PESHAWAR, Nov 7 Most of the schools in Frontier will not be able to complete courses within the stipulated period as educational institutions were closed twice in the province owing to the prevailing law and order situation.

The teachers and parents fear that non-completion of courses will badly affects the students appearing in Secondary School Certificate examinations in March next.

The educational institutions were closed on May 15, some 15 days before the annual summer vocation, to accommodate more than two million internally displaced persons from Swat. Usually schools are closed for summer vocation on June 1.

The schools, colleges and universities were again closed for two weeks after two bomb blasts at International Islamic University in Islamabad and series of bomb blasts in Peshawar.

Though the closure of educational institutions have affected all students yet teachers and parents of the students, appearing in SSC examinations, are more worried about the future of their children.

The results of SSC examinations are considered very important for the future of students. Educationists say that good result of SSC examination is the first step towards the bright future of a student. The students, who obtain good marks in SSC examinations, can get admission at reputed colleges.

Out of 19 chapters of English in Part-I of SSC, only nine have been taught, a teacher wishing anonymity told Dawn. The closure of schools for two times was a big loss for the students of SSC, he said.

The first term examinations, usually held in September, couldn't be held because the required course was not completed owing to early closure of schools before the scheduled summer vocation, he said.

The mid-term examination would take another 15 to 20 days in which teaching the course would be stopped. Secondly, according to the demand of the students, they would be freed for 15 days for preparation of examinations.

Another teacher, who teaches Pakistan Studies, told Dawn that he had taught only five chapters out of 10. He said he didn't expect that courses would be completed within the specified time.

“We need time to cover the course,” he added. He suggested that SSC examinations should be taken at least one month late of the scheduled date.