TEACHERS ON STRIKE
MULTAN, Feb 18th:Over 8,000 teachers working in 400 educational institutions being run by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) went on indefinite strike entered the seconday on Friday which began from Thursday
with a pledge not to resume academic activities until the issuance of notification regarding implementation of teachers’ package announced by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in November 2010.The teaching staff of Multan, Bahawalpur and Okara also observed the strike
The academic activities on Friday were completely halted, as the teachers after marking the attendance kicked off their strike against the non-implementation of incentives package of teachers. Students were the worst victims of this protest as they remained on their respective campuses busy gossiping.
Teaching faculty of all major schools and colleges under FDE in various sectors of federal capital boycotted the classes and no academic activity took place in these institutions. On February 15 over 2,500 teachers under the banner of Federal Government Teachers’ Association (FGTA) participated in a protest demonstration at Federal Government Model School for Boys, G-9/4. After failure of talks between FGTA and the high-ups of the Ministry of Education FGTA Azhar Mehmood Awan announced to go on strike from Thursday for indefinite period till the issuance of notification of ‘Teachers’ Package’. Sources told that FGTA held many meetings with Ministry of Education high-ups for immediate implementation of the package, however all their efforts bore no fruits.The then education minister Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali formed a three-member implementation committee on uniformity of education system in the ICT and upgradation of teachers. The committee included Additional Secretary Education Shaigan Sharif Malik, FDE Chairperson Dr Shaheen Khan and Aurangzeb Rehman. The FGTA representatives in a meeting on February 2 had decided to start their strike on February 7, however the FDE chairperson requested them to give some time for the implementation of package.FGTA president told that Dr Shaheen had asked them to wait till February 15 and committed that the teachers’ package would be announced in a meeting on 15th of this month. “But so far nothing positive happened and now we staged a protest and all the teachers are ready to boycott the classes from Wednesday,” Awan said.“The FGTA, being an elected representative body of about 7,000 teachers working in 388 educational institutions under the FDE, Islamabad, and also being the largest stakeholders of the education department is always keen to expedite the implementation process of upgradation of teachers and uniformity of education system in the ICT, the president FGTA said.Awan said that the FGTA had already given its five-point recommendations for upgradation of teachers and 12-point recommendations for the uniformity of education. “Teachers of all cadres (BPS-9 to BPS-16) working under FDE, Islamabad, have been deprived of their promotion for last 25 years due to discrimination and disparity in promotion formula,” he said.
He said FGTA had also demanded immediate suspension of “four-tier structure for federal government teachers 2000” that protects recruitment and promotion rights of only 791 administrators, re-scheduling and re-designation of “four-tier structure for federal government teachers 2000” into proposed “five-tier structure for federal government teachers 2010” which will protect the recruitment and promotion rights of all about 7,000 teachers and administrators of all proposed five cadres (BPS-16 to BPS-20) equally and uniformly without any kind of disparity and discrimination,” he said.FGTA president also confirmed that teachers observed a complete strike on Thursday. “Teachers marked their attendance and boycotted the classes. In some schools the faculty members protested and raised slogans against hig-ups of education ministry and FDE,” he said, adding, he knows protest and boycotting classes would harm the future of children but it is also a concern of our own kids who are suffering due to non-implementation of this package as we have meager salary.
with a pledge not to resume academic activities until the issuance of notification regarding implementation of teachers’ package announced by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in November 2010.The teaching staff of Multan, Bahawalpur and Okara also observed the strike
The academic activities on Friday were completely halted, as the teachers after marking the attendance kicked off their strike against the non-implementation of incentives package of teachers. Students were the worst victims of this protest as they remained on their respective campuses busy gossiping.
Teaching faculty of all major schools and colleges under FDE in various sectors of federal capital boycotted the classes and no academic activity took place in these institutions. On February 15 over 2,500 teachers under the banner of Federal Government Teachers’ Association (FGTA) participated in a protest demonstration at Federal Government Model School for Boys, G-9/4. After failure of talks between FGTA and the high-ups of the Ministry of Education FGTA Azhar Mehmood Awan announced to go on strike from Thursday for indefinite period till the issuance of notification of ‘Teachers’ Package’. Sources told that FGTA held many meetings with Ministry of Education high-ups for immediate implementation of the package, however all their efforts bore no fruits.The then education minister Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali formed a three-member implementation committee on uniformity of education system in the ICT and upgradation of teachers. The committee included Additional Secretary Education Shaigan Sharif Malik, FDE Chairperson Dr Shaheen Khan and Aurangzeb Rehman. The FGTA representatives in a meeting on February 2 had decided to start their strike on February 7, however the FDE chairperson requested them to give some time for the implementation of package.FGTA president told that Dr Shaheen had asked them to wait till February 15 and committed that the teachers’ package would be announced in a meeting on 15th of this month. “But so far nothing positive happened and now we staged a protest and all the teachers are ready to boycott the classes from Wednesday,” Awan said.“The FGTA, being an elected representative body of about 7,000 teachers working in 388 educational institutions under the FDE, Islamabad, and also being the largest stakeholders of the education department is always keen to expedite the implementation process of upgradation of teachers and uniformity of education system in the ICT, the president FGTA said.Awan said that the FGTA had already given its five-point recommendations for upgradation of teachers and 12-point recommendations for the uniformity of education. “Teachers of all cadres (BPS-9 to BPS-16) working under FDE, Islamabad, have been deprived of their promotion for last 25 years due to discrimination and disparity in promotion formula,” he said.
He said FGTA had also demanded immediate suspension of “four-tier structure for federal government teachers 2000” that protects recruitment and promotion rights of only 791 administrators, re-scheduling and re-designation of “four-tier structure for federal government teachers 2000” into proposed “five-tier structure for federal government teachers 2010” which will protect the recruitment and promotion rights of all about 7,000 teachers and administrators of all proposed five cadres (BPS-16 to BPS-20) equally and uniformly without any kind of disparity and discrimination,” he said.FGTA president also confirmed that teachers observed a complete strike on Thursday. “Teachers marked their attendance and boycotted the classes. In some schools the faculty members protested and raised slogans against hig-ups of education ministry and FDE,” he said, adding, he knows protest and boycotting classes would harm the future of children but it is also a concern of our own kids who are suffering due to non-implementation of this package as we have meager salary.
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