A rough 50 percent of these schools are single/two teacher schools. Only two officers at taluka, a subunit of a district in Sindh, control on average 400 to 500 of these schools and disburse teachers salaries and will now control school specific budgets (from July 1st), making them stronger against the spirit of reforms. Expetience and evidence suggests that we should have created stronger, empowered and accountable schools first by providing stable schools with dedicated Head Teachers and then equipping these schools with budgets and teachers. But we have done the other way round. This has as a result incentivized the main culprit of the system which needed to be weekened. Sindh therefore requires urgent management of the problem. One way to deal with the problem is to declare HUB Schools, at least two, from each Union Council, the smallest geographical unit, from amongst ecisting schools and provide them head teacher posts and empower them and hold them accountable for their performance. These schools should also be made responsible for didbursement of salaries and budgets for not more than 25 schools (ideally each school should be responsible for its own) in the neigjborhood within the same UC.
These HUB Schools can be managed with the support of Ed Management Organizations and can be transformed into schools for Quality Education in 1-3 years. Such schools can also be used for staff capacity building for linked schools.
Govt. may establish a company registered under companies ordinance with initial seed money. The school budgets and SMC funds and other supports from development partners be transferred to it for spendi.g on schools. Such entity may engage any Ed Management Organization for transformation of these and other schools to help make a difference in the pub provision of quality education in Sindg especially in rural areas.
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