Karachi: PECHS school pond of sewerage water, deprived of electricity
Children, architects of our future, forced to study in unhygienic environment without electricity
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – A PECHS school has become a pond of sewerage water and the children, the architects of our future, are forced to study in these unhygienic conditions without even electricity, reported Dunya News.
If dirt, classrooms devoid of light, broken ceilings and sewerage water are the specifics of a school in Sindh’s capital, then imagine the situation of schools in smaller cities and villages.
The government school in the posh area of Karachi, PECHS Block-6, seems like a dungeon. Teachers fear that the ceiling might fall off during the lecture while the electricity connection of the school is cut off for several months due to non-payment of dues. The cool air of January makes it impossible for the students to open the windows of the school while if they shut the windows, nothing can be seen in the room.
There are 700 students, male and female, studying in the school’s primary and lower secondary sections. Teachers told that K-Electric employees had accepted a bribe of Rs 500 for an illegal connection of electricity but nobody has even accepted a bribe for cleaning the school.
Teachers genuinely seem worried about the future of the students studying at the school.
