KARACHI: Sardar Shah, the education minister for Sindh, announced on Friday that the provincial government would open schools in the province’s flood-affected areas.The minister stated that continuing education in flood-prone areas is difficult and that all the officers have been given 15 days to restore schools while speaking at a press conference in the Sindh Assembly.
In his talk, Shah stated that the government has planned to reopen the schools that were closed throughout the province’s districts owing to monsoon-induced flooding, adding that it will take three years to restore schools in certain of Sindh’s districts.Shah claimed that as an alternative, the ministry has asked Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah for assistance in constructing tent schools.
The steering committee will decide whether to accept students from the flood-affected areas, he said, adding that 15,000 tent classrooms are being created in the disaster zones.Additionally, the minister announced the hiring of nearly 700 music educators across the province. Teachers of naat khwani, qawwali, and sana khwani will also be recruited in addition to those who teach music.Minister Shah also stated that 49,000 teachers have been hired by the government.
