JSSF demands equal opportunities for poor students in private educational institutions.

LARKANA -- Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) President Ashraf Kalhoro has said that there are 250 private schools and colleges in the Larkana Division where no poor student is admitted. 'White-collar mafia is very active in the shape of private schools which has ruined the education system in Sindh province,' he was addressing a press conference at a local press club Tuesday along with Aziz Shaikh, Yawar Mahesar, Tarique Korai, Faisal Abbasi, Rahib Soomro, Faraz Khuhawar and others. He said children of bureaucrats, landlords, and rich men are getting education in private educational institutions but children of poverty-stricken people are denied this facility due to exorbitant fees. He said actions were constantly being made to destroy education system in Sindh which would be very unfortunate and JSSF would never allow this conspiracy to succeed. He said massive corruption in the education department had further aggravated the already worst situation. He said education standard had declined to an extent that even poor people did not want to get their kids admitted to government schools which he termed very alarming situation.

He said policy of getting 10 students admitted to private schools on admission of every 100 children was not being implemented by the owners of private schools and no action had so far been taken against them by the...