A separate directorate to be established for private schools

The Baloch Hal News

QUETTA: Provincial Minister for Education, Tahir Mahmood, said a separate directorate would be establish in Balochistan to look after the problems of private schools in the province and it would be given legal and regulatory status.

He made these views while addressing a Seminar at the Quetta Press Club organized by Private Schools Foundation to highlight the problems of private schools, here on Saturday.

He said the problems are confronted with government and private educational institutions due to lack of facilities and resources. “For the first time Government earmarked Rs 12 billion for education sectors which provide help to standardize the government schools in order to meet the present challenges,” said Tahir Mahmood.

He said government is aware about the problems of private schools in the province and taking measures to improve their qualities along with government schools.

He said he had prepared a draft resolution namely ‘Regulate Control Authority Act’ in order to provide a legal protection to the private schools, once it was passed from the Balochistan Assembly it would be impose on immediate effects, he added

He conceded that all the governmental educational institutions lacked basic facilities in Balochistan and the Government is determined to take practical steps to eliminate illiteracy and combat backwardness by promoting quality education in the province.

Minister for Quality Education Balochistan, Jan Ali Changazi also expressed his deep concerned over the deteriorating conditions of government schools. “We prefer private schools for our children because they provide quality education rather than government schools,” he said adding that but the poor people can not afford the hefty fee of private schools thus government has to facilitate the government schools keeping view the problems of common people.

Managing Director of Balochistan Education Foundation, Ahad Khan Achakzai has revealed that 50 per cent children are deprived from basic education in Balochistan as the schools are not available in remote areas.

He said there is a dire need of government effort to decrease the ratio of illiteracy. “BEF is running 649 community schools in the remote areas of the province where 47600 children are studying out of which 41 per cent are girls,” he informed the participants.

He said BHF had increased its allocation to Rs 1500 million to promote the community schools and private sectors in remote areas.