PAKISTAN:Floods damaged 10,407 educational institutes

APP

The unprecedented floods in last two years has damaged a total of 10,407 educational institutions in around 90 affected districts of the country. Of the total damaged schools, 3741 are fully destroyed and 6,666 are partially damaged. Moreover, around 32,000 teachers and 1.04 million students have been affected by the floods. According to report of Society for the Rights of the Child(SPARC), Sindh faced the largest destruction as a total number of 5,655 educational institutions are affected. While in Punjab, 2,817 schools were destroyed, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan, FATA, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) with 915, 557, 176, 194 and 81 number of schools being affected respectively. The report manifests that the two worst affected provinces in terms of numbers of schools destroyed are Sindh and Punjab,whereas 18.5 % and 8.8% of the pre flood educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed. This is followed by 12.9% and 5.6% of pre-flood facilities damaged in Balochistan and KP. Talking to APP, Child Coordinator SPARC, Shaista Kiran said the total damage and loss for Pakistan's educational institutions has been estimated at Rs26,464.3 million. She said Sindh is considered as being the most affected with figures amounting to Rs13,354.9 million followed by Punjab with Rs7,881.3 million and KP with Rs2,859.5. Damage and loss in Balochistan is Rs775.5 million, and for AJK, FATA and GB, it is Rs842.3 million, Rs414.8 million and Rs336.2 million respectively