–Under construction building, unavailability of teaching, non-teaching staff causes woesLAHORE: Due to lack of efficiency, the establishment of a special education centre in Sargodha failed to accomplish its objectives whereas the hiring of staff for the project and shifting the centre in new building faces delay. Inside sources in Punjab’s Special Education Department said the project titled “Establishment of Government Special Education Centre Sargodha” was part of a scheme to provide educational facilities to the special students of four kinds of disabilities: hearing impaired, visually impaired, physically disabled and mentally challenged, near to their place of residence. “The prime responsibility of Special Education Department is to ensure the maximum coverage of 605,695 of school going special children (05 to 19 years) as per census 1998,” sources were quoted as saying. The special education centre was opened in an old building and rent of the building was Rs. The plot in front of special education centre was empty and full of trash.

Source: Pakistan Today March 07, 2019 15:00 UTC