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MIRPURKHAS Jan 11. Senior minister for education and literacy department Sindh Pir Mazharul Haq has said that there is a competition between government school s and private schools to provide more than facilities to the students and teachers and advised the administration of private schools to increase the fee of teachers and provide quality education and also ensured the training for their teachers. He further said that government schools and private schools management would have to pay important role to face the future challenges of new coming generation.  He was speaking as chief guest at the ceremony of distribution of registration certificates of private schools held here on Monday under all private schools management association district Mirpurkhas at auditorium of government modal college Mirpurkhas. DCO Mirpurkhas Ghulam Hussain Memon, EDO education, district officers, MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer, teachers including female teachers and officers attended the ceremony. He said that 2nd regional office for solutions of problems of private schools have been opened in Sindh at Mirpurkhas. He expressed that when his government came in power, about 7700 schools were closed in Sindh province after with efforts 1400 schools of them got open while 1700 schools are still in condition of autaqs and decided that their status of schools will be removed and cases would be lodged against those have their possession while possession holders should buy those buildings. He said that with the help of primary teachers association, civil society and citizens many closed schools were get open. He said that those school buildings are lying vacate due to non availability of children in the district would be utilized for welfare work. He said that we are facing difficulties to achieve target to provide education to each person till 2015 but due to fault in system we have sought the help of private school managements to get target , however, he added that private school management and it should provide reasonable fee to teachers. He asked to setup accountability process among the private schools otherwise private schools would be established in each street to collapse the quality education. He said that Sindh government had given RS 10 crors to each district government under Sindh education reforms to ensure basic facilities to the schools. He said that world bank was providing RS 8 Arabs each year loan with low interest in education department and asked the government to appoint the teachers on merit so we availed that loan and appointed teachers on merit in the province in benefit of education and coalition partner MQM is also cooperated in appointment of teachers on merit. He said that we had asserted with blood of Mohtarma Shaheed Benazeer Bhutto that we would appoint teachers on merit to promote education in the province. He said that we are providing facilities to students as free of cost books and now one time meal will be provided to students. He said that target killing in Karachi will be control as efforts are continued by coalition Sindh government. He advised the people to learn the different languages particularly Sindhi language sothat they could come near and added that all those residing in Sindh are brothers and should respect of each other. He said that cash prize and certificates would be distributed among those students of private schools who get more than marks in Sindhi subject. He said that he has visited the Tharparkar and Umerkot district and owing to negligence suspended Mohammad Qasim Qumbhar, assistant district education officer Umerkot and teacher Chakar Khan while issued show cause notice to Allah dad Memon, EDO education Umerkot for his absence. He further said that he has been suspended Assistant district education officer Tharparkar as he had been sent a clerk to Karachi for bringing the books of students instead to go himself for this purpose. Those also spoke the ceremony including MPA Shamim Aara Panhwer, regional director private schools education Khalid Hussain Shah and EDO education. Later chief guest distributed the registration certificates among the owners of private schools and shields among the office beares of district private school management association. Earlier provincial minister has inaugurated regional directorate private education Mirpurkhas.


MIRPURKHAS Jan 11. Strike was observed by electronic association Mirpurkhas here on Monday as all the electronic shops were closed at 3 PM in protest against the growing crime incidents including dacoities, robberies. While protest rally was taken out by Anjuman Tajiran Mirpurkhas on Monday evening from railway station chowk to protest against the growing crimes and prolong power load shedding in the city. Hundreds of protesters led by president Aneesur Rehman Shaikh and Ameen Memon , carried banners and placards marched through main roads and reached at municipal shopping center where speaking at the protesters Aneesur Rehman Shaikh, Ameen Memon, Majeed Shaikh and Abdul Khalique Khan have strongly condemned the district administration and XEN hesco for growing crime incidents and prolong load shedding of 14 to 18 hours daily. They deplored that business community is tax payers but XEN hesco Mirpurkhas is not respecting the tax payers even entered forcibly into their shops and houses. They said that 14 to 18 hours daily load shedding is being made in the city as result their business had been destroyed while hesco officials should make load shedding of 4 hours daily. They warned that if the administration did not arrest the culprits involved in dacoities and murder of Mohammad Usman, three years old child who was kidnapped during load shedding and killed by unknown armed persons till Monday night then strike will be observed in the city on Tuesday. They said that business community was adversely affected with growing crime incidents, mobile snatching, prolong load shedding etc. They demanded the Sindh government to take immediately notice and ensure proper action to control the crime and reducing the load shedding till 4 hours daily.