KP flags 4,049 government school buildings as dilapidated
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa education department says Rs16.2 billion is needed to rebuild and repair boys’ and girls’ schools after a deadly private-school collapse in Peshawar.
KP’s education department has marked 4,049 government schools as dilapidated and needing urgent rebuild or repair.
Initial estimates put the cost at Rs16.2 billion for classrooms, latrines and exam halls.
The survey followed a private school collapse in Peshawar’s Dir Colony that killed 31 students and a woman teacher.
Unsafe stock includes 8,088 classrooms, 2,949 group latrines and 48 examination halls.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Authority has inspected over 6,000 of 12,493 registered private schools; work needs about another week.