HYDERABAD, May 21: The University of Sindh will set up an FM radio station in the department of Mass Communication to broadcast educational programmes and train students of the department. The project was discussed at a meting at the Jamshoro campus on Monday.

It was presided over by acting vice-chancellor Professor Dr Parveen Shah and attended by the department chairperson Dr Rizwana Chang and FM 105 manager Dr Mehmoodul Hassan Mughal.

The meeting decided to approach the National Public Radio of the US and USAID education programme to seek assistance for the project.

The meeting discussed a proposal to seek financial support from the provincial and federal governments and contact philanthropists in this regard.

Approximately Rs5 million was required for the project, it was told.

Primary education

The Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) has launched a week-long campaign to enrol 5,000 children in schools in the districts of Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Badin and Tharparkar districts.

This was said by SPARC officials Shafiq Kandhro and Sajid Waggan at a news conference at the press club here on Monday.

They said that the standard of primary education was deteriorating in Sindh but the provincial government seemed least concerned about it. They said that the government had taken no initiatives to achieve universal primary education goal under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Under the MDGs, Pakistan was to achieve 100 per cent primary school level enrolment and an adult literacy rate of 88 per cent by 2015 but the government estimates showed that the enrolment ratio remained below 60 per cent till 2011, they said.

As compared to other provinces, they said, the situation was worse in Sindh where out of 11 million children of school going age, only 6.4 million (53 per cent) were enrolled in schools. They said that 11,669 schools had no building, 24,470 lacked boundary wall, 26,240 did not have drinking water facility, 22,588 lacked lavatory and 39,616 electricity.

Opinion

Editorial

Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...
New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.