KARACHI: (HRNW) Sindh’s Education Minister Sardar Shah Friday shared that the provincial government would be opening schools in flood-hit areas of the province.
Addressing a press conference in the Sindh Assembly, the minister said that continuing education in flood-prone areas is a challenge and that all the officers have been given 15 days to reopen schools.
“Government has strategised the reopening of schools shut across the province’s districts due to monsoon-induced flooding,” Shah said in his address, adding that it will take three years to restore schools in some of Sindh’s districts.
As an alternative, Shah said, the ministry has sought help from Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to build tent schools.
He added that 15,000 tent classrooms are being built in areas impacted by the catastrophe and informed that a decision to pass students from the areas affected by floods will be taken by the steering committee.
The minister also announced to the recruitment of over 700 music teachers across the province. The recruitment will not just be done for teaching music, but will also include teachers for naat khwani, qawwali, and sana khwani.
Minister Shah further informed that the government has completed the recruitment of 49,000 teachers.
“Sindh is the only province where a huge number of recruitment is conducted on merit.