Education dept shuts 391 schools in Badin

The Sindh Education Department has declared 391 primary schools non-functional and closed down the facilities in different areas of Badin district including Talhar, Tando Bago, and Golarchi towns.

Local officials of the education department said the decision to close such a large number of schools was due to incompetence and wrong planning at the top and also due to the negligence of teachers who do not come to take classes and inattention of the parents who do not send their children to school.

Hyderabad Region Primary Elementary and Higher Secondary School Education Director Azizullah Odho took notice of the public reaction and decided to hold a public hearing on Saturday over the closure of non-fnctional schools in Badin.

Famous educationist of Badin Prof Dr Ismail Memon said the children of this underdeveloped area lack access to modern educational facilities, while the substandard government-run schools are being shut too.

Political activist and community mobiliser Khadim Ali Talpur was of the view that education in Sindh's rural areas was being destroyed in a systematic manner through negligence and corruption.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 4^th, 2022.