Education
An out of proportion propensity towards religious Seminary is quite conspicuous in this God forsaken district.Extremism incubates in religious seminaries.Imparting education to female is a sort of social enigma.The Mullah has no wish to relinquish his hold over the law and education which would guide and shape the lives of inhabitants in the district.Its primary target is the rural and semi-urban middle class.
Balochistan has an educational system,coupled with a traditional approach to the role of women.Like all other institutions,education institutions over here are ailing institutions.Faculty at these institutions are disillusioned, professionally inactive,with countryside orientation; though now not poorly paid,as it had been once. Teachers are unqualified as well as untrained with countryside outlook;school corporal punishment is the part & parcel of their curricular activities right from elementary to secondary level,under unwritten common law doctrine of in loco parentis, whereby a school has the same rights over a minor as its parent.
Contents of syllabus have essentially peripheral subjects, which are rigid rehash of the state's official version with stereotype of the rest of the world thrown in for good.Students in these schools still use wooden-slates(Takhti)which they plaster with yellow chalk and write with reed pen.
Although no society is immune from religious exploitation,but the abysmal low literacy rate,exposes their raw sentiments,to religious purveyors who wholeheartedly play upon them.So low literacy rate makes the political exploitation organically linked to the land and its people.Balochistan is the lowest literate province of Pakistan,the literacy rate of Balochistan is 37% (20% for women) compared to 54% of the national literacy rate.The lack of secular education is more noticeable in Balochistan than in any other province, with 50% of children compelled to attend the religious schools. This is not surprising given that the national budget for the MRA(Ministry of Religious Affairs) is around 1.2 billion rupees whilst the secular education ministry is allocated 200 million. These factors collectively give way to seminaries and thus religion invariably lay its heavy hand on the social life of the district.Extremism incubates in these religious seminaries.And cleaning Pakistan of this malaise is no mean enterprise.
There is only one intermediate college with 19 teachers and 70 students, and four high schools,with 67 teachers in the entire district,which can't cater for thousands of boys aspiring to get admission.All four high schools and college is located in Marani area none in Harifal.Similarly only eight middle standard boys schools with 263 enrolled students and 102 teachers exist in the whole district.
Boys Middle Schools are located in following villages;Chachobi,Karhama,Killi Alam Khan,Kori Wasta, Madrisa Khuk Kai,K Shaman Zai,Sore Lakai.District is deprived even of a single girls Middle or High school.In the entire district there are 15 Primary girls school,out of these 15 schools two are located in Harifal area; that is Ibrahimkhail and Kazha Malizai.
Location of girls primary schools are in following villages; Aghburgai,Ahmedi Dargha, Hassu Band, Ibrahim Khail, Istashi, Kazha Abdul Manan, KHanki Zari, Kapeep, Killi Hayat Khan, K.Hakim Khan Shirani, Sangar,Lowarah,Sharan Sarmaki, Spin Shah,Zandi Malozai.
Number of total boys primary schools is 131,out of which 23 falls in the share of Harifal and 108 are located in sherani area.Their location is as follow; Punkai, Pir Muhammad Kapeep, Qilla Saad Ullah, Qilla Din Muhammad, Raagha Mina Dadak, Ragha Sar, Sakhar Sar, Sar Naraie, Sarah Arbooz, Killi Shacha, Agheeahz, Shaheen Panakai, Shairaw, Shankai Kona, Shin Lundai, Shina Kazha, Shina Poonga, Killi Shina Siaza, Sipna Shah, Spara Aghbargai, Spin Wawarhh, Spina Landai, Sur Lundi, Sari Toie, Tabelo Harifal, Tabila Warha., Taria Noor Khan, Tarjana Khano,Tore Ghundi,Tore Bundmungalzai, Tour Ragha Sar, Tala Kurham Ramzan, Tungi Kona, Upper Chachobi, Upper Mandah, Killi Firoz, Zalar Khan, Zarha Qilla, Zarina Chuhai, Zarkai Landawar, Zeendi Waam, Zhara Aghbargai, Zore Karh.
Similarly there are twelve Mosque Schools,located in following villages.Arth Amir Khan, Baizhaie, Hoodkai Raghsar, Killi Naik Muhammad Kuraam, Looie Ragha Julander, Lowra Khidar Zai, Munda Harifal Malik Qalandar, Sakh Rai Kazha. Shin Ore Muzh, Shur Ghali, Abdullah Khan, Msq Silyaz. School, Tarai, Tore Ghundi, and Zar Bana.
Though no authentic figures of female literacy rate are available, but even rudimentary guesstimating makes the female literacy rate not more than 3%.while that of male as reported by NCHD is round about 18%.Presently 76 Schools are working with one teacher and one room without any shelter. There are five registered Seminaries,and five private Schools.National Commission for Human Development NCHD is running five feeder Schools.Teachers even in these private schools work in a quack fashion and use very crude method of teaching like bastinado type canning on hands. 83% of Schools are without electricity,45% are without boundary wall,50% are without toilet,and 35% are without drinking water.
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