TIMERGARA: Residents of Kotigram village in Adenzai here on Friday demanded of the education department to take notice of the deteriorating condition of government girls high school and higher secondary school for boys in their area.

Talking to journalists at Chakdara, they said girl students were forced not to pick science subjects despite presence of science teachers.

They said the girls seeking admission in science subjects were being directed to go to government girls high school Ouch that lied miles away from the village. The parents said the administration of GGHS Ouch was also not ready to admit students of Kotigram.

They complained that the government high school for boys in their village was upgraded to higher secondary level on non-development basis in 2012 but it too lacked science laboratory, examination hall, playground and water supply.

The parents said even the school principal was using the office of a clerk as there was no office for him.

They said more than 500 students were studying in the school without basic facilities. They demanded of the government to construct separate building for first and second year students and provide them all the facilities.

BLIND STUDENT SEEKS HELP: A visually impaired student from Takatak Maidan, Intikhab Alam Jan, who topped the BISE Malakand board humanities group with 899 marks in the recent SSC examination results, on Friday appealed to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to award him special scholarship for further studies.

Talking to journalists, he student said he was honoured neither by the board nor any government department or official despite the fact that he had got distinction in the SSC results.

The student said he belonged to a poor family and wanted to get higher education in a standard institution. He said according to the rules the top 20 students were being invited by the boards for medals and shields, but he was not honoured.

He demanded of PTI chief Imran Khan to award him special scholarship for further studies.

ENCROACHMENTS: Assistant Commissioner, Adenzai, Shah Jamil Khan along with police and Dir Levies officials on Friday raided different shops in Chakdara Bazaar and registered cases against 20 shopkeepers and vendors for illegal businesses and encroachments. The administration also cleared the roadside along the Chakdara Museum by removing pushcarts.

Published in Dawn, July 8th, 2017