The ongoing power crisis, besides crippling routine life and damaging almost all the sectors in the country, has been badly affecting the academic activities. The frequent power outages with rising mercury have been adding to the miseries of students, especially those appearing in various ongoing examinations and those studying computer sciences at school, college and university levels.
As the academic session just began in April and academic activities are in full swing, students have to face power outages during school-hours too. The children of primary classes have to sit tight in classrooms without electricity amid increasing hot weather.
It is also unfortunate that many of the private schools, as private schools have been operating unbridled in the country, have started collecting funds from students to install power generators or UPS.
Usually the students suffer a lot. The crisis is so severe that the students cannot focus on their studies. There is a need of prompt and sincere effort by the government to provide relief to the masses. This is the time to take some serious steps to solve this problem.
ARIFA SALEEM
Karachi