THATTA, Sept 26: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) has identified some 209 closed primary schools in the district for want of teachers.
This was told by Hafeezullah Abbasi, general manager, NCHD while giving a briefing about six monthly performance report of the commission at the Darbar Hall here on Friday.
District Nazim Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah Shirazi was also present on the occasion.
Those others attended the meeting included WHO consultant Dr Amos Bassi, UNICEF’s Dr Mohammad Bux Bhurgari, DCO Thatta Wahid Bux Sanjrani, Usman Panhwar, representatives of NGOs and heads of department working under the district government.
Mr Abbassi said deliberations were in full swing with all stakeholders, including parents, to get the schools reopened. He said locals were being convinced to provide volunteer teachers to be provided Rs1000 stipend by the NCHD till the permanent recruitment of teachers by the government.
Mr Abbasi said volunteers of Thar Deep, Hands and the district education department assisted the NCHD in conducting the door-to-door survey of 120,000 households throughout the district.
He said out of 150,000 children of school going age, some 108,294, were imparting primary education at 2,499 functioning primary schools (2209 boys and 209 girls). He said efforts were underway to bring the remaining 41,000 children to school.
He said NCHD had achieved an enrolment of 23,000 children in primary schools of the district since it started motivation campaign in May this year. The total enrolment stood at 64,000.
Responding the briefing, district Nazim Syed Shafqat Shah criticised the schooling trends in the district. He announced deployment of more volunteers selected from all the departments for a week long to check the functioning of academic institutions through out the district.
NAIB NAZIM CANDIDATE: Syed Masood Mustafa Shah, a candidate of the Awam Dost Panel for the seat of Naib Nazim of the district council, Thatta, has said he will shatter the tendency towards an autocratic performance of the district council under the district Nazim and help restore the diminishing voice of deprived councillors in the session.
Speaking at a press conference at the loc al press club on Thursday, Mr Masood said if he was elected, he would raise his voice to get back the usurped fertile lands of the forest department encroached by feudal lords.