Skardu students and teachers turn to creative work on climate change

Students and teachers in Skardu have used creative work to address climate change, according to a report published by Aaj News under the headline "Skardu Students and Teachers Use Creativity to Tackle Climate Change".

The report described school-level activity in the district. In the form available to this newspaper, it did not name the schools or teachers involved, did not give the number of students who took part, and did not specify what the creative projects were or when they took place. It also did not say whether the work formed part of a school programme, a competition or a wider campaign, or whether any education department or other organisation was involved.

Skardu is the headquarters of Baltistan division and sits on the Indus below the Central Karakoram. Districts across Gilgit-Baltistan rely on glacier and snow melt for water and face the risk of glacial lake outburst floods, which is why climate change is a recurring subject in the region's schools and community organisations.

Because the Aaj News account carried no further detail, Skardu Times could not independently confirm the nature or scale of the activity described. The number of participants, the identity of the institutions involved and any statements from teachers, students or officials were not available.

No statement from the Gilgit-Baltistan education department or the district administration in Skardu on the activity described was available at the time of filing.

This report will be updated if and when those details are published or confirmed.