Capital model schools in shambles

The apathy of the Federal Directorate of Education towards the Islamabad Model Schools and Colleges has become a major concern for the parents. The pay-deprived teachers are painstakingly dejected and naturally, therefore, are not interested at all to fulfill their primary responsibility of teaching. Their neglect and disinterest in teaching is causing serious harm to the students who, for no fault of theirs, are having to bear the brunt of the indifference of the relevant authorities towards this grave issue.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has taken the onus of upgrading the deteriorating standards of the model schools and colleges of the capital on his own shoulders. He is being supported by his illustrious daughter Mariam Nawaz in the attainment of this vital objective. The Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CA & DD) Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary has also recently rolled out an ambitious plan, obviously under the directive of the Prime Minister, for uplifting the capital schools both in terms of education standards and infrastructure.

All this sounds good and must happen. But what puts a shadow of doubt on the fruition of the plan of the government vis-à-vis uplift of the capital schools is the demotivating factor that currently hounds the teachers of the public schools due to nonpayment of salaries. A glaring example of this fact is the Islamabad Model College for Girls F-10/2 where, it is believed, the teachers have not been paid their salaries for a long period of time.

Will those at the helm in the government take immediate cognizance of this grave issue and expeditiously resolve it in the larger interest of the suffering students and their overly concerned parents? Will the honourable Prime Minister be kind enough to issue directives to the relevant government bodies to resolve the matter on war footing?

M FAZAL ELAHI

Islamabad