Two years after the APS tragedy, 3,816 primary schools, 424 middle schools, 210 high schools and 23 higher secondary schools are still without boundary walls, as revealed in a government report.
As many as 70 government schools (for boys) have no security guards in Mansehra. The posts of lower grade employees or security guards have not been sanctioned since 1992 after these schools were upgraded to middle or high secondary category in the district.
“We have already taken up this issue with the Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and hopefully the posts of security guards would be sanctioned soon,” said Zafar Arbab Abbasi, the district education officer of Mansehra. “We will provide group lavatories, water supply, electrification, boundary walls, furniture and additional rooms at all schools where these facilities are missing in the district before the end of ongoing fiscal year.
To a query, the official said 190 schools destroyed in the devastating earthquake in 2005 presented a big hurdle, adding that the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) had promised to reconstruct these schools but it had not yet started the construction work on them.
He said all 190 schools are without buildings and are functioning in makeshifts or tented schools.
