Around 7,000 out-of-school children registered
KARACHI:10 February:The meeting discussed in details the issue of regularisation of teachers who had passed the test from Sindh University. It was decided that their results would be verified and the teachers would be regularised only after results were attested.
What is a school?
Education minister Shah said it was ironic that no definition of schools had been made in the past 72 years. “Someone declared a room as a school and another made shelter-less schools,” he said.
For the first time, the education minister said, they would define the word “school” in the education policy, so that all resources, including the budget may be used accordingly. Shah also instructed the education secretary to devise a strategy to envisage reforms for art teachers and band masters through the curriculum wing, in order to improve the visual and performing arts skills among students.
Dropout rates
The issue of dropout ratios of female students after primary education was also brought up for discussion. Secretary Parvez said that the main reason for the high dropout rates among female students after primary schools was that high schools were available only in larger
urban centres. “We would have to make arrangements for their transport,” he said. The session decided to start a transport service to take girls to schools. The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2019.
