Protesting decision: Teachers reject rationalisation of education dept

The association’s president, Mian Fayaq Kakakhel threatened to announce a strike over the issue.

SWABI:

The All Teachers Association Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday rejected the provincial government’s move of rationalization in the education department and asked it to reconsider the step.

The association’s president, Mian Fayaq Kakakhel threatened to announce a strike following the end of summer vacations in schools across the province after presiding over a meeting on the issue.

Office bearers of adjoining districts were also present at the meeting and urged the government to take concrete steps for implementation of a service structure and a time-scale formula for teachers to overcome their sense of alienation.

“If the government does not withdraw its decision, we will go on strike from September,” Kakakhel said, adding that the implementation of rationalization has already started in Abbottabad district, which is totally unfair and unacceptable to the teacher fraternity.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27^th, 2014.