Summary Supreme Court has sought an explanation from high departmental authorities on academic uplift.
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Monday ordered provincial governments of Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Secretary Capital Administration and Development (CAD) and Chief Commissioner Islamabad to submit comprehensive report regarding facilities available in government schools.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the proceedings of suo motu case regarding the lack of facilities in the schools.
During hearing, the Punjab government submitted a detailed report regarding facilities available in the schools of the province.
The Chief Justice asked the Secretary Education Balochistan about the number of schools in the province.
The Secretary Education Balochistan told SC that he did not know the actual figure regarding number of schools in the province. Total number of teachers is 48500 in the province.
The Secretary Education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told SC that there are 27,808 schools in the province and number of teachers is 1,30,000 having 34 percent female teachers.
It is interest to note that number of employees of education department are 55 percent of the total government employees in the province.
In its orders, the SC stated that how many ghost schools are present in all the provinces, occupied by whom and what are the measures taken so far in this regard.
The SC ordered provincial governments of Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Secretary Capital Administration and Development (CAD) and the Chief Commissioner Islamabad to submit comprehensive report regarding facilities available in government schools and subsequently adjourned the hearing till 1st January, 2013.
