In trouble: Education Dept to move against teachers who went to protest rally in Lahore

The EDO education had sent an SMS telling teachers not to abandon duties.

FAISALABAD: The Education Department has ordered action against teachers who participated in a Muttahida Asatiza Mahaaz (MAM) rally in Lahore last week.

Secondary Education District Officer Ali Ahmad told The Express Tribune that all district heads of the Education Department had been directed to send lists of teachers who had participated in the protest. He said Education EDO Bashir Zahid Goraya had sent out an SMS alert on May 7, that teachers should not abandon duties on May 8 and leave the district but a number of teachers had ignored it.



He said the education EDO had warned teachers in the message that strict action would be taken under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability (PEEDA) Act against those leaving work to join the protest.

Ahmad said scores of teachers headed by Government Jamia Chishtia High School headmaster and former Senior Staff Association (SSA) president Hafiz Abdun Nasir, and Punjab Teachers Union president Hafiz Ghulam Mohiyuddin had left the district and violated the EDO’s directive.

He said the EDO had sent Elementary Education DO Mazhar Hussain Warraich, Secondary Education DO Ali Ahmad Siyan along with Education DDOs to Lahore to identify teachers participating in the protestat.“These officers reported names of teachers who had participated in the MAM protest. The lists are being prepared on their report so that action can be taken against them,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 11^th, 2015.