Pajhwok
07/30/2008
By Zainullah Stanekzai

LASHKARGAH - Over 169 schools of around 227 schools have been closed and 59 are not functioning normally in southern province of Helmand, provincial governor said on Thursday.

Addressing to a tribal meeting held for reopening schools in the lawless province Gulab Mangal said his province having no educated people that are why violence was on the rise. The province would not face such violence if schools were opened for children, he pointed out.

He promised that all the schools will open at any cost and will bring various changes in education sector of the province from start of the new education year that will start on September 5th.

"School must be reopened for schoolchildren if it is by talking with the militants or if by the help of tribal gatherings" he said. More than 4000 students are being deprived of education, according to the information of education department.

The tribal gathering held for the reopening of schools in the restive province have participated by 400 tribal elders, government officials and religious scholars. Fifteen schools have even closed in the provincial capital, Lashkargah, said education director Sher Agha Safi.

All the schools are not closed by the anti government movement of Taliban guerrillas but some schools are being closed by the area people because of low salaries to the schoolteachers and because of other problems, said Mukhtar Ahmad, head of Hajj and Auqaf department.

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