KARACHI:
No nation can make meaningful progress without attaching genuine importance to education. Sindh, in particular, desperately needs merit-based appointments across its public institutions — and nowhere is this need more pressing than in the education department.
The bitter ground reality is that Sindh suffers from an acute shortage of qualified science teachers. This void can only be filled by strictly following the principles of merit and justice, keeping in view the larger interests of the province’s students and the cause of quality education.
Science teacher candidates who secured 40 and above marks in the written test for Junior Science Teacher vacancies have been staging protest demonstrations outside press clubs across Sindh for several weeks. Their demands are straightforward: reduce the passing cut-off from 55 to 40 marks and increase the allocation of seats so that deserving fresh graduates are not turned away.
The numbers speak for themselves. Against 1,237 vacancies advertised on May 20, 2025, some 71,587 candidates appeared in the written test, of whom 8,725 qualified. Yet only 1,237 seats stand available — leaving thousands of meritorious candidates in the cold. A few legislators have already raised this matter on the floor of the Sindh Assembly, urging Education Minister Sardar Shah to intervene constructively on behalf of these unemployed graduates. In an era of rapidly advancing science, technology and artificial intelligence, Sindh cannot afford to squander this talent. The Government of Sindh is earnestly urged to consider the demands of Junior Science Teachers on priority basis. Their only asset is their merit; it must not go unrewarded.
Azhar Azad Mughal
Shikarpur
