KARACHI: The Sindh government has assigned 37 MPAs from both the ruling and opposition parties to oversee 94 public schools in their constituencies in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, and Sujawal. This is a first for Sindh.
The 94 state funded schools — 74 in Karachi, 11 in Hyderabad and nine in Thatta and Sujawal – have been given over to the more than three dozen legislators, a staggering greater part of them have a place with the resistance Muttahida Qaumi Development Pakistan, under a school reception program started by Training Clergyman Syed Sardar Ali Shah.
The initiative, according to a spokesperson for the department of education, aimed to promote education in Sindh by involving elected representatives in the oversight of government-run educational institutions and the implementation of measures to make them fully operational.
He stated that minister Shah had sent a letter to each assembly member urging them to adopt at least three schools in their respective constituencies. The school education department issued three separate notifications on Thursday to “hand over the supervision of 94 schools to 37 MPAs in the first phase” following the submission of proposals from several MPAs.
Schools “adopted” by the government are reported by the Education Department to opposition lawmakers in their Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, and Sujawal constituencies. A spokesperson explained that the MPAs would be responsible for providing operational support to the administration after the schools were adopted.
He stated, ” They will be responsible for monitoring the teaching process and discussing administrative decisions with the school education department. As representatives of their regions, MPAs will ensure teacher attendance and contribute to an increase in enrollment.
“In addition, the MPAs can directly recommend their transfers to the school education department in cases of unsatisfactory performance by the school principal or teachers.
“The chosen agents will team up with guardians and the local area to advance schooling and co-curricular exercises. Additionally, they will be able to use their funds to improve school infrastructure, “the official added.
He stated that, after the necessary formalities had been completed, more MPAs had expressed an interest in adopting public schools in their constituencies.
32 Karachi MPAs to oversee 74 schools According to a notification, 32 members of the Sindh Assembly who were elected from the city have been assigned to oversee 74 schools in Karachi.
The MPAs include: MPAs Syed Muhammad Usman, Moid Anver, Aamir Siddiqui, Faisal Rafiq, Muhammad Daniyal, Muhammad Dilawar, Rehan Bandukda, Fahim Ahmed, Sheikh Abdullah, Naseer Ahmed, Syed Ejaz Ul Haq, Rehan Akram, Abdul Waseem, Abdul Basit, Adil Askari, Iftikhar Alam, Maaz Mehboob, Mazhir Amir, Jam
MPAs Sabir Hussain, Muhammad Rashid Khan, and Nasir Hussain Qureshi of the same district have been given eleven schools in Hyderabad.
Additionally, MPAs Syed Riaz Hussain Shah Sheerazi and Heer Soho have been given control of nine schools in Thatta and Sujawal.
