FDE teachers package before budget
FDE teachers demand up-gradation before budget
Islamabad, May 30: Teachers
of different institutes working under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)
have demanded of the government to implement the teachers package especially
up-gradation of BS-16 and above through time scale promotion formula (TSPF)
before the upcoming budget. The teachers' package which included
up-gradation, merger of FG and Model set-ups, abolition of evening shifts,
enhancement of in-charge allowance and hard area allowance and provision of
transport facility was announced by the government last year but not fully
implemented yet. The teachers have become frustrated after holding several
protests for their genuine right of promotions and are now pinning the hope on
the newly appointed Director General FDE Atif Mehmood Kiyani for resolving their
issues. "We are waiting for the promotion letters as the Finance Ministry
and the Establishment Division had already approved the decision regarding the
teachers up-gradation. However, the matter is now stuck due to lack of will on
the part of authorities to implement it," said a group of teachers while talking
to the APP. The teachers' package has been termed a first-ever historical
initiative for introducing a unified system of education in Islamabad Capital
Territory (ICT) to make it an example to follow by others. It was
reflective of the government' seriousness towards the uplift of education as
well as teachers community but it seems that the efforts to get it implemented
will go into vain, they said. Press Secretary Federal Government College
Teachers Association (FGCTA) Professor Tahir said the associations and teachers
community have launched several protests to get the package implemented and now
the file of up-gradation is lying with Establishment Secretary Abdur Rauf
Chaudhry after approval from the Capital Administration Development Division
(CADD). Only few days are left in announcement of the budget and the
summer vacation will also be started from June 1, Tahir said. According to the
package, the federal government and model educational institutions were supposed
to be merged but only FG schools have been renamed as model
schools. While the facilities including infrastructure and faculty have
not been changed due to which the parents are hesitant to admit their children
in renamed institutes, Tahir said. The new academic year has already
begun, but the evening shifts in the model institutes are continuing despite
several announcements to abandon the same through shifting the evening students
to nearby renamed model schools. It was a long-standing demand of the
parents to end evening shifts in the model colleges as the students were
suffering due to odd timings, he said.
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AIOU helpline
Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will soon
launch a helpline call centre comprising 200 telephone lines for acquiring
information and redressing students' complaints. AIOU Students Advisory and
Counselling Services Director Syed Zia-ul-Hasnain Naqvi on Sunday said that AIOU
is extending education opportunities to the people at their doorsteps.
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Teachers warn of long march on Islamabad
Lahore: Mutahidda Asataza Mahaz (MTM) Pakistan has warned of a long march towards Parliament House
and boycott of census and all kind of non academic activities if the government
did not increase salaries of schoolteachers. In a press statement on
Sunday, the Punjab government schools Senior Staff Association (SSA) president
Hafiz Abdul Nasir who is also part of MTM said the government teachers were
being engaged in non academic activities while the ever increasing inflation had
made their lives miserable. He said if the teachers' demands were not fulfilled,
they would take to roads. He also criticized the Punjab government saying though
annual summer vacation were approaching fast the task of providing free
textbooks was not completed yet. SSA president demanded uniform education system
in the country saying upgrading Urdu medium government schools into English
medium schools was a conspiracy against education system. Meanwhile,
Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Punjab schoolteachers have claimed that the
federal government had promised to either revise pay their scales or award 15 to
20 per cent inflation allowance. In a press statement on Sunday, JAC
spokesman Rana Liaquat said the JAC representatives were assured in a meeting
with Secretary Finance and Additional Secretary Budget of the above besides
considering 15 per cent increase in house rent and substantial increase in
medical allowance.
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Rawalpindi Law College students awarded prizes
Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Law College Chief Executive Pirzada Rahat Masood Quddusi said
that Pakistan came into being by the efforts of a lawyer and even today the
fraternity is leading the masses for upholding of rule of law and strengthening
the principles of democracy in the country. He stated this while
addressing the faculty members and students at the annual prize distribution
ceremony of Rawalpindi Law College here on Sunday evening. Quddusi said
Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a lawyer by profession and still the
epicentre of nation's hopes was the lawyers. He said after getting the law
education, the students could play role in bringing their countrymen out of the
period of unrest and mayhem prevailing nowadays. He said Rawalpindi Law
College was established at a time (1989) when there was no other institution to
impart the law education. "Whenever I visit the courts in Gujar Kahn, Taxila,
Chakwal, Attock and Jehlum, I meet hundreds of the college's students who have
established themselves as prominent lawyers. I always advise them to
work hard for the cause of rule of law and advance the basic norms of the
democracy," he said. Principal of the college Shamshadullah Cheema
Advocate also addressed the students. Later, Pirzada Rahat Quddusi distributed
shields and certificates among the prominent students.
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IUB shines at national exhibition
Ahmedpur East: Islamia University, Bahawalpur shone in the daylong National
Conference and Exhibition on "Setting Standards for 21st Century Pakistan
Universities Building Economies" organised by the Higher Education Commission in
Islamabad. As many as 30 universities participated in the event including the
Islamia University Bahawalpur and displayed and exhibited their ongoing
economically beneficial research programmes and products. A team of scientists
and students headed by IUB Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Mukhtar participated in
the event. The first project from the IUB entitled "Antifungal properties of
the Cholistan Desert medicinal plants," which was an ongoing research work of
Prof Mukhtar portraying his care towards the region. The nation
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