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India-Pakistan |
Chooks not children at 'ghost school' |
2006-11-09 |
PAKISTANI authorities found chickens, not children, when they went to inspect a state-run primary school after a tip-off the establishment was being used to produce poultry. So-called ghost schools – where people pocket government funds for education but use the schools for their own purposes – are a common problem in Pakistan. "Chickens, television sets, video recorders, playing cards and breeding cages were found in what were supposed to be classrooms but no students," Kanwar Naved, the mayor of the city of Hyderabad said today. "According to education department records, the school had 59 students and two teachers," he said. Some workers detained in today's raid near Hyderabad said the school had been used as a poultry farm for the past 12 years, he said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#11 What's with breeding cages ? Forgive me ladies. Fighting cocks. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-09 19:53 |
#10 What's with breeding cages ? Ever see a rooster do a chicken ? No cage needed, not even a thankya mam. A deck of cards, however.... |
Posted by: wxjames 2006-11-09 15:32 |
#9 I wonder if this is a home for battered chickens. Nah, there would have been a deep fryer if that was the case. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-09 14:49 |
#8 Cock-a-doodle-dululululululul! |
Posted by: mrp 2006-11-09 13:55 |
#7 lol! |
Posted by: anon 2006-11-09 12:42 |
#6 I wonder if this is a home for battered chickens. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-11-09 12:26 |
#5 "Chickens, television sets, video recorders, playing cards and breeding cages were found in what were supposed to be classrooms but no students," I hope those were part of the chicken farm, and not part of the school equipment. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-11-09 09:12 |
#4 Well, as long as they got proper instruction, I don't see the problem. They all had little korans and explosive vests, right? |
Posted by: Jackal 2006-11-09 09:06 |
#3 Meanwhile, in a hundred US public school district administrative offices, the cry is heard: "Why didn't we think of that?" |
Posted by: Mike 2006-11-09 06:34 |
#2 How chickenshit can it get there. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-11-09 05:57 |
#1 Wait for it ... Nobody here but us chickens. Come on, sombody had to. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-09 03:09 |