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World Teachers’ Day: School enrolment up by 4.5 million
« on: October 06, 2016, 01:40:32 PM »
World Teachers’ Day: School enrolment up by 4.5 million
BAHAWALPUR:06 Oct :The total number of students enrolled in schools of Punjab has risen from 8 million to 12.5 million because of the untiring efforts of teachers, said Punjab Education Minister Rana Mashood Ahmad on Wednesday.

While addressing as the chief guest at a ceremony held in Islamia University Bahawalpur’s in connection with the World Teachers Day, the minister said considering the increase in the number of students in schools, the construction of 36,000 new classrooms has been approved.

Mashood said teachers played a vital role in the society and their hard work and commitment ensured quality education for the youth. “Teachers are role models for students and should utilise all their abilities to provide quality education and grooming of the children,” he added.

He said appointments of teachers throughout the province have been done on merit and the provincial education department’s budget has been increased by 36%.

Throughout the province, 150,000 teachers have been recruited and now 70,000 more teachers will be appointed, he added. School councils will be activated for overseeing construction work in schools and improving education.

In appreciation of the teachers’ hard work in remote areas, VIP Cards will be issued to them that will allow them to avail discounts up to 50% at pharmacies, diagnostic laboratories, hospitals, doctor appointments, hotels, restaurants and transportation.

Mashood was highly appreciative of the fact that high-achieving students in Punjab hailed from poor families and urged them to continue their education as the government would help them with their studies.

While addressing the audience, Punjab Cooperatives Minister Iqbal Channar said teachers were the saviours of the nation and would take the youth forward. “Throughout the world teachers hold respect. Every individual working in any kind of field is there due to the teachers’ efforts,” he added.

DCO Dr Ehtasham Anwar Mahaar said the district government had taken practical steps to provide VIP status to teachers.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6th, 2016.
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Over 40% teachers received no training in Pakistan


PESHAWAR: October 6:Some 43 per cent government school teachers across the country received no formal training during the past five years, sparking a decline in student enrolments.

A survey conducted by Alif Ailaan has shown there are nearly 1.4 million teachers in Pakistan — both in the public and private sectors — of which 0.65 million (51 per cent) teach only in government-run schools.

The report showed that almost 58 per cent government school teachers have no knowledge of the national curriculum, while 73 per cent have not been offered any courses on assessment techniques during their pre-service training.

Moreover, a little over half of all the government schoolteachers have a BEd degree or higher and a vast majority of government school teachers (62 per cent) have more than 16 years of teaching experience while the majority of private school teachers (67 per cent)have less than five years of teaching experience.

Despite having better-qualified and more experienced teachers, public schools fail to match the education quality of private schools.

The report stated that 67 per cent of grade V students can read a story in Urdu in private schools compared to the 52 per cent in government schools. Similarly, 61 per cent of grade V students in private schools can do two-digit division compared to the 47 per cent in government schools.

Highlighting factors that have led to the deteriorating standards of education in government schools, the report stated that multi-grade teaching, high teacher-to-student ratio, excessive workload, non-teaching duties, lack of training opportunities and lack of basic facilities in schools have adversely affected the performance of teachers.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 6th, 2016.
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