THATTA: Newly-appointed government teachers in Sujawal district are facing numerous problems as around 80 per cent of school buildings in the district are in a dilapidated condition and posing a serious threat to the lives of students and staff.

The recent appointment of teachers had brought hope of educational uplift in an otherwise underprivileged district, but lack of facilities and crumbling infrastructure of school buildings have marred the optimism of students and their parents.

According to the information gathered by this correspondent, there are six middle schools for boys in Jati taluka and three of them are functioning in the buildings of primary schools. The buildings of two schools are in a dilapidated condition.

A teacher, Abdul Jabbar Zaunr, revealed that there were many schools here but only to be shown in the record; actually they did not exist. There was a considerable number of schools in the district that had been closed owing to the dearth of resources and indifference of local communities that appeared unaware of the importance of education, he said.

Lives of staff, students under threat, warn teachers

“Imparting quality education is a challenge to the newly-appointed teachers in Sujawal,” he said.

According to the data collected by Dawn on Thursday, out of the 495 primary schools, 239 are likely to reopen in the wake of new appointments, but still they lack basic facilities.

The buildings of three middle schools for girls are also in a decrepit state.

Furthermore, out of the 421 public primary schools in the taluka, the buildings of as many as 100 schools are in a very bad shape.

A concerned official of education department requesting anonymity said they did not have sufficient funds even for minor repair works at these schools. In the current situation, the department could not provide any facility instantly.

Latif Memon, a newly-appointed teacher, said that abject poverty and increasing unemployment forced even highly educated youth to opt for the profession of teaching and they could make a real difference if proper facilities were provided to them.

Ashraf Ali, the head teacher of an elementary school of Jati taluka, said that teachers were working with dedication. He urged the authorities concerned to provide basic facilities to the new teachers.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2022