KARACHI, Sept 24: The Sindh police, in collaboration with the Citizens’ Foundation, a local NGO, have started constructing 15 secondary and higher schools at various police lines in the city.

Each school will cost at least Rs3.2 million and a total of Rs480 million are required to complete under-construction buildings of the schools. The amount will be generated by the welfare department of the police through donations from philanthropists and NGOs.

In addition to this, the police will also upgrade the existing primary schools functioning at various police lines and plots adjacent to police stations by provision of more sophisticated teaching equipment and furniture, and by hiring trained teachers.

Talking to PPI, assistant inspector general police (AIG) welfare, Hussain Asghar, informed that the construction of schools buildings had started, keeping in view the problems ordinary policemen had to face in educating their children at private schools which charged exorbitant fees.

“Schools constructed and run by police would be established within the boundaries of police lines in the city and th most advance teaching facilities will be provided in addition to highly qualified faculty to impart quality education to children,” he added.

The AIG further said they had also planned to establish a teachers’ training institute at one of the police lines in Karachi where the newly hired faculty as well as outsiders will be trained as per international standard and criteria of teaching.

“The teachers training centre is being established for the training of teachers to be hired for our schools as we want the students enrolled to get quality education”, he said and added that outsiders would also be allowed to get training at the centre.

He said funds were being generated through donations from NGOs, philanthropists and their own resources. “More than Rs48 million are required and the Citizens’ Foundation has so far assured us of financial assistance in this regard”.

He said the schools were being established at Garden, Baldia-Naval Colony, PTS Saeedabad, Nageena-Kemari, Saudabad, police station Quaidabad, police station Korangi and traffic police lines Qayyumabad.

“In order to provide healthy atmosphere to children enrolled at these schools, a cleanliness drive has been launched and a plantation campaign is under way,” the AIG said expressing the hope that the schools would start functioning by April next year. — PPI