THE primary school in my village Ghanwar Mashori Faizwah, near Khairpur district, has produced several educated, skilled and knowledgeable individuals in the past. But the school now awaits teachers to teach the new generation.

Initially, there were 12 teachers in the school, and children from nearby villages used to come to study there. Presently, there is only one teacher who teaches five different classes at the same time. Due to insufficient number of teachers, parents are reluctant to send their children to the school. They get them enrolled in private schools for better education.

For those who live hand to mouth, it is impossible to bear the high fee. Resultantly, their children are deprived of their basic right to education and are forced into child labour to ensure baseline survival.

Recently, hundreds of new teachers have been appointed for primary schools across Sindh. The provincial government should appoint some of them at the neglected school in my village so the children of poor families may also learn and play a progressive role in the prosperity of Sindh and Pakistan.

Tanveer Ahmed Baloch
Sukkur

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2022