It is quite disappointing to note here that more than 70 percent of all schools and colleges in the Sindh province do not have basic facilities of drinking water and toilets, and even if they are found somewhere, these exist in a pitiable condition. Shockingly many girl schools and colleges, even in big cities and towns, don’t have proper toilets. Even in my home district Larkano, more than 80 percent schools and colleges do not have proper drinking water and toilet facilities. So much so, all primary schools in this ill-fated district are deprived of this fundamental human right.
It is quite pleasing to note here that in some schools, a few kind-hearted elders of the community and education-friendly teachers have provided temporary toilets for the girl students but past rulers and the policymakers wasted the state resources ruthlessly and shamelessly over cosmetic measures and programmes.
However, the president is appealed to direct the concerned provincial departments to build proper drinking water and toilet facilities, particularly for girls in all government schools at the earliest.
HASHIM ABRO
Islamabd
