By Wadood Mehsud
KHYBER: The provincial government has launched a school enrolment campaign across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, following instructions from the Chief Minister. In Upper South Waziristan, authorities conducted practical activities for the campaign in Tank instead of the district’s remote areas. A symbolic awareness walk was held outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office, and a report on the campaign’s progress was sent to the provincial capital, Peshawar.
Local residents said many children in Upper South Waziristan remain out of school and lack access to education. Community members called for the campaign to be genuinely extended to Upper South Waziristan so that children there can also be provided equal educational opportunities.
Residents criticised the administration for holding the awareness campaign in Tank while children in Upper South Waziristan continue to be deprived of schooling.
The campaign aims to raise awareness about school enrolment, but locals insist that more practical measures are needed in remote villages to ensure that all children can attend school.
Officials have yet to respond to calls for expanding the campaign to the district’s underserved areas.
