Refugee children enrolled in schools

Balochistan govt, Mercy Corps jointly finance the initative

QUETTA:

Afghan refugees’ children have been enrolled in 30 government-run primary, middle and high schools in Quetta.

The Balochistan education department and Mercy Corps, an international organization, have financed the initiative in order to enable Afghan children living in Quetta avail the schooling opportunities.

“Afghan refugee children and our own children are getting quality education in these 30 schools,” Arbab Talib, the Acting Commissioner of Afghan Commissionerate said.

The Balochistan Education Department and Mercy Corps organized a joint seminar to discuss the education of Afghan and host community children in the provincial capital.

Director Education Balochistan, Wahid Shakir Baloch, Mercy Corps Team Leader, Dr Saeedullah Khan, and other education experts addressed the seminar, which discussed ways and means to promote education and ensure provision of quality education to the refugee children.

“The government of Balochistan has extended all possible support to educate Afghan children in order to make them useful members of society,” Wahid Shakir Baloch, the Director of Education said.

He said the quality of education in all 30 schools has improved and the teachers were rendering great services to educate students from marginalized communities.

Speaking on the occasion, Arbab Talib stated that the Afghan Commissionerate was committed to educating all Afghan refugee children in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan. “Our objective is to make them useful citizens of society,” he said.

Dr. Saeedullah Khan, team leader of Mercy Corps Balochistan, said that special attention was paid to the education of Afghan refugees and children of the host country.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 12^th, 2022.