37 MPAs agree to supervise schools under Initiative for Adoption of School

A positive progress has been made in response to a letter written by Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah to members of the Sindh Assembly regarding school adoption.

Officials said that following requests from the MPAs, a notification has been issued to hand over the supervision of 94 schools to 37 MPAs in the first phase. The minister praised the efforts of the assembly members for adopting schools, calling it a serious approach towards improving education.

In his statement, he mentioned that assembly members’ decision to adopt schools was evidence of their commitment to education in the province.

He added that both the government and opposition members were united on the matter of educational development, and there should be no negative politics concerning the education of Sindh’s children.

The education minister had invited assembly members to adopt schools in their constituencies through a letter. After the assembly members submitted proposals for school adoption, the school education department issued a notification.

According to the notification, the initiative is named Initiative for Adoption of School.

The programme aims to promote education in Sindh by overseeing public schools and taking steps to make them more functional. Based on the proposals from members of the Sindh Assembly, supervision of schools in their constituencies has been assigned to them. In the first phase, 74 schools in Karachi have been placed under the supervision of 32 members of the Sindh Assembly.

Among those adopting schools in Karachi are Leader of the Opposition Ali Khursheedi of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), as well as MPAs Syed Muhammad Usman, Moid Anver, Muhammad Aamir Siddiqui, Faisal Rafiq, Muhammad Daniyal, Muhammad Dilawar, Rehan Bandukda, Fahim Ahmed, Sheikh Abdullah, Naseer Ahmed, Syed Ejaz Ul Haq, Rehan Akram, Abdul Waseem, Abdul Basit, Adil Askari, Muhammad Iftikhar Alam, Muhammad Maaz Mehboob, Muhammad Mazhir Amir, Jamal Ahmed, Sharif Jamal, Najam Mirza, Shaukat Ali, Arsalan Parvaiz, Farhan Ansari, Mahesh Kumar Haseja, Aneel Kumar, Sumita Afzal Syed, Sikandar Khatoon, Farah Sohail, Quratulain and Biqees Mukhtar.

Three assembly members from Hyderabad — Sabir Hussain, Muhammad Rashid Khan, and Nasir Hussain Qureshi — have been assigned the supervision of 11 schools under the adoption programme.

Additionally, nine schools in Thatta and Sujawal have been handed over to two MPAs for their supervision. A notification for the supervision of these schools was issued upon the request of assembly members Syed Riaz Hussain Shah Sheerazi and Heer Soho from Thatta and Sujawal.

The Sindh school education department stated that the submission of requests from assembly members was under way, and school adoption notifications would continue to be issued after completing necessary procedures.