DATE: 06.6.2008

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C. M ATTENDS BRIEFING ABOUT SINDH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

KARACHI JUNE 06: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah today attended a detailed briefing about Sindh Education Department at Chief Minister House. Addressing the participants of department, the Chief Minister said that the Education Department is a nation-building department but this department has been ignored deliberately to an extent. Syed Qaim Ali Shah maintained that quality education is dream of our society, for which teachers, parents and the society has to play positive role so as to achieve the good results.
Chief Minister Sindh said that present elected government will not tolerate any negligency on part of programme implementing authorities and we all have to put concerted efforts to raise the standard of education in our all educational institutions, with devotion, care and sincerity.
Chief Minister Sindh stressed that projects assisted by Donor Agencies be implemented and followed strictly so as to achieve the goal. He added that better results could only be achieved, as and when we induct the teachers on merit without consideration of any political interference. He said that the future of our coming generation lies in good quality education thus the recruitment so evolved and approved, should be followed and implemented in letter and spirit. Syed Qaim Ali Shah also stressed the need to initiate some new schemes so as to attract the boys and girls, and improve rate of literacy in the province. He also stressed the need to utilize funds properly and achieve the targets.
The Chief Minister Sindh stressed the need of quality of teaching, training and examination systems be improved in the larger interest of province. Chief Minister Sindh said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhuto announced election manifesto with 5-E programme and education was on second number under priority. He maintained that Present Government hoped that result oriented policies should be implemented. Senior Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq also highlighted the performance & problems of the department. Sindh Secretary for Education & Literacy Department Mr. Rizwan Memon presented a detailed briefing to the Chief Minister Sindh about Education Department. He gave details about School education, College education, Technical & Vocational education, Endowment fund, development outlay and other functionaries.
He informed that the literacy rate of Punjab is 59%, Sindh is 56%, NWFP is 51% while the literacy rate of Baluchistan is 34%. He added the enrollment of students from age 5 to 9 years in Sindh is 5.78 millions, out of which enrolment of Government Schools is 2.83 million and private schools is 1.19 million while 1.76 million students are out of schools. He said that there are 3.05 million boys and 2.73 million girl students in the province.
About educational institutions, the Secretary Education informed that there are 44500 Primary Schools with 96,234 primary teachers; 2732 middle schools with 9498 teachers; 1796 Secondary & High Secondary schools with 32997 teachers while there are 239 Colleges in the province with 3293 teachers. He informed that 4.4 million children of class I to X were provided free text books and 0.3 million girls of class VI to X were provided stipend.
He further said that rehabilitation of schools in partnership with District Government was started at a cost of Rs.100/- million per each district, work to open 1300 viable closed schools in partnership of private sector/local NGO’s has been under taken.
It was further informed that 34386 institutions have no electricity, 25237 institutions have no water facility, 23349 have no toiled, 26,669 have no boundary wall, where there are 12270 no roomed schools, 11,122 with one-roomed,14681 with two rooms and 1,841 with three rooms (the total number of Schools is 49,028). Mr. Nizwan Memon further informed that there are 239 Colleges in Sindh, out of them 143 are Male Colleges while there are 96 female colleges.
Besides, there are 3-Cadet Colleges and a number of Public Schools while BCs (Bachelor of Computer Science) classes have been introduced in 16 Government Colleges in Sindh and post graduate classes have been proposed for 28 Colleges, he said. The Secretary Education further informed that there are 1,64,456 male and 1,10,729 female students in Colleges of Sindh.
The meeting was informed that there are 27,603 vacancies in Education Department for various posts while about 10,000 new posts have been got approved in SNE.
The meeting was attended by Special Secretary Mr. M.B Khatian, Officers of Education Department and Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Sohail Akbar Shah.

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