Rectification of ‘disrupted’ service structure sought

Female teachers of Islamabad model colleges urge FDE to implement IHC judgment

ISLAMABAD:

The female teachers of junior sections of Islamabad model colleges working under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have urged the relevant authorities to rectify their disrupted service structure in line with the judgment of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

The IHC judgment regarding the rectification of their service structure was delivered by Justice Mohsin Akhter Kayani on June 10, 2022.

According to an official source, as many as 27 senior teachers knocked at the door of IHC in September 2020, seeking rectification of their disrupted service structure (four-tier formula) which was disordered in 2011 when the posts of BPS-16 were upgraded to BPS-17.

After hearing the arguments of counsel of the petitioners and the respondents, Kayani allowed the writ petition and ordered the Finance Division and FDE to correct the existing ratio of the four-tier formula within six months.

An official at the Finance Division said, the deadline for implementation of this court decision is December 10, 2022, but unfortunately FDE has not provided the required information yet.

"The honourable court has passed orders four months ago but the matter is still pending with the authorities", a female teacher said on the condition of anonymity. "If court orders are not implemented, we will have no other option but to go for filing contempt petitions", she added.

Another teacher said that the teachers are presently facing a disordered four-tier promotion formula. Out of the total number of 401 posts of teachers in the junior sections of all model colleges, 340 posts are of grade 17, 43 of grade 18, 17 of grade 17 and only one post is of grade 20.

"If the formula is placed in order, the 201 posts will be of grade 17, 136 will be of grade 18, 60 posts will be of grade 17 and 4 posts will be of grade 20 and consequently teachers will get a rapid promotion", she said. The teachers urged the FDE authorities to provide the relevant information to the Finance Division to swiftly implement the IHC judgment.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2022.