2000-11-30

Vacant posts in school: FDE put on notice

ISLAMABAD, April 25: A government girls secondary school at Shah Dara, just 10 kilometres from Aabpara, is without the required number of teachers for the last three years.

Chaudhry Waqar Ahmed, the president of Parent-Teacher Association at the F.G. Girls Secondary School, has moved the Islamabad High Court for provision of teachers at the institution according to the sanctioned strength.

Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan on Monday issued notices to the director of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to respond to the petition within two weeks.

Making secretary education, director of the FDE and a teacher of the school as respondents, the petitioner through his counsel Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmed said the school was established about 30 years back with the sanctioned posts of 11 teachers.

However, for the last three years only three teachers have been managing the school.

Ironically, even out of the three educators, a trained graduate teacher appointed in July 2008 is performing duty in a school at I-9/4 but drawing salary from the Shaha Dara school, the petitioner said. There are 150 girl students in the school of the village having a population of over 7,000. But the shortage of the teaching staff has forced the parents to send their daughters to either Bhara Kahu or Kot Hathial.

The school does not offer science subjects for the Matric level students due to absence of science teachers. Besides, the school is running without a principal or vice-principal.

He said the area people had time and again contacted the FDE for appointment of teachers but got the response that the file was pending with the education ministry.

He requested the court to direct the FDE to fill the vacant posts of teachers in the school. —Our Reporter

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