KP Orders School Safety Audit as Damaged Buildings Raise Alarm

Peshawar: Concerns over the condition of school buildings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have intensified, with the provincial education department ordering a province-wide safety audit of government schools and directing that classes be suspended in buildings found unsafe. The move follows growing concern over weak structures and the recent deadly roof-collapse incident in Peshawar. Dawn Reports from different parts of the province show that some schools still lack proper buildings, furniture and safe classrooms. In parts of Khyber district, children have been studying in temporary structures, damaged buildings or even in the open, while several schools destroyed during earlier years of militancy still await full reconstruction. Dawn ePaper However, the claim that the situation is solely the result of the previous government’s policies could not be independently established from the available evidence. Current official records also show that the provincial government has allocated funds for school furniture, new classrooms and education infrastructure, indicating that both long-standing infrastructure gaps and ongoing remedial efforts are part of the present picture.