Educational Institution

In 1996, the total number of students enrolled at primary level was 22,845, comprising 16,206 boys and 6,639 girls. Total enrolment at middle level was 3,869, consisting of 3,244 boys and 6,25 girls. At the high school level the total number of students enrolled was 1,614, out of which 1,410 were boys and 204 were girls.
The total number of mosque schools was 10, but in 1993 they were merged into government primary schools.
The total number of primary level students in 1991-92 was 18,855 which increased to 22,845 in 1996, showing an increase of 21.16 percent. The total number of students enrolled at middle level was 3,380 in 1991-92, which increased to 3,869, showing an increase of 14.47 percent. At high school level, the number of student enrolled was 1,175 in 1991-92 which increased to 1,614 in 1996, showing a growth rate of 37.36 percent. A comparison of increase of all the three levels show that the increase at high school level was better than at the other two levels.
The total number of boys at all school levels was 19,090 in 1991-92, which increased to 20,860 in 1996 showing an increase of 9.27 percent. Similarly, the total number of girls student enrolled was 4,370 in 1991-92 which increased to 7,468 in 1996, showing a growth of 72.9 percent. It shows that the girls student enrolment has increased almost more than 7 times as much as that of boys.
In all government schools, Urdu is the official language of instruction. In 1989 attempts were made to change the medium of instruction and text books into the major local languages of Balochistan, but the attempt proved unsuccessful. However, teachers usually use local languages as the language of instruction