Education is the panacea of all evils

Mrs. Rawasia, a 35 years old household wife and mother of three daughters, is a resident of village Sabai, Union Council Zimdara, Tehsil Maidan. Village sabai has an approximate population of 80 sparsely scattered households. She lives in a joint family system with her father and mother in law. Her husband, the sole bread and butter winner, works abroad. She is an active member of the Parent Teacher Council (PTC) of GGPS Sabai, which is the only female school in the entire village. Her Mrs. Rawasia says, I met with the two daughters, Maria and Shazia, study in this school, in grade project team in July 2011, when they three and one respectively. Although she is not literate, were searching for active women to however, she has tremendous passion and love for education. convince communities for the And this is why she has helped to enroll ten new girl students. formation of women PTC. For me it most happy moments, as promotion When Rawasia was a child, conditions were very tough for for girls education was about to female education in her village. Education was a rare privilege start in our village. Though I am in old times at district Dir. There is general consensus, that the illiterate but I have admitted my Nawabs regime (former Ruler of state of Dir) did not allow girls in school and wish to get them widespread access to education. The unfortunate saga was highly educated. I will continue my once again repeated, as the local Mullas backed by armed ambition as long as I live. militants from last two decades has imposed ban on female education. I have great passion for education. I wish Id gone to school in my childhood, and would have learned fluent reading and writing, but then it was not possible, as my parents and brothers were strictly against female education. Besides our financial conditions were also very weak she grimly told. Ive been only taught Quran in my childhood and because of similarity in Arabic, Urdu and Pashto scripts, Ive been able to work out myself reading Urdu and Pashto scripts up to some extent. She further elaborated. While the project team was initially launching mobilization process for the formation of PTC, they were more than happy to meet Mrs. Rawasia by chance. She helped a great deal in PTC formation. After receiving capacity building trainings for the PTC, her enthusiasm allured her further to become most active member of the PTC. Since her PTC membership, she has till to date registered ten new enrollments. She told that, it took her so much time to encourage the families of these children for admission. Ive convinced them that education is the panacea of all evils. It is now easy to afford the expenses of our children as free books and bags are being provided by government and besides admission is also free, by getting educating our girls we will definitely put ourselves on the track to prosperity and development. She has been reported to continue search for new girls students.