HYDERABAD: The seminar entitled as “Educ
ation Status of Tharparkar and Election 2018” was arranged by the Thar Educ
ation Alliance (TEA) with the collabor
ation of Rural Development Associ
ation (RDA) over the prevalent status of
education in Thar.
Meanwhile, the manifestos of candidates contestin
g upcoming general elections was also discussed in the session.People from different sections of the society participated and shared their opinions
in this regard.
Coordinator TEA, Sunder Kothari while conducting session shared the overall status of Tharparkar.He said that there are different issues Thar is currently facing such as lack of quality
education, gender parity, and mismanagement in governance.
He further said that total number of girls’ school are less compared to boys schools, this has caused lower number of girls’ enrolment in schools in Tharparkar. Government should address this issue in order to promote girls
education.Thar
ranks lowest in
education compared to other districts of Sindh ,he said ,adding that the infrastructure of schools is also inappropriate.
He further said that due to low teacher to studens ratio, students of Thar are unable to get modern scientific
education which is necessary
in this era of modernization. Similarly, Thar also lacks scientific labs in many schools.
He emphasized community to ask the candidates coming for votes to work for
education and the contesting candidates must be asked about their manifesto for Thar and its development.
He suggested them to raise slogan “Achi Taleem Do Vote Lo” for upcoming elections.
Mr Ilyas Rind complained that the parliamentarians do not visit the constituency after winning elections to resolve the basic issues of the community.
