State of education in Balochistan

Federal govt, NGOs must make it a priority to establish schools as well as a system of accountability for teachers

BARKHAN: Sardar Raza Muhammad Bareech, the adviser on education to the Balochistan chief minister, has stated that there are 12,500 primary, secondary and high schools in the province where over 22,000 teachers are involved in educating children. Around 7,000 of these schools have only one teacher and one room for grade one to grade five. The chief minister has increased the education budget up to 26 per cent but this still has not brought about any betterment in the education scenario of the province. As Article 25 (A) of the Constitution states, the state is responsible for providing free education to every citizen from ages five to 16. But unfortunately, this constitutional clause is not being implemented, due to which the children of the province remain backward in the field of education.

The federal government and NGOs must make it a priority to establish schools as well as a system of accountability for teachers. If the provincial and federal governments do not bring about improvement in the education system of the province, Balochistan will never see any peace or positive change.

Shahbaz Khetran

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2015.

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