25/11/2018
BAJAUR AGENCY - Lack of education facilities was discouraging the female students of Bajaur Agency to continue education. According to details, a large number of girls’ students quit education after passing primary school every year owing to non-availability of middle and secondary education facilities in their areas, residents and sources in the education department said on Saturday.
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They claimed that lack of higher education facilities is a major constraint for the female students of Bajaur Agency to further continue their education. They added that at least 10,000 female students had quit their studies after passing Grade-5 during the past couple of years due to the lack of education facilities in their areas.
Sources said that the condition of female education in Bajaur Agency was very miserable and this was obvious from the fact that there were only 20 middle and 8 high schools for a population of 5,36,520 females while the total population of Bajaur Agency according to 2017.
Regard Riaz Ahmad.