HOW education affairs are being run in Sindh could be judged from my own experience at a government-run school. After transitioning from legal practice and with a passion for serving my community, I joined the Government Boys High School Ayoub Lakhan in Ghotki as a primary teacher in February 2023. The student body comprises children from mixed communities, largely from marginalised Hindu families and other underprivileged classes.

Upon assuming my duties, I observed the critical absence of Computer Science education. Having an MBA in Information Technology and a diploma in Computer Sciences, I volunteered to teach the subject to bridge this digital divide. This proposal was, however, declined by the headmaster. Subsequently, the district education officer during a visit gave a verbal assurance to support this initiative, but no formal order was ever issued.

In a significant development, officials from the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) visited the school and offered to establish a state-of-the-art computer laboratory at the school. Their only condition was that a competent and qualified teacher must be appointed. When I came to know of the offer, I wrote to the provincial education secretary, but have never received any response in the last couple of years.

Making things worse, a new crisis cropped up recently when all male primary school teachers, including myself, were transferred to a remote area marked by tribal tension. This has placed the teachers in a precarious situation, and has also left 168 enrolled students without a single primary school teacher, denying them their fundamental right to education.

The Sindh education authorities should review the transfer order to restore teaching for these vulnerable children and appoint a Computer Science teacher. The future of these children, who ask for nothing more than the education promised to them, now rests in the hands of those who are at the helm of education affairs.

Muhammad Ahmed
Ghotki

Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2026