Rasool Pur, a small Pakistani town, has built a model for a perfect society for the entire world to follow.
The community, which boasts a 100% literacy rate and a 0% crime rate, celebrated International Literacy Day on Sept. 8 each year, with residents praising one another and thanking school teachers for their unwavering devotion to education.
Mehtaab Jahan, head of Government Girls High School Rasool Pur, told Anadolu Agency exclusively: “I was relocated here two years ago and was astounded by the people’s incredible sense of responsibility. Nobody throws trash on the road, and the entire hamlet is a no-smoking zone.”
Rasool Pur has a population of 2,000-3,000 people, the most of whom are Ahmadani Baloch ethnic. In 1933-34, their forefathers moved from Pakistan’s Balochistan province to the district of Southern Punjab.
They didn’t have a steady source of money at the time, so education became a way for them to make a living.
There are two high schools and an elementary school in the village. After high school, pupils attend a college in Jampur city’s neighbouring township, which is 8-10 kilometres (5-6 miles) away.
“My school has 300 girls, while the boys’ school has nearly the same number of children. We do not believe that literacy is defined by the United Nations as the ability to write one’s name; instead, every person here must complete high school; otherwise, the elders will not allow them to participate in society “Jahaan stated.
According to the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey, the population’s literacy rate has remained stable at 60% since 2014-15.
