Education Pasni

The educational institutions in Gwadar district include two intermediate colleges, 10 high schools, 13 middle schools, 174 primary schools, and one technical training centre. Apart from these public sector educational institutions, one middle and 3 primary schools exist in the private sector. Some of the government schools in the district are not functional. These schools exist on paper only. Their staff worsens is getting salary but no teaching activity is being carried out. Reliable official data about these non-functional schools is not available.

  Government School System  

The government school system in Gwadar follows the national pattern. It is divided into three stages: primary, middle, and high. The entry point to the primary stage is kachi which is actually first part of class one, while the second part is pakki. In this way the student spends two years to pass class one. After class one four more years are required to pass primary stage (class 5). Middle stage (class 6 to 8) is of 3 years’ duration and high section (class 9 and 10) is of two years. In order to get a secondary school certificate a total of 11 years’ schooling is required.

  Primary Schools  

There are 146 boys and 28 girls primary schools in the district. About two third (66.6%) of these schools are single teacher schools. Fourteen of these schools have been mosque schools which have now been awarded the status of primary schools. Usually a Junior Vernacular Teacher (JVT) is appointed in a primary school. In mosque schools both the boys and girls study up to the primary level. The teacher-student ratio data in boys primary schools ranges from 1:26 to 1:33 and for girls primary schools this ratio ranges from 1:104 to 1:135.

Amongst the 28 girls primary schools, 11 are established through community support. All these 11 schools were initiated by the community with efforts of the Society for Community Support for Primary Education. A Village Education Committee (VEC) is constituted amongst the villagers where at least 75 percent of the residents are willing to open a girls primary school. This committee supervises the functioning of the school. A local middle pass girl is identified and recruited as a teacher. Space for the school and the teacher’s remuneration for the initial 3 months is provided by the community. After 3 months the government approves and finances the school if its performance is satisfactory. After 3 years the government constructs the school building on the land provided by the community, provided that funds are available.

There are 4 private schools in the district of which one is up to middle level while other are primary schools. One of these primary schools is the Agha Khan School. It was established in 1905. At present this school has 228 students and 12 teachers. The only private middle school and one primary school at Pasni is being run by a province-wide NGO, Pak Public Development Society. The teachers in these schools are paid a reasonable remuneration. The monthly tuition fee for each student ranges between 160 to 300 rupees while every year 400 to 500 rupees are charged as admission fee and 200 rupees as annual fund. The enrolment in these schools is increasing as the parents think that the educational standard at these schools is good.

  Vocational Training  

The Government of Pakistan has recently established a Technical Training Centre at Gwadar with World Bank assistance. The classes have not started yet but are expected to start functioning this year. This centre will provide training in various trades including electrician, motor winding, television and radio mechanic, wood work and boat-making,  welding and sheet metal, refrigeration and air  conditioning, and plumbing and fitting. There is training capacity of 8 students in each trade while the duration of courses ranges from 6 months to one year. The teaching staff of this centre consists one Chief Instructor,