IMU Starts Working In Merged Districts: Ziaullah Bangash

Adviser to Chief Minister on Elementary and Primary Education Ziaullah Bangash Wednesday said that Independent Monitoring Units has started working in the tribal districts to monitor attendances of teachers, collection of data regarding staff, infrastructure and missing facilities in schools

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Jan, 2019 ) :Adviser to Chief Minister on Elementary and Primary Education Ziaullah Bangash Wednesday said that Independent Monitoring Units has started working in the tribal districts to monitor attendances of teachers, collection of data regarding staff, infrastructure and missing facilities in schools.

He said, "extension of IMU to tribal districts would bring improvement in school infrastructure and teachers' attendances in newly merge districts." The provincial government has brought revolutionary changes in education sectors that are aimed at providing equal opportunities of quality education in a system as per vision of prime minister.

He told media that the government was committed to providing healthy sporting and cultural activities for students across the province.

He said the education department was pursuing comprehensive reforms to uplift education standard in the province, adding that shortage of teachers in the province was being overcome by recruiting more teachers especially in the merged districts.

KP elementary and secondary education department has initiated process of appointment of teachers on vacant posts in tribal districts and shortage of teachers in schools would be overcome soon.

He said 2500 and more teachers to be recruited in tribal district next year. All necessary measures are being taken by the government to bring tribal districts at par with developed areas of the country.

He said some advertisements to fill vacation posts had already been given and soon the remaining vacation posts would be advertised. The KP Adviser said schoolteachers in the province were being equipped with the latest technology, "this is digital era and we are equipping teachers in schools with modern and latest technology for grooming their skills."He said Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to recruit teachers, doctors and other required staff in newly merged tribal districts of KP on priority basis for better service delivery and to provide jobs to people of merged districts.

He said that solarization of schools, electronic boards, tablets were being provided to schools to enhance their capacity, while independent monitoring units have been extended to merged districts to improve education standard there.