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According to an official handout issued on Tuesday, the provincial government has decided to send striking teachers to prison for one year and slap a fine of Rs100,000 on those protesting and calling strikes in government educational institutes.
During the course of strike, the resignation tendered as protest by the member of the education service to the competent authority shall not be accepted and such members of the service shall be liable to disciplinary actions and penalties as prescribed under the Balochistan employee efficiency and discipline act 2001, adds the statement.
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In an interview with private news channel, Education Secretary Tayab Lehri said the provincial government has been paying keen attention to the education sector. Therefore, he said, the government intends to introduce a new educational act 2018.
“The new act bars government teachers from calling strikes and holding protests in educational institutions or they will face consequences,” said Lehri.
Reacting to the development, the teacher associations have rejected the act and announced protest outside the provincial assembly.
“We assume that the provincial government seeks to suppress the voice of teachers’ union imposing bureaucracy’s rule in provincial affairs,” Balochistan Professor and Lectures Association President Prof Agha Zahid said. The association gives no value to such acts, he added.
He also said all unions in Balochistan have unanimously announced a matching response to the government move. The body has decided to launch a movement against proposed new educational act.
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