K-P drops education degree requirements for shoolteachers
PESHAWAR:26 July:In a surprising move, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has decided to eliminate a requirement for professional certifications or relevant degrees when recruiting school teachers in the province.
The decision came in the wake of a recent Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC).
According to the new rules, primary and secondary school teachers hired in K-P would no longer be required to have completed a Bachelors of Education (BEd), or a Master of Education (MEd) degree along with a Practising Teacher Criteria (PTC) certificate.
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The new rules were determined by senior officials of the K-P Finance Department, Establishment Department and Education Department who met at the K-P Education Department on Monday.
Even though the government has decided to do away with the educational qualifications, new teachers would be required to undergo a six-month-long teachers’ training programme.
K-P Elementary and Secondary Education Secretary Dr Shehzad Bangash, in a statement released on Monday, said that the new rules were in line with the National Education Policy 2009 and the National Qualification Framework 2015. Express News.
