KARACHI: Provincial Education and Literacy Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said on Wednesday that educational institutions should overcome the prevalent shortage of teachers, especially of science subjects, to ensure that the academic process moved smoothly.
He said this in a meeting with College Education Secretary Parvez Ahmed Seehar and School Education Secretary Iqbal Hussain Durrani at his office in the Sindh Assembly building.
Dahar also said that criteria should be fixed for awarding scholarships from the endowment fund to students going abroad for higher studies. He urged the college education secretary to ensure that all cases of students receiving scholarships from the endowment fund were properly and transparently documented.
Moreover, he asked the school education secretary to strictly follow the standard procedure in the appointment and transfer of teachers in schools, using the biometric system for verification. He emphasised that the procedure must especially be followed for the appointment of teachers through the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi, IBA Sindh and the National Testing Service’s (NTS) tests.
The minister talked about taking all necessary measures to ensure that the Karachi Cadet College Gadap produced good results. He said that a policy regarding teachers whose contracts were expiring on December 29 would soon be formulated following consultations with the Sindh chief minister. Moreover, the government would also be announcing the schedule for winter vacation in Sindh soon, he said.
