Govt Committed To Improve Quality Of Education In Merged Areas

Advisor to Chief Minister on Elementary and Secondary Education, Ziaullah Bangash on Wednesday said the government was giving top priority to bring education reforms in the merged areas of Khyber Pakthukhwa (KP).

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2018 ) :Advisor to Chief Minister on Elementary and Secondary Education, Ziaullah Bangash on Wednesday said the government was giving top priority to bring education reforms in the merged areas of Khyber Pakthukhwa (KP).

He said, in the light of vision of party's chairman Imran Khan, the steps were being taken to improve quality of education and giving more facilities to education sector.

Ziaullah Bangash said Rs 18 billion had been allocated to schools in merged area, adding more funds would be allocated to bring them at par with other areas of the province.

He said that soon he would hold "Open Kachery " in every district with an aim to accommodate the people suggestions on bringing reforms in education sector.

He has sought details of all teachers working in merged areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In this connection, a letter has been written to Director Education of Merged Areas to provide details of all teachers serving in Primary, middle, High and Higher Secondary schools within a week time.

Ziaullah Bangash also directed those teachers who were absent since long to immediately resume their respective schools failing which strict disciplinary action would be taken against them under Efficiency and Discipline Rules 2011.

Ziaullah Bangash said that digitalization of education sector has been started with an aim to improve quality of education by providing state of the art education tools to teacher and students.

Taking to APP, Ziaullah Bangash said that in the first stage technical and Information technology training had been imported to 17 thousand teachers. He said that free of cost tablets and computers were being provided to teachers and soon installation of electronic boards would start in classroom.

"In the era of technology, we want to come up with innovative ideas and use latest technology to develop interest of students in study", he said.

He said that target of enrolling 0.8 million students had been set at primary level for this year and the education department had successfully enrolled 0.6 million children so far, which is tremendous achievement of the provincial government.

He said that more rooms were being constructed in primary schools level to create more accommodation of newly enrolled students, adding the government was providing cast money to poor students especially girls to encourage enrollment and reduce dropout rates from schools.

Ziaullah Bangash said the government had adopted strategy to make ensure provision of quality education to six million students studying in 36 thousand government run schools, besides taking steps to enroll dropout students.

He said that new policy was being formulated for transfer of teachers which would be based on students to teachers ratio (STR) in schools. He said that Secretary and Director of Elementary and Secondary Education Department (E&SE) had been directed to chalk out students to teachers policy with in a week.

Ziaullah Bangash said that now transfer of teachers would be made in the light of this new policy under which at least one teacher would be available for 40 students.

He said that teachers would be transfer from those schools having higher number of teachers to those where teachers were required as par students to teachers ratio.

The advisor said that soon this new policy on transfer of teachers would be sent to district education officer for implementation in letter and spirit.

He said that ban on transfer of teachers had been lifted.

He said that in past transfer of teachers was done on political basis which prove detrimental to education system, adding political involvement in transfers and appointments of teachers would not be tolerated now.