- Secretary Durrani says schools selected from all 133 talukas
KARACHI: On the guidelines of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, the School Education Department has selected 554 primary schools for upgradation to the elementary level.
Giving a presentation to the chief minister at the CM House, School Education Secretary Iqbal Durrani said that these 554 schools have been selected from all the 133 talukas. He added that among the selected schools there are boys, girls and mixed school which are being upgraded.
Chief Minister Murad had given a guideline to the School Education Department to upgrade those primary schools to the level of the elementary which have an average enrolment of 400 plus. Therefore, the department has selected 554 schools with an existing enrolment of 237,953.
The chief minister approved the construction of additional classrooms and provision of necessary facilities for 554 schools so that drop-out at class-V can be contained. The schools selected are 98 in Larkana region, 74 in Sukkur, 69 in Mirpurkhas, 77 in Benazirabad, 148 Hyderabad and 88 in Karachi region.
In Larkana region, out of 98 selected schools, 29 are boys, 28 girls and 41 mixed. In Sukkur region, 17 are boys, 23 girls and 34 mixed. In Mirpurkkhas, 16 are boys, 17 are girls and 36 are mixed. In Benazirabad, 23 are boys, 24 girls and 30 mixed. In Hyderabad, 37 are boys, 47 girls and 64 mixed.
In Hyderabad, 37 are boys, 47 girls and 64 mixed and in Karachi 13 are boys, 19 girls and 56 mixed. Giving details of overall 10,115 schools on high priority, Secretary Durrani said that they constitute 24 percent of the total schools which have 68 percent enrolment while 76 percent schools have 23 percent enrolment.
In the province, there are 42,383 schools with an enrolment of 4,229,128. The high priority 10,115 schools which are 24 percent have 2,882,623 or 68 percent of enrolment while 32,268 or 76 percent schools have 1,346,505 percent enrolment which is 32 percent of overall enrolment ratio.
In the first phase, the chief minister has selected 4560 high priority schools to develop their complete infrastructure within six months and in the second phase the remaining 5555 high priority schools would be taken up. The meeting was attended by Education Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput and team of School Education Department.
Chief Minister Murad directed Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar to personally monitor upgradation work so that the target given by him could be completed in letter and spirit.