Steps taken to restructure education sector in Balochistan

Adviser to CM says govt working to implement 20% promotion quota of teachers

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government has initiated measures for restructuring the existing service rules of administrative employees of the education sector in the province. These remarks were made by Adviser to Chief Minister Balochistan on Secondary Education Haji Mohammad Khan Lehri in an exclusive talk with APP.

He said the Balochistan government had made a service structure for the promotion of senior employees of the education department whereas the teachers would be promoted after the preparation of final lists.

"The government is working to implement the 20 per cent promotion quota of the teachers. The procedural work is in progress to separate the cadres of teaching and administrative staff to restrict teachers to teach," he informed.

On the decision of Balochistan High Court, he said that all junior officers have been removed from the executive positions. The government has implemented the policy of the right man for the right job and also prevented the appointment of teaching staff on non-teaching positions, Lehri said.

The government was utilising all the resources for the welfare of employees at its disposal to develop the education sector on modern lines, he added. The development work in the education department was aimed at improving the sector with proper facilities in place including quality furniture, sports and science equipment, and other basic facilities in public schools in the province.

Initially, the government had started work to provide water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities to more than 1,200 schools of the province. He said all available resources were being utilised to improve the quality of education in the province.

“Under the policy of Chief Minister Balochistan, the government would establish 186 shelter schools in the province”, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 12^th, 2019.