Progressive Teachers Alliance formed to resolve teachers issues
Active and progressive teachers working under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) in a meeting held on Thursday mutually decided to establish a Progressive Teachers Alliance (PTA) to resolve the longstanding issues of the teachers community.
The teachers community expressing dissatisfaction over the role of different associations and groups in resolving their issues called for a transparent body who could raise the voice of teachers, setting aside their personal benefits.
The alliance would work for the cause of teachers community avoiding the religious, provincial, regional and traditional group politics.
The meeting formed a 12-member organizing committee including Dr Munir Hussain Anjum (Convener), Mirza Ghazanfar Ali, Fayaz Hussain Bukhari, Talat Saeed, Ghulam Mustafa Bhatti, Ghulam Nabi Bangash, Ishaq Khan, Azhar Abbas Shah, Raheel Akhtar, Sadaqat Hussain Satti, Fazal Abbas and Asghar Ali.
The committee would formulate the manifesto of the alliance and help select the members.
Convener, Dr Munir Hussain Anjum briefed the teachers about the objectives of the alliance.
He formally presented a resolution to form this alliance based on the progressive teachers which would work as a think tank to resolve the problems of the teachers and work for their uplift.
Members of Action Committee, members of English Teachers Action Committee, Computer Teachers Action Committee, EST Teachers Action Committee, delegation of the representatives from the teachers at federal area attended the meeting.
