Daily Times

LAHORE: All Asatza Alliance Punjab (AAAP) has announced it will return their awards and shields to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on 31 December in protest against the policies being followed by the government in the education sector.

The central body of AAAP decided this in a meeting here on Tuesday. While addressing the meeting Ramzan Inqlabi, Central President AAAP said that teachers of public schools wanted to know where Rs 31 Billion received from the World Bank and $541 million education aid had been spent by the Education Department.

He added that it seemed that the rulers had also spent foreign aid and loans of education on roads and bridges, which showed its anti education and anti teacher policies. He said this policy would be the reason behind the sinking of current government. Inqlabi further said that Punjab’s rulers were handing over public sector schools to their favourite NGOs and the private sector.

Besides all these things, the government had not yet fulfilled promises it made with teachers during their protests, he observed, adding that these promises included upgradation and up scaling of teachers.

“The teachers only have one solution against all these acts and that is to hold protests. Therefore, teachers will hold protests outside the Lahore Press Club on 31 December where they will also return their shields awarded by the education minister.”