SWABI, Oct 4: A number of government schools in the district face lack of facilities for computer education, forcing students to abandon their courses in the middle, it is learnt.

Taking note of the situation, people of the area expressed their resentment over the government's apathy and said instead of facilitating students in achieving quality education in computers and information technology the government was depriving the students of necessary facilities.

Official sources told Dawn that the provincial government had reached an agreement with a private company for imparting computer education at district schools. However, the contract expired about a month ago and all efforts for its renewal had failed, frustrating both the teaching staff as well as students.

The company had installed computers and laid a network in various schools of the district and started teaching computer to all interested students. A large number of students took admission to computer courses but had to leave the education course half way through after the company stopped work, the sources said.

The sources said in Topi alone about 1,000 high school students got admission to computer courses. Similarly, a great number of students enrolled in other schools. Students were of the view that when it was not possible for the government to complete the project then why such classes were initiated and why they were motivated to take admission to the computer courses.

They demanded that computer education should be made a compulsory subject in high schools and the government should provide all necessary facilities for its education in the public sector institutions.