KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have closed six Iranian schools operating illegally in southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Saturday. All six schools shut on Friday were run by Iranian nationals in Quetta, the capital of the province bordering Iran. “We have sealed six schools, which were being illegally run by Iranian nationals and where a foreign syllabus was
Authorities in Quetta have sealed six schools for teaching Iranian syllabus to students, an official said Saturday. City Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Zohaib-ul-Haq told SAMAA TV that the owners of the schools and teachers were all Iranian nationals. The schools were sealed on Friday. He added that the authorities found “unacceptable literature” at the schools. The unregistered schools had been teaching students for several years, the assistant commissioner said. Shabbir Ahmed, the director of the Balochistan Education Foundation, told SAMAA TV that the schools were established in Quetta under a Memorandum of Understanding in 1991 but they were not registered or inspected. He added.
Official sources said the great anomaly was detected when the Balochistan Education Foundation checked the records of the schools. Reuters/File
QUETTA: Eight schools in the provincial capital have been running with funds from neighbouring countries for the last 30 years, with the institutions registered with none of the education boards of the country.
Official sources said the great anomaly was detected when the Balochistan Education Foundation checked the records of the schools.
The schools were established under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the provincial education department and the schools’ administrations three decades ago.
Over the past 30 years the schools’ administrations did not renew the MoU, while the education department too failed to fulfil its responsibility and did not even inspect the schools, the sources said.