the government. Similarly, during Pervez Musharraf's tenure, schools were constructed without any assessments. These actions have resulted in the uneven distribution of schools in Sindh.”
He termed merit-based recruitment of teachers an essential requirement for betterment of Sindh’s education system, and informed the participants that Cabinet approval had been received for public-private schools across the province.
“At least 110 state-of-the-art schools will also soon be established under a USAID initiative, and it would be the media’s responsibility to monitor the quality of these schools,” said Dr Pechuho.
According to the education secretary, almost 90 percent of investment in the education sector went towards infrastructure, but without any positive results. “Today, as many as 150 schools in a major city such as Karachi still have no boundary walls,” he said, “We have missed our Millennium Development Goals, but it is never too late to mend our fences.”
Wisdom unsought
It is high time we start following the concept of organic intellectuals enunciated by
the great Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci and, by recognising the reciprocal nature of education, seek to learn wisdom from rural folk.
This observation was made by Dr Pechuho while responding to a question by The News regarding the practice of thrusting ideas on rural folk instead of taking guidance from the philosophy of organic intellectuals in areas such as Tharparkar.
“When I was posted at Keti Bunder, villagers told me that the sea flooded their area at each recurring full moon. When the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) was being constructed, local people were adamant that it will bring disaster. I agree that the indigenous populations of these areas are learned people and we should definitely heed their advice,” Pechuho said.
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