Strengthening education: Provincial govt announces to appoint over 11,250 teachers

Says more will be appointed if the need arises

PESHAWAR: To overcome the shortage of teachers at government schools, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has announced over 11,000 vacancies for men and women teachers at primary, middle and high schools across the province. “The teachers will be appointed through the National Testing Service (NTS),” K-P Elementary and Secondary Department Chief Planning Officer Idrees Azam Khan told The Express Tribune.

He said the PTI-led government appointed about 11,000 male and female teachers in the province during 2014.

To meet the needs of the schools in every district the education officers submitted details of vacancies at the elementary and secondary education department. After receiving the data, the department advertised vacancies in local newspapers, details of which are also available on the NTS website.

The numbers

According to the K-P elementary and secondary education department documents, at least 11,250 posts have been advertised in total.

An additional 420 administrative posts have been advertised for various schools. Some 1,187 vacancies, including 601 for male and 586 for female teachers have been advertised for Peshawar itself. Abbottabad will also have 309 more teachers, 219 men and 90 women.

Bannu will have 274 new teachers. Battagram will have 45 new male and 40 new female teachers. Buner will hire 629 more teachers,  415 male and 214 females.

Charsadda and Chitral will have 381 and 218 new staff members, respectively. In DI Khan, at least 183 teachers will be hired, of which 139 will be men and 44 women. Lower Dir will have 974 new teachers while Upper Dir will have 835 new teachers. In Hangu, there will be 334 new teachers. Haripur will have 175 more teachers. Karak, Kohat and Kohistan will have 197, 251 and 82 more teachers, respectively.

There will be 397 new teachers in Lakki Marwat, of which 314 will be men and 83 women. Malakand will have 392 new teachers with 301 men and 91 women.

In Mansehra, there will be 291 more teachers. Mardan needs 1,021 new teachers, with 504 male and 517 female teachers, while Nowshera will have 600 new teachers, Shangla 520 and Swabi 275. Swat will have 1,418 new teachers of which 938 will be men and 480 women. Tank and Torghar will have 86 and 136, respectively.

If the need arises in future, the provincial government plans to appoint more teachers in the coming year, Idrees added.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2015.