Sindh to handover non-functioning government schools to private sector

KARACHI: Secretary Education Sindh, Fazlullah Pechuho announced on Saturday that non-functioning government schools of the province would be handed over to the private sector.

The education secretary announced that in the first phase, five schools would be handed over to the private sector adding that schools in Karachi, Sukkur and Khairpur would be handed over to the private sector within few days.

Pechuho regretted that in the past, schools were established for the Otaqs (sitting places) for feudals.