During last month’s monsoon rains, frequent news reports surfaced about school roofs collapsing across various parts of Sindh, leaving parents filled with anxiety and fear for their children’s safety.

In Basiro village, Khairpur district, 12 eighth-grade students sustained head injuries when a large piece of concrete plaster fell from the ceiling in their classroom at a government high school. Fortunately, no fatalities occurred, but this incident raises serious concerns about the safety of students enrolled in public schools.

Tragically, such shocking incidents have occurred before, without prompting any meaningful change in the usual apathetic behaviour of the authorities, who remain indifferent to the plight of poor children. Nearly a decade ago, I wrote an article in another newspaper in frustration over a similar issue. This followed a tragic incident where a school corridor wall collapsed in Qabool Pur village, district Tando Mohammad Khan, resulting in the death of an eight-year-old first-grade student and injuries to several others.

Yet, in a short span of time, we tend to move on. The news fades, and the case is set aside. This is the general reaction of........

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