Girls school without security cover

Published January 27, 2015
Toba Tek Singh: The Government Girls High School, Basti Peeran, Kamalia, has no boundary wall or security for over 300 girls. — Dawn
Toba Tek Singh: The Government Girls High School, Basti Peeran, Kamalia, has no boundary wall or security for over 300 girls. — Dawn

TOBA TEK SINGH: The Government Girls High School in Basti Peeran, Kamalia, has no boundary wall and guard to protect students.

The school has 325 girl students,11 teachers and three other employees.

Village lumberdar Rana Muhammad Shafiq, Sajid Kamboh and Sardar Ilyas Dogar told reporters that it was the only girls high school in the area where girls from different villages also study. They regretted that the education department had ignored the school in security arrangements.

Published in Dawn January 27th, 2015

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