‘New evaluation criteria for teachers to improve quality of education’
Karachi
June 7, 2021
Imagine a herd of giraffes, a herd of elephants and a pride of lions in a jungle, all of whom need to choose their respective group leaders by putting the candidates through a test.
Sanity would suggest holding group-specific tests devised with relevant criteria for each herd or pride. But if the same rubber-stamp test with similar contents was used for all the groups, wouldn’t this defy logic? It certainly would.
The same absurdity is part of the bureaucratic system of Pakistan. Based on the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), every government official is assessed for their performance and given a promotion.
Sindh’s 6,866 schools closed for lack of teachers, SHC told
National
March 11, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) was informed on Wednesday that 6,866 public schools across the province have been closed due to lack of teachers, while 7,974 schools are unviable.
The school education secretary also informed the SHC that posts of 32,510 primary school teachers and 14,039 junior elementary school teachers are vacant in different districts of the province.
He was filing comments on the identical petitions filed by rights activists and organisations seeking the implementation of the Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2013.
The SHC had earlier directed the school education secretary to inform the court how many schools had been closed across the province and what efforts were being made to reopen them.
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