Dasht is a well-known Tehsil of district Kech (Turbat) in Balochistan. According to the last census of March 2017, the population in tehsil Dasht is approximately 77,291. However, this region has been suffering from illiteracy for years and the administration, along with other authorities are thoroughly silent on the provision of a quality education system. Due to the absence of a college in the area, the students of the region cannot afford to go to another city to continue their education after matriculation, forcing many of them to start working as labourers and farmers instead. As a result, very few of them can make it out of this life, as going for higher education in other cities can cost at least around five to six thousand rupees. It is a fact that most of the people of the area happen to be poor and they cannot bear the monthly expenditure of their children for higher education. It is said that a project of constructing a college in Ball Nigwar started ten years back, but unfortunately it has still not been completed and no one seems to care about it. Finally, I want to draw the attention of the local administration and government to provide a college in Dasht in order to eradicate the high rate of illiteracy as soon as possible. SHER JAN SHOHAZ Dasht Published in Daily Times, September 13th 2018.