Covid 19 has become a major effect for the people. It affects the health sector, markets, trade and educational sector. Most importantly, it has brought huge destruction to students’ career where thousand of students’ career have been destroyed by Covid 19. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting cancellation of students clinical rotations pose unique challenges to students’ education, the impact of which has not yet been explored. It has affected the students’ career in a large number as well resulting in the huge destruction of their chosen opportunities, not letting them accomplish their objective background. Similarly, it doesn’t not only affect the students’ career rather it also brought a drastic conflict in every aspect of one’s life. The government should be aware about the impact of this pandemic on students’ career and support to the students to overcome it.
Drug addiction is one of the most horrifying evils of Gresha. This bad habit is destroying specially the youth of Gresha. They need money for drugs all the time, but they are not in the position of earning money. Drug addiction is such a bad habit that it is increasing day by day. Drug addiction attracts the people toward itself in such a way that they are compelled to beg from citizens. It is extending in the society of Gresha so that they are robbing necessary materials. Therefore, parents and teachers should never ignore this illegal habit and they should not only educate their children but also tell them about the negative impact of drugs addiction.
Herronk, a village some sixty kilometers away from Turbat city, has a population of more than ten thousand people. Although the villagers are famous for getting education and jobs, but still we observe a great number of children away from schools for various reasons as poverty, lack of awareness about the benefits of education, lack of interest, family force and so forth. Basically, the village has five schools; one government, primary and a middle school for girls, and a government, primary and a high school for boys, including another private, primary school for both the genders. Despite the given schools in the village, we see children working in garages, shops, masons and gardening as farmers with their parents. Most others have turned to United Arab Emirates (UAE) for jobs in very small ages.
As I personally belong to the village, I see children wandering uselessly and not coming to schools. Many others in the schools leave after every class. Some quit after they finish their primary sections, certain others in the middle section and rest after the matriculation. The remaining students either turn to Quetta, the provincial capital, or Turbat for a higher education. One major reason among the other drawbacks, described above, is early marriages. When the students reach at an age of 15 to 18, they mostly get wedded off which results in their drop-outs from the schools. They do not feel education of a need once they are married, other than an opportunity to secure a governmental job. But for this, they adopt the private examination method to get their degrees.
Poverty is one other reason which compels myriad of the youth of the village to quit their education. As we know that poverty has led us back as it has the power to snatch our desired goals from us. Same is the case with Herronk where estimated ratio of poor villagers is ninety out of hundred percent. Mostly after matriculation, they cannot afford to send their children outside the village for a higher education, whereas, the village can only give an education till the matric. Despite the fact that women sew clothes in their sphere times, they still cannot manage to educate more than one or two of their children; the rest begin working to help their parents financially.
Family Force is among the other factors leading to drop-outs of so many kids of Herronk. Because in my village, mostly residents understood the things wrongly. Like, some of them think it is not in the customs and traditions of the Baloch nation to send their girls, in particular, out for any reason – be it for education or anything else – which is not true. We took the traditions in a wrong way like we made our mindsets as such that girls are for merely sewing clothes and boys for earning money. And when they grow up to fifteen to eighteen years of age, they are to get married and then they are supposed to give birth to children. Owing to such marriages, the young couples cannot have proper family planning and, in some cases in Herronk too, either of them committed suicide.
Besides this, people blindly follow what others do. They follow others when they become impressed by what they did. They have no planning in purse by themselves. On the same account, whenever someone, who manages to secure a good job, migrates from the village and never comes back to have interactive sessions with the students and other villagers and guide them about education and its benefits. They leave their home because of getting better facilities in cities and permanently shift themselves there. I do not argue they should not get settled in cities, but they should have timely visits in their village to guide their youth, especially those who are confused about getting an education.
One other major defect which is common not only across Balochistan but entire Pakistan is unskilled teachers. As said to the point: “A teacher is always a good actor.” Because it is always a teacher who compels a student to be attentive in class and gain the taught things. But there is nothing as such in Herronk’s schools which can impress the children to be attentive in classes. Hence, their minds get diverted to another world during the classes, which results in zero gaining by the students of the classes. As someone puts in nicely, “Children see magic because they look for it”, which means they need some internment for gaining the things.
Thus, children are the future of any nation. Any inconvenience in their education shakes the backbone of the nation as a whole. The government has to come up with suitable solutions to maintain the order of education provincially and sort out the educational queries. On the other hand, the educated people of Herronk, who are either studying or transferred to other cities after getting jobs, should pay visits in their village and guide the children to secure education. If we realise what our job is, things can get to a smooth direction no later.
The price of medicines are very high to buy and a poor cannot afford for that. Due to high rate of medicines, some poor children and parents have lost their precious lives.
Apart from poor, middle persons cannot afford to go in medical shops to buy medicines then how a poor can?
I would like to request the government to make the price of medicines less that poor should also afford to buy medicines and survive.
Balochistan’s second-largest city Turbat lacks libraries for the girls. It is one of those cities where the library crisis is discomforting the affiliate. It is giving tough time to females in delicate who have no attack to separated public libraries. A library is a basic need for all students whether males or females. But girls are being departed from the availability of a library compelling them to say good bye to their self-studies. I request to the Chief Minister of Balochistan to establish library for girls in Turbat.
Balochistan, the most neglected province of Pakistan, suffers from inattention from the government. Although the province is believed to be the richest vis-à-vis the natural resources, it still remains the most undeveloped region of the country, with education, according to Education and Professional Teaching, being dubbed as one of the most worrying question of the citizens owing to a growing number of out of school children. A report reveals that Pakistan stands second, and only after Nigeria, as the country having most out of school children, with Balochistan being the ‘home’ for not-going-school children in the country. The only reason why Balochistan has always the highest ratio of out-of-school children is that Balochistan’s government(s) have continuously been neglecting the decades-long-dwindling education system of the province. There has never been sincere efforts in enrolling more and more children to schools so as to boost up the already sinking literacy rate of the province. The figure of 1.8 million out-of-school children, as social workers say, is projected to increase by next year.
It must be noted that Balochistan has around 13,000 government-run schools, 2,500 of which are for girls and the other 10,500 for boys respectively. Most of these schools lack infrastructures, such as boundary walls, lack of electricity, toilets and, most importantly, hygienic drinking water which raises the question of what the Balochistan government(s) have done to provide quality education to every Baloch youth. Even the number of qualified teachers is far too low. One can often see one teacher attending a class of far too many students under trees since there is a shortage of classrooms.
According to the recent estimation of the International Labor Organisation (ILO), 10 million children are child labors and, according to estimates, 38.4 percent of the youth are illiterate in Pakistan. On top of that, illiterate youth and children both are obstructions to progress and peace in Balochistan.
The provincial government started the National Testing Service (NTS) which aimed to give academic opportunities to students based on merit. Unfortunately, the programme could not be properly executed because of a lack of teachers. The Balochistan government has claimed that it is giving priority to the education sector. It has also allocated Rs. 50 million for teachers’ salaries, however, teachers remain absent from the schools. It seems as if these teachers only exist on examinations.
Last year, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was made responsible for investigating embezzlement in the Balochistan’s educational system. NAB took action against 400 teachers who had used fake certifications to get jobs in schools, but this will not fix the province’s education-related woes.
During my recent visit to my own native village, Kolahoo, I found the boys and girls high schools in shabby conditions. On my query, one of the students told me that they were not interested in studies because they could easily solve the papers through cheating. While another student said-cum-asked, “Of what use is education to us?”
Karim, son of a farmer in the village, has a very vigorous desire to get an education but unfortunately, he is a pauper. One more of the farmers in the village said that he had a son, Amin, who had clinched the first position in his first grade, but has never gone to school. He has been addicted to drugs and snatches mobile phones, wallets and other crimes which are common in the village due to illiteracy.
Another little girl, Isra, after passing her fifth grade, was forced to stop pursuing education because there was only a single primary school in her village and that she had to go to Tump, a nearby town, for her higher education, but her parents were very poor and both of them worked. So, she got no one to drop and pick her from nearby government secondary school. There are more than hundreds of thousands of Baloch who want to pursue education but nothing to avail around the corner.
Despite Article 25-A of constitution of Pakistan quotes, “The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children aged five to 16 years”, the state fails to provide education to its youth. The law is quite adequate but has been neglected and thus child labor is piling up rather than coming to an end. Above all, Balochistan government does not only need to provide free education but also free uniforms so that the poorest citizens can also receive at least a basic education. On account of unaffordable uniforms, many children have been expelled from schools, resulting in mind-boggling illiteracy.
Tunk is a small village located in tehsil Hoshab but it has been long time that it is suffering from ghost teachers. Just one primary school is available but teachers are not doing their duty and no one asks them about their absentees. These teachers are destroying the students’ lives. Almost 8 teachers are there but among them just 2 teachers are giving duty but they are rarely seen in school. l request to the government of Balochistan to terminate the ghost teachers and save the future of Tunk.
University of Turbat is the second biggest public sector university in Balochistan. The university has earned a good name because of its unique performance and transparency . However, the recent conduction of BA examinations made the performance of Turbat University controversial. Its policies have also remained standard in promoting a conceptual reading culture in Balochistan generally and in particular in Makran. On the one hand, the university which undertook to curb out the cheating culture in the region has also given free hands to students who are involved in the illegal act of cheating in the ongoing exams. Moreover, the transparent administration of university has deliberately kept silence over this issue and is not interested to pay any proper attention in this regard. In order to sustain the transparency, solid steps are required. Moreover, the center superintendent along with the concerned officials of examination branch of the university are equally responsible for their negligence. Therefore, an inquiry in this behalf must be carried out on the directives of the worthy chancellor against the concerned officials that on what grounds they have created certain situations in the examination centers. We hope concrete actions will be taken against the concerned officials.
A single word can change the world. The tongue is, despite, so small, but it can separate someone from the loved ones. In fact, hurting someone is deemed a sin. When someone gets hurt by your words, they might curse you for your words which will leave huge marks on your road to success.
There comes a time in every man’s life, be it good or bad, when merely your words hold an immense space in their hearts to whom you treated humbly. As it is rightly pointed out, “A word of spoken is past recalling.” So, never try to hurt someone by your words.
However, your bad words may last long and you may regret lifelong. Hence, be humble and kind while you are speaking to someone. Your bad words and lies may destroy one’s life, therefore, you need to take care while speaking.
It is beautifully put that, “Nothing is ever good or bad, just thinking makes it so.” Thus, think before you speak. Whenever you take a word out, which is of not a good nature, then you will regret in future. It is better to determine what you are speaking prior to your words.
Same as when saliva comes out, then it will not return back to mouth; similarly, when the words are spoken at once, they cannot be retaken. Whenever you listen to a bad word, please, do not take it so far rather you need to finish that from within. Enjoy your life because life is too short and always behave well and speak nice to everyone you meet. Because with beautiful words, you can make someone happy. Be careful as your words cost a lot.
Transportation, a mean of movement, is a basic need in the globalized world. Because the world is already busy, and transportation makes it easier to save time. Today, the world is getting more in touch with inventing more comfortable transportations to make life easier for the people and save their time.
High-speed trains are the most comfortable and time-efficient means of transportation on roads these days. The most developed countries have very well-developed means of public transportation, such as the orange train, the TGV subway and other cheap and comfortable means. However, if we speak of the means of transportation in Balochistan, we can only find disappointment. Because the provincial capital (Quetta) has the worst means of transportations, what else can we expect from the other cities?
However, students in Quetta suffer greatly because of lack of proper transportation. They even sit on top of local buses, which are not very healthy, to approach their academies, whereas, rickshaws need high prices which students cannot afford on daily basis. It enhances the burdens of students in particular in many aspects. One major aspect is rendering mental disturbance to the students.
In other words, the means of transportation provided to students in particular, others in general in Quetta are not satisfactory. Same is the circumstance with other cities of the province. Instead of comfort and relaxation, they give more tensions and burdens.
In myriad situations, farmers of the province cannot rely on the fragile transportations to send their crops to other towns and cities considering the high charges and low services. It automatically affects the national economy. Finally, the provincial government needs to think of strategies to strengthening the transportation system so that people from all walks of life benefit from them.
Daily Makran Times 