Schools teachers shortage in Frontier province
Schools closed in hundreds for want of teachers
Peshawar, March 25: Shortage of teachers has closed 367 primary schools
in the Frontier province, depriving over 36,700 children of education. Sources said more than 30 primary schools had been closed in the provincial capital alone.
Schools were being closed for the last few years because of
non-availability of teachers. That not only put the future of students
at stake but also set decay in the school buildings for lack of
repairs. The miseries of students have increased manifold
since militants started blowing and torching educational institutions
in parts of Frontier province, already short of primary schools. The
closure of such a large number of schools owing to non-availability of
teachers has alarmingly increased the drop out rate. "Most of
the closed schools are located in the far-off areas. Teachers from
these schools have been transferred to cities purely on political
grounds," sources said. They added that teachers serving in cities were
getting different allowances. The Elementary and Secondary
Education department had appointed teachers in all the closed schools,
which remained functional for many years after their establishment. But
almost all of these teachers managed to get themselves transferred to
other schools of their choices, mostly in urban areas, leaving 367
schools closed. The parents couldn't admit their children to
the schools located at a long distance from their respective villages
due to security reasons, an educationist, wishing not to be named,
said. He linked the growing rate of child labour with the non-availability of teachers and lack of primary schools in the province.
The director Education Sector Reforms Unit, Raja Saad Khan, said that teachers didn't to be posted in far-flung areas. The phenomenon
had aggravated the situation, he added. According to him
teachers don't want to perform duty at remote areas owing to security
reasons and non-viability of transport. The government was working on
various options to ensure availability of teachers in the closed
schools across the province, he said. Mr Khan said that
additional teachers serving in the schools located in city areas would
be transferred to closed schools in rural areas on priority basis. "We are also recruiting teachers on emergency ground in different
districts to overcome the shortage of teachers," he added. The third
option was to authorise the Parent Teacher Council at school levels to
appoint teachers in the closed schools on fixed salaries, he said. The government was also in contact with the NGOs to help it in
providing teachers in the far-off areas, he said. He hoped that within
one year all the closed schools would be made functional. Dawn
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Punjab University 118th Convocation 2010
Lahore: Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran
presided over a meeting of the Convocation Committee for 118th
Convocation 2010 in New Campus here on Wednesday. In addition
to Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Jamil Anwar Ch., Registrar Prof Dr
Muhammad Naeem Khan and Controller Prof Dr Zahid Karim Khan, Conveners
of Reception, Stage, Hall, Address, Parking and Transport Committees
were also present. Governor Punjab/Chancellor Punjab University Mr. Salman Taseer will be the chief guest on the occasion. Pro
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Jamil Anwar Ch gave a comprehensive
presentation on the progress made by respective conveners of committees
with regard to the convocation arrangements. Expressing his
satisfaction over the arrangements, Dr Mujahid Kamran said that the
student community would exhibit exemplary discipline and decorum during
the convocation in keeping with the glorious traditions of their alma
mater. It was also decided that the participating students will not be
allowed to take mobile phones in the hall. The full dress
rehearsal of 118th convocation will be held on Friday, March 26 in the
Faisal Auditorium where degrees will be awarded to 139 PhD scholars,
297 MPhil students, 310 Master and 138 Undergraduate students while 142
gold medals would be awarded to top position holders.
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Probe into killing of Peshawar varsity student ordered
Peshawar: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani on Wednesday directed the
Governor's Inspection Team to hold an inquiry into the incident that
led to the killing of a student of NWFP University of Engineering and
Technology and subsequent violence on the campus and fix
responsibilities for individual and collective administrative lapses. A
meeting of all the vice-chancellors of the varsities on the University
of Peshawar Campus presided over by the governor also decided that the
campus varsities would remain closed till further orders. The
governor directed that respective administrations of the universities
shall keep on monitoring the situation and when the situation improves,
reopening of the university campus would be considered. He
categorically said that if the students and faculty failed to improve
the situation on the campus and hostels, option of converting
universities into only daytime institutions would be considered and all
hostels would be converted to academic blocks and laboratories. The
governor also expressed shock and grief over the death of Adnan Qadir,
a final year UET student, who died as a result of a clash between two
student groups in the NWFP University of Engineering and Technology. He
expressed sympathies with the family of the deceased student. UET
Vice-Chancellor Imtiaz Hussain Gilani briefed the governor about the
facts of the incident and various administrative steps taken by
universities of the campus. The governor said strict actions needed to
be taken after the tragedy to avert similar incidents in future.
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"we all really feel sad for adnan.but the steps devised by the government are not good. previous government was better than the present in the sense that they banned on student fedrations. i think there is no need of student fedrations at the universities. please do not allow student fedrations in educational institutes in order to prevent such types of incidents in future. i request the government to get quick control upon the situation. because our studies are greatly affected by the present situation. before converting the hostles into the acadmies and labortaries think of a little bit about the future of the students who are from remote areas that what will they do if you take this decision? Is it good to destroy the future of those thousands of students who are not responsible for this situation? "
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FAS to help poor students
Rawalpindi: The Punjab Education
Foundation (PEF) has formally launched the sixth phase of Foundation
Assisted Schools Programmes (FAS) aimed at providing assistance to
45,000 students of private schools of Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and
Bhakhar. The agreement was inked here at regional office of the
foundation. Chairman PEF Raja Mohammad Anwar, MD Mohiuddin Wani and
management of partner schools participated in the ceremony. The news
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Punjab Textbook Board Seminar
LAHORE, March 24: Sibte Hasan of the Punjab Textbook Board will conduct
a seminar on "The Politics of Textbooks" at the Ali Institute of
Education, Ferozepur Road, near Gulab Devi Hospital, from 2pm to 4pm on
Thursday (25-March). Dawn
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Essay contest results announced
Peshawar: The Cultural Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran has
announced results of the essay contest on the topic 'Islamic unity in
the light of Holy Quran and Sunnah'. According to the results,
the first prize worth Rs25,000 was won by Dr Muhammad Wasim Akbar,
Chairman, Department of Journalism, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan.
Three contestants got second position and the prize money of Rs20,000
would be distributed among them. The position holders included Muhammad
Shoaib from Wah Cantonment, Muhammad Hassan Hasrat from Skardu and
Ibrar Khattak of Government Postgraduate College, Mardan. Three
participants shared the third position and the amount of the prize
Rs15,000 will be equally distributed among them. They are Anila Bano of
City Girls College Peshawar, Inam Hussain from Rawalpindi and Sidra
Sadiq of the University of Peshawar. The prizes would be given
in a ceremony organised in connection with Teachers' Day in the first
week of May. The Iranian Cultural Centre congratulated the winners and
appreciated all the participants. The news
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Two IIUI professors made shariah judges
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardadi has appointed two senior
academicians Dr Mehmood Ahmad Ghazi and Dr Muhammad Al-Ghazali of the
International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) as judges of the
Federal Shariah Court and the Supreme Court Shariah Appellate Bench
respectively. According
to press release issued on Wednesday, Ghazi was presently working at
IIUI as Professor of Shariah and Law. He also remained IIUI President
for two years from 2004 to 2006 and IIUI Vice President (Academics)
from 1994-2004. He also headed the university's Dawah Academy as
Director General. Dr Ghazali was presently working as Professor of the
Islamic Studies at Islamic Research Institute of the university. Meanwhile,
IIUI in connection with its Silver Jubilee celebrations will hold a
function for male students in connection with Pakistan Day today
(Thursday), at 11.30am at its Student Activity Centre, Sector H-10. IIUI
President Dr Anwar Hussain Siddiqui will preside over the ceremony
while IIUI Rector Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik will speak on
"Pre-Requisites for Stability of Pakistan and Current National and
International Challenges". Daily times
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