Teachers claimed that they successfully ran the project, which resulted in increased literacy rate, before it expired. PHOTO: FILE
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the parties to maintain status quo with respect to jobs of over 1,000 volunteer teachers performing their duties across the province.
Headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, the bench has also called replies from the federal and provincial authorities over the alleged non-regularisation of the volunteer teachers’ jobs.
The petitioner, Saba, along with over 1,000 of her colleagues, had approached the high court seeking a direction for the education authorities to regularise their jobs. They said that the government had launched a project to promote primary education in the province.
The teachers claimed that they successfully ran the project, which resulted in increased literacy rate, before it expired. On Wednesday, the petitioners alleged that instead of giving them permanent jobs, the officials were forcing them to enter into renewed temporary job contracts and continue service as volunteers and feeder teachers.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2014.
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