ISLAMABAD: Teachers of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) colleges have demanded provision of 150 percent Education Allowance at par with executive allowance which was recently approved in principle by the federal cabinet for the officers of Ministries/Divisions. According to an official source, the Federal Secretariat employees are already getting a 20 percent special allowance which was […]
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Teachers demand higher time scale
ISLAMABAD: Teachers working in educational institutions under the Federal Directorate of Education have demanded a higher time scale. According to an official source, over 82 male and female teachers including Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors working in 32 colleges under FDE have demanded to upgrade their position through time scale from BPS-18 to BPS-19, […]
FDE issues directions for staff, teachers, students affected with Covid-19
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has issued the directions regarding home isolation and discharge during COVID-19 in compliance with the guidelines issued by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation, and Coordination. As per the details of guidelines, the sources told APP that people with COVID-19 should isolate for 5 days if they […]
On duty teachers demand “Earned Leave”
ISLAMABAD: The college teachers who are on duty during summer vacation and teaching BS and Associate Degree Program (ADP) classes have demanded 48 days earned leave in the pattern of other civil servants. Professor Farhan Azam, senior vice president of the Federal Government College Teachers Association (FGCTA) said, educational institutions are called Vacation departments. The […]
Parents, students protest against govt’s decision to end free transportation
RANA TOWN/SHIEKUPURA: On Monday morning, parents and young students of Punjab Workers Welfare School staged a protest demonstration by setting up roadblocks against the government’s decision to end free transportation for the students. “We will not bow before the authorities. It’s our right and we will take it,” one of the protesters told Daily Times. […]
Sindh University to withhold salaries of employees who fail to get vaccination against Covid-19
The management of the University of Sindh has decided to withhold the salaries of those varsity employees who will not get inoculated against the deadly coronavirus as per guidelines of the government prior to the set deadline. According to details, the management after receiving directives from the Chief Minister Sindh regarding vaccination for all the […]
GB govt to recruit teachers, doctors, nurses and technical staff
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid while addressing a function on distribution of trophy hunting checks among conservation committees said that the trophy hunting program in Gilgit-Baltistan has been very successful in which the role of local conservation committees and the institution is commendable. He added, “The local community demonstrated its responsibility to protect wildlife by […]
Underqualified teachers blamed for dismal situation of primary education
In government schools across Punjab, more than 20,000 teachers are educated up to matriculation only, out of which 2,624 matriculated teachers are of Faisalabad division. The advancement in the field of primary education cannot be possible with unqualified teachers. The annual results of government schools and the education and training of future architects entrusted to […]
Govt ready to resolve teachers issues amicably: Bangash
PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Higher Education, Kamran Bangash on Monday said that he was deeply saddened to know about violence against teachers. In a statement, he said that a peaceful protest was a right of every citizen. He said that Chief Mnster, Mahmood Khan has sought a report of […]
Children may be their parents’ best climate-change teachers, scientists find
Teenagers in the U.S. coastal state of North Carolina who were schooled in the basics of man-made climate change saw their parents grow more concerned about the issue, scientists said on Monday in the first study of its kind. The results suggested nationwide protests by young people urging action to tackle global warming could influence […]