KARACHI, Aug 15 (APP): Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, Thursday, announced that 2889 closed schools have been reopened across the province under the ongoing educational reform process.
The minister, in a statement issued here, said that as many as 2587 teachers were appointed in the closed schools on recommendations of ‘Teachers Placement Committee’ amid improved teachers’ availability following the merit-based recruitment of over 60,000 teachers in Sindh.
Sardar Shah termed reopening of schools- those were closed mainly due to shortage of teachers- as a major development in education reforms in Sindh and vowed that no school will remain closed in the province due to the paucity of teaching staff.
Sindh School Education and Literacy Department had formed a Teachers Placement Committee in order to re-open the viable closed Schools and rationalization of teaching staff in May 2024. On the recommendations of the committee 2587 teachers have been appointed in viable closed schools and a notification in the regard has also been issued by the department concerned.
The appointments of teachers in the closed schools were made at the Taluka (Tehsil) level to ensure teacher availability, the minister said adding that, however, the case of 169 closed schools in deprived talukas was pending as the matter was under litigation and those schools will be opened according to the court decision.
He said that implementation of the placement plan would continue and new teachers will be appointed immediately in case of retirement or death of any serving teacher.
“The provincial government has taken remarkable steps under education reforms, and now the community should also play its role,” he said and urged every member of society to lodge complaints against absentee teachers.
Sardar Shah also instructed teachers to dispose-off their duties with honesty and sense of responsibility and warned of action under efficiency and disciplinary rules against those who fail to do so.