No vacancy for Primary Teachers in 5 Towns
Karachi:Candidates for the Primary School Teacher (PST) from five towns could not land any jobs, while the list of successful candidates from 13 other towns was displayed on 13th May 2009.
According to education department sources, 3,232 candidates qualified for the written test as a Primary School Teacher (PST) which was held in mid 2009. The final list of 410 successful candidates from 13 towns of Karachi was displayed at the district office of education Bolton Market on 13th May 2010.
Candidates from five towns which include Gulbarg, Shah Faisal, Liaqutabad, North Nazimabad and Jamshed are still waiting for their names to be included in the final recruitment list. However, sources at the office of District Officer Education told PPI that according to the formula by the Reforms Support Unit (RSU), which is conducting the processes of recruitment in collaboration with the World Bank, there is no vacancy in these five towns.
Sources from RSU told PPI that the recruitment of teachers is a part of Reforms Support Program which is ongoing with a grant from the European Union and a loan from the World Bank.
According to RSU’s formula, which was made in the light of the directives from the World Bank, there are only 512 vacancies in particular schools, which are in 13 towns of Karachi where more than 60 students are studying in one school.
It was also learnt that the Education Department recruited only 512 PST’s; however, more than 1000 seats are lying vacant in the schools of Karachi. Sources said that influential elements get their joining letters issued for the primary teachers’ post from interior Sindh on a political basis and then get them transferred to Karachi against these vacant posts.
Some aspiring candidates present at the District Education Office termed it as massacre of merit and said that it is unjust with the other qualified candidates. It is also pertained to mention that about 450 clerks and other staff of BPS-1 to 15 were appointed in education department in November 2009. However, they are still waiting to get their salaries. An affected clerk requesting anonymity stated that whenever they ask for their due salaries, they are only given lip-service.Secretary education could not be contacted for a comment in this regard despite several attempts.The News