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Formal
schooling in Pakistan is organized in a three stage system, namely
primary, middle, upper secondary or high school, and runs for a
total of 10 years. The primary education cycle is composed of six
grades running from kachi (kindergarten) to grade 5. The age of
entry into the system is variable, ranging from age four to age
eight. On successful completion of all six grades, pupils are awarded
the primary certificate. They are eligible now to enter middle school
which runs for three years from grades 6 to 8. This is followed
by 2 years of upper secondary or high school (grade 9-10) ending
in matriculation (Matric). The District Education Officers, one
male and one female, are in charge of all the government schools
for boys and girls respectively. Every school has a headmaster or
headmistress and other teachers like a secondary school teacher,
junior English teacher, junior Arabic teacher, drawing master, physical
training instructor, mualimul-Quran and a junior vernacular teacher |
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Primary Schools In district Lasbela, there are 425 primary schools, of which only 14.35 percent are girls' schools, while the boy-girl ratio is 1.14. There are 258 schools with one teacher, 134 schools with 2 teachers, 19 school with 3 teachers, 4 schools with 4 teachers and 10 schools with more than 4 teachers. The number of schools for boys has increased from 334 in 1991-92 to 364 in 1996, showing an increase of 9 percent, whereas the number of girls schools at primary level has increased from 25 in 1991-92 to 61 in 1996, an increase of 144 percent.The majority of primary school teachers are unqualified and untrained. Most of them remain absent from their duties.Primary school building consists of one to two rooms. Sometimes school buildings are constructed on political basis and occupied by zamindar (landlords) of the areas to be used as guest room. The majority of the schools do not have proper sanitation facilities (toilets or safe water supply). |
Middle Schools In 1991-92, the total number of middle schools was 29, comprising of 28 boys' schools and one girls' school. In 1996 there was one boys' school more.Middle school comprise classes six to eight, but generally middle schools include the primary level classes as well. Most of the primary schools have been upgraded to middle to solve the problem of education in the rural and far flung areas of the district. It also minimized the drop-out ratio after primary education. |
High School In Lasbela district there are 12 boys' and 3 girls' high schools. High schools comprise classes nine to ten. There is no increase in the number of high schools from 1991-92 onwards, while the total number of students increased from 1,175 to 1,614. The drop-out rate was 67.4 percent for girls and 56.5 percent for boys in the year 1996. The difference between boys and girls in the drop-out rate at high school level is very minor compared to the rates for middle school.The school administration is controlled by a headmaster or headmistress, an assistant headmaster or headmistress and other teachers. In addition there are a clerk and a peon. The condition of high school buildings in urban areas is far better than that of schools in rural areas. It has also been observed that the girls' schools' academic standard is higher than the boys' schools'. Girls who go to high school are more serious about their education than boys. |
College A boys' degree college is functioning at Bela town. In the evening, classes are given for girls by the male staff of the boys' college. In 1996, the total number of students was 343 including 42 girls students. The number of students in degree class was 28 and they were all boys. |
Vocational Training There is a vocational training institute for boys in Hub. The total number of students registered was 84, out of which 74 students passed the training in the year 1994-95. Since most of the district's industries are located at Hub, this vocational training centre has been established to provide skilled labour for these industries. |
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Education 1. Provision, maintenance and management of Primary Schools; 2. Construction and maintenance of buildings as hostels of students; 3. Payment of grants and subsidies to institutions and organizations engaged in the promotion of education. 4. Promotion of adult education |
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