PESHAWAR: The fresh wave of terrorism in the province has put the future of around 3.6 million students of government schools at stake, according to a report of Education Department.
The state-run schools remain the main target of the miscreants in fresh strings of terrorism incidents in the province, report added.
It further said that more than 350 public sector schools were affected in terrorism acts in the province putting the future of thousands of students in jeopardy.
Insurgents have been targeting schools in Peshawar, Swat, Bajaur, Malakand and Khyber agency and are not sparing any opportunity to hit schools especially government educational institutes.
The security guards deployed at government schools are not properly trained and equipped to counter terrorist attacks, the report observed, adding that the rising incidents of terrorism have increased the need for initiating such trainings for the security staff.
It is worth mentioning here that at least 20 schools, most of them for girls, were blown up alone in provincial metropolis in the year 2010.
Though government claims to have taken steps for protecting educational institutions, yet it has failed to prove the claim.
No doubt, the number of subversive activities in urban areas has decreased as compared to the previous year but it seems that militants have focused on destruction of educational institutions.
A group of Taliban has claimed responsibility for attacks on schools and warned that they would continue to destroy educational institutions.
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