Out you go: Eight teachers and a watchman terminated

Employees had been missing from duty for two years .

TORGHAR:

Authorities terminated eight women teachers and a watchman for prolonged absence, District Education Officer Faiza Shafi told the media on Thursday.

Speaking to journalists in Judba in Torghar, Shafi said eight women teachers and a watchman were found to be absent from duty during surprise visits to different primary and middle schools in the district. An enquiry further revealed that the said staff had been missing in action for the last two years.

Shafi added the accused neither informed the office nor took leave for the period they remained absent. She said this was a violation of the code of conduct and the teachers as well as the watchman were issued show-cause notices. However, they failed to submit replies, forcing the education department to issue termination orders.

Shafi said salaries drawn by these employees during this period would be recovered from them. Those terminated from service are Dilshad Begum, Nazia Bibi, Sumaira Begum, Aisha Bibi, Shamim Akhtar, Nisa Bibi, Shah Gul Bibi, Naseem Akhtar and watchman Mewa Khan.

To a question, Shafi replied that efforts were under way to provide maximum facilities for students as per the PTI government’s education emergency policy. She said literacy in Torghar, especially in women, was abysmally low and a monitoring system had been introduced to ensure the attendance of teachers.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, November 7^th, 2014.