Education dept inducts 1,039 new headmasters, headmistresses

New recruits hired through transparent process administered by IBA, Sukkur

KARACHI: The schools education department has recruited as many as 1,039 candidates as headmasters and headmistresses for the Karachi and Hyderabad regions.

The orientation of the newly appointed headmasters and headmistresses was held on Thursday at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi’s auditorium. Of the 1,039 successful candidates 207 were females and 779 were males and all were in grade 17. Of the total, 104 candidates were from the Karachi region and 303 from the Hyderabad region

These headmasters and headmistresses have been hired through a transparent, objective and merit-based process administered through the Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur. The merit list of successful candidates is available on the education department’s official website.

During the process a total of 7,000 candidates were screened for the vacancies, of which 1,080 cleared the written examinations and 1,039 applicants were finally recommended by the evaluation committee after the verification of their credentials.



The orientation was attended by Education Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar and Schools Education Secretary Abdul Aziz Uqaili.

While appreciating the newly hired headmasters and headmistresses, Dahar said the education department has great expectations for these new recruits. He said that it is their responsibility to ensure excellence in education at their respective schools.

Dahar said the education department will recruit 1,000 more headmasters and headmistresses to ensure the attendance of teachers and currently 542 monitoring assistants are visiting schools across the province at least twice a month.

These appointments will help increase the level of education in the province and to work seamlessly the government is increasing the budget for education every year as we are keen to achieve our targets by December, shared Dahar. He said that this year the government has increased the education budget by 17% and it has been decided that students will be given a stipend of between Rs2,500 and Rs3,500.

The girls’ stipend is specially designed to control dropping out of female students, as most of them abandon education after receiving their primary education, said the minister.

He also mentioned that the upcoming budget has an allocation for the fee of Matriculation and intermediate examinations. "Now the students will not leave their education because of lack of finances, as the government will be bearing all the expenses," he said.



Addressing the newly recruited headmasters and headmistresses, Aziz said he expects them to work with dedication and commitment to make their schools into model schools. He said that an induction training programme for the new recruits will be held, focusing on development in areas of academia, administration and finance and planning. He told the participants of the orientation that the government will not facilitate any transfers or postings.

Regarding recruitment, Reform Support Unit Chief Programme Manager Faisal Ahmed Uqaili said the department has ensured strict adherence to transparency at every stage of the hiring process. He said successful candidates are also going through biometric verification with the department.

Offer letters were distributed among the newly hired headmasters and headmistresses.