The absolute majority of the schools in the district are government run schools. They come under the direct supervision of the District Education Officers, one male and one female. The female District Education Officer is responsible for both Nasirabad and Jaffarabad district. There are three levels of government run schools: primary, middle and high schools. There used to be Mosque schools in the district, but they have been merged into government schools since 1993.

Number of schools (1996)
	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Primary m f	207 21	216 23	222 34	227 45	227 54	228 46
Secondary m f	13 0	14 0	15 0	16 1	16 1	16 1
High m f	7 0	7 0	7 1	7 1	7 1	8 1
Vocational	0	0	0	0	0	0
College	1	1	1	1	1	1
Private	2	2	2	2	2	2

Primary schools comprise two rooms. The majority of these schools, including the girls’ schools are without a boundary wall. They are government owned or donated by the MPA. A number of them are not used for the education of children, but function more or less as sitting places.

There is no vocational school in the district.

A middle school comprises four classes, from 5th to 8th grade. There is only one middle school for girls in Chattar, established in 1996. There are 16 middle schools for boys. All middle schools are government owned, but not all of them have been contracted according to the standards, e.g. a number of schools do not have the required boundary wall.

There is an increase in the incidence of cheating in secondary and middle examinations.

There are seven high schools for boys and one for girls. The number of students in high school has increased over the last few years. There are 40 girls students studying in boys’ high schools, because of the lack of high schools for girls. There are 3,103 boys and 426 girls in high school.

There is one boys’ intermediate college in D.M.Jamali. The number of students has grown to 400.

The school administration comes under a headmaster or head-mistress. A headmaster or head-mistress is supported by a number of teachers, drawing masters, science teacher, clerk etc. The number and variety of staff may vary from school to school.

The school buildings belong to the government of Balochistan. Private school buildings are privately owned. Primary school buildings are donated by MPA funds, but they have become the property of Balochistan government. There is little consistency in construction and style of school buildings. They are all made of red bricks. The majority of schools lack playing grounds, boundary walls and latrines.

The educational level in the district is comparatively low. The enrolment of both boys and girls at primary level is below average as compared to Balochistan as a whole. Girls have little chance to get access to adequate education at all levels. In rural areas, attendance is not very high.

The number of middle and high schools for girls are not enough. The high drop out rate in primary and middle school is a result of poverty and social unawareness of the parents, particularly in case of girls. Drop out decreased after the government and NGOs started distributing books and cooking oil for regularly attending students.

The schools are short of qualified teachers, particularly science and maths teachers. It has been observed that primary school teachers teach in high school classes.

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