NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Students from various areas of North Waziristan stuck and faced difficulties in reaching examination halls timely as major routes leading to educational institutions remained closed amid security concerns.
Students and parents told Pakhtun Digital that students from various areas, including Mir Ali, Shiwa, Razmak, and Datta Khel, are failing to reach the examination centre on time, which may waste their valuable time and sometimes result in failure of papers.
Bannu board’s Controller of Examinations, Safiullah Khan, expressing deep concern over the situation, has demanded that the higher authorities facilitate the movement of students during the examinations and keep the roads open. He said: “Students are our capital, any kind of obstacle or injustice to them is tantamount to hostility towards education. We demand that the administration take immediate steps.”
Local elders and civil society have also appealed to the administration not to let the students’ educational journey be affected and to ensure easy and safe access during the examination days. The students said that they appeal to the district administration and higher authorities to provide facilities for easy movement during exam times, so that we can take the exams continuously, because our future is linked to these exams.
Chairman Bannu Education Board Professor Safatullah Khan also delayed and reached late to the college. He was stuck in a car for about half an hour due to a lack of permission at the check post in Eidak Bazaar. Due to this delay, he reached the examination centre in Miranshah Colony very late. Talking to the media, Professor Safatullah Khan said, “I personally delayed due to the rush and security checkpoints; similarly, many male and female students also arrived late and were allowed to enter the examination hall at late time.
Chairman Bannu Board Professor Safatullah also visited Government High School Civil Colony Miranshah and reviewed the arrangements for the ongoing examinations there in detail. Expressing satisfaction, he said that all resources are being utilized to make the examination process transparent, organized, and impartial across the district.
Raising the standard of education in the Bannu division is the top priority of the board. The Bannu board is trying to provide students with a better educational environment, transparent results, and a fair system.
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