Strike by BISE employees delays intermediate exams
Staffers call off boycott after meeting with K-P assembly speaker
SCREENGRAB
PESHAWAR:
Intermediate students in the province will have to wait five more days to give some of their exams after a week-long strike by employees of all education examination boards.
The announcement to postpone the exams came even as the employees managed to strike a bargain with the government and decided to end their strike.
Last week, employees of all seven Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) had shut down their offices as they protested against a proposed bill which they claimed would impact their autonomy.
BISE employees end week-long strike after meeting K-P speaker
The strike, though, was finally called off on Tuesday after a delegation of the board’s employees met with K-P Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser.
However, they had to travel all the way to the federal capital to meet with Qaiser at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa House.
They told Qaiser in detail about their reservations over the proposed bill for restructuring BISEs. The speaker assured them that the bill will not be moved in the assembly before all stakeholders, particularly employees of the boards, are taken into confidence and their grievances are addressed.
The K-P speaker further pointed out that even in the event when such bills are presented in the assembly, they are first redirected to the select committee for reviewing the bill and accounting for reservations of all stakeholders. Only then is the bill presented in the assembly for voting.
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This, Qaiser explained, is done so that all legislation is properly examined and inputs of the stakeholders are properly solicited.
The speaker pointed out that since the boycott was affecting the impending intermediate examinations, he assured the employees that their grievances would be addressed first and then the fate of the bill can be decided.
The BISE employees then announced to call off their strike.
The development was later confirmed by the Education Board Union President Dr Muhammad Alam. He said that the strike had ended after their demands were met by Qaiser.
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Exam postponed
The boycott, though, caused students and their parents, visiting the board offices to obtain their roll number slips for the upcoming intermediate examinations, quite a bit of trouble.
Meanwhile, BISE Chairman Dr Fazal Rehman told the media that they had decided to postpone intermediate exams scheduled to take place on April 20. The exams will now be held on April 25.
Dr Rehman explained that while the BISE employees had decided to end their strike, it was impossible to supply exam material, stationary to all examination centres of the province in time.
Therefore, it has been decided to postpone exams for five days, he reiterated.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 18th, 2018.
Intermediate students in the province will have to wait five more days to give some of their exams after a week-long strike by employees of all education examination boards.
The announcement to postpone the exams came even as the employees managed to strike a bargain with the government and decided to end their strike.
Last week, employees of all seven Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) had shut down their offices as they protested against a proposed bill which they claimed would impact their autonomy.
BISE employees end week-long strike after meeting K-P speaker
The strike, though, was finally called off on Tuesday after a delegation of the board’s employees met with K-P Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser.
However, they had to travel all the way to the federal capital to meet with Qaiser at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa House.
They told Qaiser in detail about their reservations over the proposed bill for restructuring BISEs. The speaker assured them that the bill will not be moved in the assembly before all stakeholders, particularly employees of the boards, are taken into confidence and their grievances are addressed.
The K-P speaker further pointed out that even in the event when such bills are presented in the assembly, they are first redirected to the select committee for reviewing the bill and accounting for reservations of all stakeholders. Only then is the bill presented in the assembly for voting.
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This, Qaiser explained, is done so that all legislation is properly examined and inputs of the stakeholders are properly solicited.
The speaker pointed out that since the boycott was affecting the impending intermediate examinations, he assured the employees that their grievances would be addressed first and then the fate of the bill can be decided.
The BISE employees then announced to call off their strike.
The development was later confirmed by the Education Board Union President Dr Muhammad Alam. He said that the strike had ended after their demands were met by Qaiser.
On time: K-P textbook board delivers 88% of books
Exam postponed
The boycott, though, caused students and their parents, visiting the board offices to obtain their roll number slips for the upcoming intermediate examinations, quite a bit of trouble.
Meanwhile, BISE Chairman Dr Fazal Rehman told the media that they had decided to postpone intermediate exams scheduled to take place on April 20. The exams will now be held on April 25.
Dr Rehman explained that while the BISE employees had decided to end their strike, it was impossible to supply exam material, stationary to all examination centres of the province in time.
Therefore, it has been decided to postpone exams for five days, he reiterated.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 18th, 2018.