Report paints not-so-rosy picture of public schools
PTI lawmaker says his constituency hit hard by govt policy
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PESHAWAR:
A report by an education watchdog set up by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has painted a not-so-rosy picture of public schools in a constituency where the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had gained a big win.
PTI’s candidate Arbab Amir Ayub defeated rivals in the recently-held by-election to the NA-4 (Peshawar IV) constituency by a big margin, bagging 45,734 votes. His runner-up, Awami National Party’s Khushdil Khan, secured 24,874 votes.
The report – compiled by the Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU) established for monitoring and data collection of schools – shows almost half of the government schools (242 out of a total of 469 schools) in the constituency function without electricity.
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There are 277 schools for boys (59%) while the rest – 192 or 41% – are for girls. They are further divided into primary (382), middle (33) secondary (40) and higher secondary (9) levels.
According to the IMU report, drinking water is not available in 76 schools, toilets in 43 schools while 30 schools have no outer walls.
The report shows that currently around 110,000 students are enrolled in 469 schools out of those 61% are male and only 39% are female.
At the primary level, around 88,800 students are enrolled of which 60% are male and 40% are female students.
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At middle schools, the comparative percentage of females attending the school is a bit higher as compared to males. Out of the 3,047 students enrolled in the middle schools, 1,437 are boys and 1,610 are girls.
Similarly, around 11,000 students are enrolled in high schools out of which 70% are male and 30% are female.
The report shows that a total of 3,148 teachers are appointed in 469 government schools. Of those 3,148 teachers, 2,122 teachers or 67% are working in primary schools whereas 6% are working at the middle, another 18% at the high school level and 8% at the higher secondary level.
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About the student-to-teacher ratio, at the primary level it stands at about 42 students per teacher. On average, one teacher is teaching about 49 female students as compared to 38 students in boys’ schools.
Meanwhile, PTI lawmaker Arbab Amir Ayub, who won the NA-4 by-election, told The Express Tribune that the education sector in his constituency had been ignored by every government in the past.
“The PTI government has drafted a policy according to which the government would first provide facilities to the existing schools in the area and then construct new schools.”
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He said his constituency hit hard by the new policy as it lacked higher education facilities and added there was a need to construct higher secondary schools and colleges – both for boys and girls.
The PTI lawmaker said he sought the record of development work in NA-4 in every sector. “The provincial education department has not provided me the record so far, and when I get it then I will be in a position to plan development work according to the public need,” Ayub said.
He said: “In my first meeting with the K-P Chief Minister, I demanded [construction of state-of-the-art] hospitals and [quality] colleges for boys and girls in the constituency.”
He accused the federal government of withholding development funds to the PTI which he termed injustice with them.
A report by an education watchdog set up by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has painted a not-so-rosy picture of public schools in a constituency where the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had gained a big win.
PTI’s candidate Arbab Amir Ayub defeated rivals in the recently-held by-election to the NA-4 (Peshawar IV) constituency by a big margin, bagging 45,734 votes. His runner-up, Awami National Party’s Khushdil Khan, secured 24,874 votes.
The report – compiled by the Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU) established for monitoring and data collection of schools – shows almost half of the government schools (242 out of a total of 469 schools) in the constituency function without electricity.
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There are 277 schools for boys (59%) while the rest – 192 or 41% – are for girls. They are further divided into primary (382), middle (33) secondary (40) and higher secondary (9) levels.
According to the IMU report, drinking water is not available in 76 schools, toilets in 43 schools while 30 schools have no outer walls.
The report shows that currently around 110,000 students are enrolled in 469 schools out of those 61% are male and only 39% are female.
At the primary level, around 88,800 students are enrolled of which 60% are male and 40% are female students.
11% of K-P's 27,000 public schools without boundary walls
At middle schools, the comparative percentage of females attending the school is a bit higher as compared to males. Out of the 3,047 students enrolled in the middle schools, 1,437 are boys and 1,610 are girls.
Similarly, around 11,000 students are enrolled in high schools out of which 70% are male and 30% are female.
The report shows that a total of 3,148 teachers are appointed in 469 government schools. Of those 3,148 teachers, 2,122 teachers or 67% are working in primary schools whereas 6% are working at the middle, another 18% at the high school level and 8% at the higher secondary level.
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About the student-to-teacher ratio, at the primary level it stands at about 42 students per teacher. On average, one teacher is teaching about 49 female students as compared to 38 students in boys’ schools.
Meanwhile, PTI lawmaker Arbab Amir Ayub, who won the NA-4 by-election, told The Express Tribune that the education sector in his constituency had been ignored by every government in the past.
“The PTI government has drafted a policy according to which the government would first provide facilities to the existing schools in the area and then construct new schools.”
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He said his constituency hit hard by the new policy as it lacked higher education facilities and added there was a need to construct higher secondary schools and colleges – both for boys and girls.
The PTI lawmaker said he sought the record of development work in NA-4 in every sector. “The provincial education department has not provided me the record so far, and when I get it then I will be in a position to plan development work according to the public need,” Ayub said.
He said: “In my first meeting with the K-P Chief Minister, I demanded [construction of state-of-the-art] hospitals and [quality] colleges for boys and girls in the constituency.”
He accused the federal government of withholding development funds to the PTI which he termed injustice with them.