ISLAMABAD: More than 32,700 students have enrolled in the morning shifts of around 400 high schools in Islamabad last month, with girls outnumbering the boys 2:1.
A meeting held at the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) was informed that 20,844 girls got admission in Class I to X against 11,932 boys, official sources said here yesterday. Though the Capital Administration and Development Division’s (CADD) decision to stop admissions in evening shift was criticised by the general public, it managed to admit 32,767 students in the schools. But response from the girl students was unexpected.
A participant of the meeting requesting not to be identified said that an “admission cell” headed by Director Schools Asif Niazi was established to ensure that every student got admission.
“During the meeting it was shared that in 19 model colleges as many as 2,228 students were admitted, out of them 883 were boys and 1345 were girls. In federal government schools of urban sector, as many as 9,900 students (7,000 girls, 2,900 boys) were admitted. In Bhara Kahu Sector 3,384 students (1948 boys, 1436 girls) were admitted,” he said.
“It was also informed that in Nilor Sector 4,737 students (2,936 girls, 1,801 boys) were admitted. In Sihala Sector 8,961 students (5,808 girls, 3,453 boys) were admitted. In Tarnol Sector 3,557 students (1,807 girls, 1,750 boys) were admitted. Over all 32,767 students were admitted in the schools out of which 20,844 students were girls and 11,932 were boys,” he said.
Joint Secretary CADD Rafique Tahir said that the admission process was still on and as per commitment nobody would be refused admissions. Internews
