LARKANA - The plight of college education could be judged from the fact that out of 718 sanctioned posts of male and female lecturers as many as 356 (50%) are vacant in the entire Larkana division’s 28 male and female colleges. According to details, out of 497 sanctioned posts of male lecturers (BPS-17) in the entire Larkana Region, as many as 240 are filled and 257 are still vacant. Likewise, out of 221 sanctioned posts of female lecturers (BPS-17), as many as 122 are filled and 99 are still vacant. There are 28 colleges in the Larkana Region, out of which the number of female colleges is nine, 9 are for males and ten are co-education colleges. Twelve colleges have no sanitary workers at all despite having sanctioned posts out of which five are female and seven male colleges hence all the students of these educational institutions have to carry out cleanliness in their respective institutions themselves in this computer science era. There are no security guards and drivers in 15 colleges and the point busses are burning under open sky such as that of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Government Girls Degree College, Naundero.
Four male and five female sanctioned posts of professors (BPS-20) are vacant. Four lecturers are working in excess at Government Degree College, Dokri along with two female lecturers and seven in Shahdadkot.
Out of 207 sanctioned posts of male assistant professors (BPS-18), 130 are working and 88 posts are vacant as yet. Likewise, out of 83 sanctioned posts of female assistant professors 40 are posted and 45 posts are still vacant despite massive unemployment, poverty and price-hike.
