Students of those schools attended classes either inside the destroyed building or in the open
\nMINGORA
\nThe girl students of Kaho village in Bishbanr area still await reconstruction of their school, which was destroyed by Taliban in 2007.
\nLocal people said that provincial government made tall claims about imposing education emergency in the province but it failed to rebuild more than 15 schools, which were destroyed by Taliban during 2007 and 2009 in Swat. They said that students of those schools attended classes either inside the destroyed building or in the open.
\nOf 94 schools destroyed by Taliban in the district, 79 have been rebuilt
\nThe destroyed schools, which still await reconstruction, include government higher secondary school Manglawar, government girls primary school Kaho, government girls primary school Gut, government girls primary school Jabar Gut, government girls primary school Chinawat, government girls primary school Menz Gut, government girls primary school Sar, government girls primary school Sardarey, government girls primary school Zarrey, government girls primary school Zilkarin, government girls primary school Bela Gut, government girls primary school Swatey, government girls primary school Asharbanr, government girls primary school Charai Lalko and government girls primary school Pandarkot.
\nAccording to record of education office, of 94 schools for girls destroyed by Taliban, 79 were reconstructed.
\nMohammad Azam, planning and development officer in male education office, 79 boy schools were destroyed by Taliban in Swat of which 76 were reconstructed and two were being rebuilt.
\nThe students of school in Kaho said that they studied in a building that had not a roof, furniture and other facilities. \u201cWe love education and want to study but government is not serious in providing us education,\u201d said Laleen Bibi, a student of the school.
\nAbdul Basir, father of a student, said that neither the previous nor the present government took steps to reconstruct the school. \u201cThere were more 50 students in this school but the number decreased to 20 after destruction of the school,\u201d he told Media.
\nStudents study under the sun in Kaho village, Swat. \u2014 Photo by author
\nHe said that officials in Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) refused to reconstruct the school as according to them it was difficult to take building material to the site.
\nMr Basir said that the school was constructed in 1980 when there was no road in the area. \u201cNow there is a proper road from Taligram to Bishbanr. Kaho village is only three kilometres away from Bishbanr. It is strange that 27 years ago building material could be brought to the site but now government and PaRRSA are unable to do so,\u201d he said.
\nHowever, PaRRSA programe manager Sajid Imran said that only the Authority was not involved in selection and validation of school for reconstruction.
\n\u201cThere is a proper team having members from USAID, education department and locals for selection the site so it is incorrect to blame PaRRSA for refusing to reconstruct the school,\u201d he told Media.
\nMPA Azizullah Gran, when contacted, said that many schools in the area had very few students so there was no need for a school. \u201cIn many hilly areas the number of girl students is as low as 20 and there are other schools located just few kilometres away. So they can go to other schools,\u201d he told Media. He added that he was making efforts to reconstruct the schools and construct new schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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