School buildings to be surveyed

District Coordination Officer took notice of a ceiling collapsed in Government Islamia Madrassa High School.

FAISALABAD:

District Coordination Officer Noorul Ameen Mengal on Sunday took notice of a ceiling collapsed in Government Islamia Madrassa High School in Muhammadpura on Saturday during school hours in which four children were injured.

Muhammad Jameel, a student of the school, told newsmen that students waiting for their exams to start when the roof collapsed. He said his class fellows Asghar Ali, Tayyab Shafiq, Bahadur Ali and Saad Rafiq were injured.

Students rushed out of the classroom and informed their teachers about the incident.

Jameel said the teachers called Rescue 1122 who pulled out the injured from under the debris and took them to Ghulam Muhammadabad General Hospital.

Talking to The Express Tribune, the DCO said a similar incident occurred three days ago in Government Girls School in Karkhana Bazaar. He said a girl was injured.

The DCO said the Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Bashir Ahmad Zahid Goraya had been asked to inspect the school and submit a report on the condition the building as soon as possible.

The DCO said the EDO would conduct a comprehensive survey of all schools in the district and make arrangements for their repair so that such incident could be avoided.

He directed the district officer of the Buildings Department to assist the EDO and take steps to repair dilapidated school buildings.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19^th, 2015.