Elite educational institutes still closed

October 28, 2009

LAHORE - The elite schools and colleges in private sector are still closed due to lack of adequate security arrangements which is, however, fast improving. At the same time the government has intensified its vigilance to ensure whether the schools and colleges administrations have fulfilled the security arrangements - erection of eight feet boundary walls, posting of security guards, closure of rear gates, installation of CCTVs, walk-through gates and metal detectors, wearing of uniform by students and display of ID cards.
Accordingly FC College University and elite schools including Beaconhouse, Lahore Grammar School, Essena Foundation and Ibne Sina were not allowed to re-open. A number of autonomous and government schools were also closed by the raiding teams. The FC College University at FFC Gulberg will re-open on Thursday as the construction work of check-posts at rear gate of the university is in progress. The varsity’s front gate at FFC lane has been closed while the rare gates facing the canal is open for entry. The varsity has also posted as many as 60 security guards in uniform besides establishing a police check post and security front office.
Other educational institutions will re-open on Monday next.
The Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) has started erecting boundary wall to the height of eight feet besides taking extra-ordinary security measures at the gate. The Kinnaird College has also built eight-feet high boundary wall by removing its fences while it has erected bunkers with armed security personnel at the gate. The security arrangements at Islamia College for Girls Cooper Road, Queen Mary College and APWA College are also not satisfactory and the raiding teams are exhorting the colleges’ principals to make immediate foolproof security arrangements.