- Sindh CM directs registering FIR against fraudulent teachers
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed the education department to investigate illegal appointments of teachers on the district level and give a detailed report to him.
He issued these directives, while presiding over a meeting of the education department to review progress of its different projects, at the CM House on Thursday.
Planning and Development Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Education Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar, Planning and Development Chairman Mohammad Waseem, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Finance Secretary Hassan Naqvi, School Education Secretary Aziz Uqaili, College Education Secretary Parvaiz Seehar and other concerned officers attended the meeting.
The chief minister said, “I would not allow any illegal entry in the teaching cadre – I need best teachers appointed through NTS.”
The CM said that there is a ban on recruitment of teachers since 2008. However, recruitment of required teaching staff has been made through third party/well-reputed organisations. “How a number of teachers have been appointed in different districts?” he questioned.
Education Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar apprised the chief minister that the salaries of 3,700 teachers have been stopped so as to verify their credentials. “Despite repeated notices issued through national press, hardly 16 teachers have submitted their documents,” he said.
The chief minister directed the education secretary to inquire into the matter and register FIR against those who are involved in the fraud and forgery for issuing illegal recruitment orders. “I would not compromise on merit and quality in the education sector,” he said.
Aziz Uqaili, while briefing the chief minister, said that six different foreign-funded projects are in progress in the education sector. They are World Bank-funded Sindh Education Reform Programme (SERPI/II), $66 million Sindh Global Partnership for Education (SGPE)- it is being funded by WB, European Union (EU) and other donors. EU Sindh Education Sector Programme (SESSP), Sindh Basic Education Programme (SBEP) of USAID, Capacity Building of Teachers Training Institutes and Training of Elementary School teachers of CIA and Girls Elementary School of JICA.
The Sindh CM directed the education minister to focus on merit and proper and sagacious usage of funds.
