Balochistan government restores 450 schools‏

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Balochistan government restores 450 schools‏
Syed Ali Shah
Published about 11 hours ago


QUETTA: The Balochistan government has claimed to have re-opened 450 closed schools across the province with the objective of drawing back school children to educational institutions.

Adviser to the Chief Minister Balochistan on Education, Sardar Raza Muhammad Bareech while addressing an all parties conference with regard to promotion of education here on Tuesday said that most of the schools were opened in Quetta and other backward parts of the province.

All major political and religious parties participated in the APC to discuss ways and means for the development of education sector in the province. He reiterated that currently 2.3 million children were out of school in the province. Bareech revealed that there were 44 rental schools located in Quetta and most of the educational institutions were deprived of basic facilities.

"Even this time, we need an immediate construction of 42,000 rooms in primary schools," Bareech said. The adviser on education said that international donor agencies were supporting Balochistan Government to establish 3000 schools in the province.

"We are also trying to turn some religious seminaries into schools," he said, adding that Madrassahs and Masjids were located in all 22,000 thousand settlements across the province. The adviser stated that complaint management system was also being established in the province to ensure presence of teachers in schools.

"We are also trying to introduce coding system for teachers and students and mapping system for schools in the province," he added. Sardar Raza Bareech admitted that the condition of government-run schools in the province was miserable. "I cannot explain, what problems, we are facing," he said.

Balochistan government restores 450 schools‏ - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

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Although it is a good move if implemented (without any commissions) but this is just the start. An educated workforce is nurtured by educated and well informed teachers. To get the educated teachers we need to change the existing system.

Highly specialized teacher's college in all the major cities across all the provinces is the need. The goal should be that within the next 10 to 15 years, all of the teachers (current) must undergo vigorous training program.

Meanwhile people that aspire to become teachers someday should be given comprehensive training in these colleges (uniformed core content taught like Science and Math across all the colleges in the country). This will ensure that the teachers will have adequate skills and are able to teach children in a meaningful way.

A lot of developed countries have teaching colleges where you must enroll after finishing undergrad or you can be a teacher by taking a specific undergrad degree (takes longer time than normal bachelors).

Giving laptops, tablets etc might help students but we need to focus on fixing the root cause.

Furthermore, an institution (Name X) comprised of distinguished people from that specific town/city must be given the task of overseeing the progress of the schools. These people must be given the authority to intervene if approved by the independent institution (Name X). This two tier system will make sure that there are due check and balances on the school/board administration.

An educated and innovative society depends on delivering capable primary education.

Someone said that //LETS NOT BUILD MORE HOSPITALS// - LETS MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T COME TO THE HOSPITALS BY DELIVERING THEM THE QUALITY FOOD ETC

So there is no point opening new hospitals without fixing the fact that more and more people are coming to the hospital.

Similarly, there is NO POINT of building new schools based on the existing system that has failed to deliver (money can be well spent to train teachers). The real change will come when we "simultaneously" upgrade the educational content, give adequate training to the teachers and enroll students in school.

To get children off the road, you have to ensure their parents that as a family, they will be able to survive. To do that, you need economic opportunities. For that to happen, you need investment. For investment to come, you need strong regulations, strong political will and government and lastly, a society that wants to change.

Although it is impossible to stop child labour considering the financial constraints but it can be regulated to "after hours" or "weekends" with the goal of completely phasing out in the next 20-30 years.

Societies are not built in a day. The actions you take now will bear results down the road!