Teachers from various colleges affiliated with Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) gathered at Federal Government College for Women in G/10 on Wednesday and held a protest demonstration against non-upgradation of their pay-scales through the Time Scale Promotion Formula (TSPF). They said the teachers’ promotion was part of the teachers’ package announced last year by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
The protest was led by the office-bearers of the Federal Government Colleges Teachers Association (FGCTA) and around 130 teachers wearing black arm bands took part in the demonstration. The participants said most of them were working in BPS-16 and demanded ther government should promote them through the TSPF. The protesting teachers were holding banners with slogans in favour of their demands. Addressing the participants, FGCTA Vice President Khalida Makdoom said the college teachers would continue their protest until their demands were met. “In protest, we will observe the International Teachers Day on October 5 as a Black Day,” she announced. Speaking on the occasion, Professor Tahir Mahmood expressed his concerns over the indifferent attitude of the government towards upgradation of college teachers who had been promised by prime minister in that regard. He demanded the prime minister should honour his pledge.Earlier, an exchange of harsh words was witnessed between the principal of the G/10 college and representatives of (FGCTA) since the former was not willing to allow the college teachers to participate in protest.
The college teachers are being subjected to discrimination by the government. It is a pity that ,let alone the university teacher, the school teachers have faster promotion than the college teachers. Fair play demands that the college teachers should have faster promotion than the school teachers.
I joined the Higher Education Department of the Punjab as a lecturer in 1995. I am still a lecturer even after rendering 0ver 15 years' service. On the contrary, many of those who could not get selected for lecturership later joined School Department as a Subject Specialist, and they are now working in grade-18 as senior subjectyspecialists since 2006.
The college teachers must be upgraded because all the provinces has already announced the up gradation of teachers so it is strangle applied to respected PM and President of Pakistan to take positive step to the education sector and must announce the new pay scale of college lecturers, as other cadres already avail the promotion.
Agha Gul Rabani
DPE wapda degree college Guddu Sindh
Its been pretty important for the students to regard about all those instances and programs which by the time and meaning must be followed by the one and surely would even proved to be much better for them.
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