The Sindh Education Department has decided to close 4,901 inactive schools across the province and take action against teachers registered at non-functional schools and receiving their salaries at home. According to a notification, the Education Department also released a list of inactive schools in Sindh.
A decision has been taken to close 4,901 non-functional schools in which 3,442 non-functional schools are in dilapidated condition, and it has been decided to close these schools, which are in bad shape.
The action will also be taken against teachers who have been receiving salaries at home for years. Also, the notification said that the department has detected 1,459 ghost schools, which exist only in official files. Such ghost schools are present in Karachi, Badin, Dadu, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Qambar, Mirpurkhas, Jamshoro and Sanghar.
The files are complete, paper work shows that students are enrolled, teachers are taking classes, and staff members are performing their duties, but in fact these schools o not exist on ground and the government funds besides aid from donors go into selected pockets.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 2nd, 2022.
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