for this move is to deter future illegal encroachments on the site. Dahar was accompanied by Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed Shah and School Education Secretary Abdul Aziz Uqaili.

He said that the school’s exterior would be retained and academic activities would not be disturbed during the renovation process. “An inquiry was conducted on the demolition, investigations were completed, arrests were made and, on the recommendations of the Counter-Terrorism Department report, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also took immediate steps [to resolve the issue],” said Dahar.

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On Murad’s directives work was expedited and, in only three months, all obstacles have been removed, said the education minister. While talking to the media, the culture minister said the school was established in 1931 and, unfortunately, due to lack of awareness, this encroachment issue was faced.

He said that across the world, archaeology is taught as a subject to schoolchildren and in Sindh the heritage committee was formed in 1994, which has on board a number of renowned archaeologists.

“From Shikarpur to Karachi, all of Sindh is a heritage site but due to lack of resources we are unable to declare certain sites as archaeological sites,” said Sardar.