LITERATE is a person who can read and write his or her name. Can this literacy work nowadays? The literacy rate of Khanozai is 98 per cent. This is well-known in the whole of Asia. The proportion of boys to girls is exactly the same with respect to enrolment in schools and colleges, but the proportion falls after graduation for various reasons.

However, there is no university and hence many students, especially girls, quit their studies after graduation. Boys are lucky enough to go to Quetta for further studies. A few girls, with the support of their families, are able to get admission mostly to SBK Women’s University in Quetta.

A couple of years ago a branch of SBK university was established in the Pishin city and is doing very well now, attracting many girl students from Pishin. I request the authorities concerned to establish one branch in Khanozai city for girl students.

Maqsood Ahmed Suleimankhel
Quetta

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2018