KORT has upheld its promise of ‘Education for All’ and have built not one but another three more schools for the poor families residing in villages within Bagh, Islamghar, and Hajira in Azad Kashmir. These foundations which have been built will serve as a means to eliminate poverty and empower locals with free access to quality education, after all knowledge is power.
KORT with the help of its construction force have built a new Government Boys High School in Kharal Maldialan Abbasian, Bagh, AJK. The inauguration ceremony took place on Sunday 12th June 2022 in the presence of the former Prime Minister of AJK: Sardar Ateeq Ahmed Sahib.
On Wednesday 15th of June 2022, a new Government Girls High School Mawa in Islamgarh was inaugurated before the Chairman of KORT: Ch Akhtar Sahib handed over the keys to the Department of Education, AJK.
The following day, our team then headed out to the Poonch District to inaugurate another primary school called the Government Boys Primary School of Salohi Village Mandhole.
Education in AJK is hugely threatened due to cross-border firing that afflicts those within the LoC areas as both residential homes as well as schools are plummeted to the grounds. As a result, many smaller remote villages and people who have their school buildings flattened to the ground risk growing up in child labour to survive.
