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Issues of Girl's Education in Sindh
Sindh Education & Literacy Department (SE&LD) is being vigorously persuaded by the secretariat Provincial Ombudsman Sindh (POS) on the implementation of the study on the "issues of girl's education in sindh".
The main findings of the Study conducted by Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) on initiative of POS from the Regional subsidy of International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) for the year 2018-19 were limited accessibility of girls to post primary schools, non-availability of female teachers in the schools, poor quality education, lack of functional and secure washroom and the boundary walls etc. The recommendations were mainly to provide incentives to increase girls’ education, awareness to all the stakeholders on the importance of girls’ education, gender balance and reviewing policies from gender perspective and analysis of the intervention undertaken for increasing girls enrolment to gauge their effectiveness.
The Study was launched by the Chief Minister Sindh who fully agreed with all the recommendations with special emphasis on mothers to lead the School Management Committees (SMCs) and involving the local administration at all levels to ensure proper functioning of girls schools in their areas and to retain girls in school and also bring back to school.
The SE&LD is being vigorously persuaded by the Provincial Ombudsman Secretariat for implementation of the recommendations and SE&LD has made headway by issuing a notification for female (mother) heading the SMC, the already notified out of school enrollment committees at Divisional, District & Taluka level have been made active to assist and monitor efforts of the SE&LD, GoS, for universal enrollment of out of school children.
An out of school children Emergency Center established in Reform Support Unit (RSU) has become active and started working on awareness, upgraded 54 Primary Girls School into Elementary Schools of rural areas in Sindh with JICA assistance, localized recruitment is being done to avoid transport problems for female teachers, operationalization of Non-Formal Education in 5 districts with the highest out of school children (OOSC) in Sindh at Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Jacobabad and Kashmore to enroll 90,000 children through opening of 3000 NFE Centers, SEF signed an MOU to establish 50 centers, having enrolment of 1800 girls at post primary level in the most challenging areas of Shikarpur through Adult and Adolescent Program (AALTP).
The Secretariat POS is in constant touch with SE&LD to expedite action on the implementation of recommendations and also involved its Regional Directors in School Enrolment Committees at all level and to conduct awareness on importance of girls’ education with all stakeholders.
Source: Office of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Pakistan
