Chitral -- Govt Girls High School Reshun  which was damaged by flood two years ago is still under flood debris as a result over three hundred girl students are studying using the already crowded primary school building. During a debate in Community participation workshop parents of these students expressed their anger over the poor performance of education department. It was also revealed that an adjacent girls middle school was given on rent to one of her relatives by the then Executive District Officer Elementary and Secondary Schools Miss Gulsambar. The building has however been vacated on the orders of the present EDO.

A student of 9th class told this scribe that she wanted to become a doctor to serve the needy people but she was not sure that her dream would ever come true because there is no Science room, Laboratory, Library in the present primary school which they are forced to use. More over there is no staff room for teaching staff and female teachers sitting in a tent during their free time. Students were also badly suffering due to non availability of play ground. Principal of the school Mrs Norshaba told this scribe that not only students but her staff were also badly suffering due to lack of facilities and shortage of class rooms . Arifulla a social worker from the community whose 3 daughters are studying in this school told that we have time and again requested the district administration for removing debris from high school building and some 150000 fund also have been approved but practically work is still awaited. He said that there is no transport facilities for these girls students who are coming from more than 15 kilometers away from the school but usually they travel by feet in this hot weather.-- GH Farooqi, 19 June 2011.

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