State of Education in Gwadar

If we talk about the state of education in Gwader so we receive a very disappointing result. Lack of access to quality education among the poorest and among girls, is preventing thousands of people from escaping the cycle of extreme poverty in Gwader. The government had promised to involve the local people of Gwader in its every development project by providing those jobs and other opportunities; however, no steps have been taken regarding this since the establishment of seaport in 2004.

Twelve years have passed but no technical institutions, medical colleges and other schools are established here that can provide a quality education to the people of Gwader so that they can be competent to participate in the development of their city. They are deprived of getting education. The lack of technical education is the biggest flaw in the educational policy that has never been focused here. Therefore less technical people means less progress.

Secondly, the government has established several schools but it can bring no change until the quality of education is focused. A poor quality education is imparted to the students in Govt schools. The teachers in government schools are not well trained. People who do not get jobs in any other sectors; they try their luck in education field those are not professionally trained. However, professionally more trained people can educate the people to build a good nation.
Poverty is another factor that restricts the parents to send their children to public or private sector and hand over trial jobs to them to earn few bucks at home.

The more alarming issue is the insufficient use of allocated funds with high proportions remaining unspent contributing little to good quality education and pocketed by corrupt elements. Government is not sincere about the education in Gwader and investing minimal amount of funds to this sector which is quite pathetic.

Estimating the value of education, the federal and provincial government should take solid steps on this issue. Implementation instead of projecting policies should be focused. Allocation of funds should be made easy from province to district and then to educational institutions.

The greater participation of educated people of Gwader in the economy and political process would lead to a better world today as well as future generation. And our leaders should realize that no society can progress by restricting more than half of the population in the abyss of ignorance and a maze of undue limits. If quality education is provided to the people of Gwader sincerely so the expected result would appear in the coming years.

ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE BALOCHISTAN POINT ON APRIL 30,2016