Sindh Minister for Education and Labour Saeed Ghani has said that more than 8.5 million children in the province are getting education in public and private educational institutions as well as madrassas and other places and according to the last census, they are getting education in the province.
The number of children doing education is 12.5 million, so it would not be unreasonable to say that the number of children outside the educational institutions in the province is around 3.5 million. There are 49,000 government schools in the province while at present there are 37,000.
There are vacancies for teachers, for which rules have been made under the orders of teachers’ organizations and the judiciary, and the recruitment process for these teachers will begin soon. During 2017-18, 1262 teachers have been recruited in schools and colleges and all of them are being recruited under the death quota, of which 92 are in colleges and 1170 are in schools. The number of subject specialists in the province is 791 while 1148 posts are vacant in this regard and since this is a 17th grade post, recruitment is done under the Public Service Commission and we have informed them in writing.
He was replying to written and supplementary questions asked by various members during Question Hour in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday.
Saeed Ghani said that in 2014, the teachers’ organizations had approached the judiciary regarding the recruitment of teachers and after that the issue of recruitment of teachers was pending in the court. “There are 49,000 government schools in the province and we are facing a shortage of 37,000 teachers,” he said. The matter has now been settled and rules have been framed in consultation with teachers’ organizations and all stakeholders as per the decision of the judiciary. He told the House in response to a question from an opposition member that during 2017-18, 92 teachers in colleges and 1170 teachers in schools have been given permanent jobs, except those who are on death quota.
Saeed Ghani said that various surveys have been and are being conducted regarding schools and according to the current survey, there are 49,000 government schools in the province, of which 90% are primary schools. Responding to a written and supplementary question from a female member, she said that it is a fact that there is a shortage of secondary schools as compared to primary and in this regard we have launched various projects and one of them is the World Bank and the government. So far, 500 such primary schools have been selected under the project, which we will either expand to secondary or build secondary schools within two and a half kilometers of these schools. Will go so that the children who are successful in these primary schools can be admitted there. He said that we have started work on 9000 schools in the province in which enrollment is 80% and this project will be completed by 2021, after which 80% of the students in the province will get all the basic education. Facilities and provision of all facilities in schools will be ensured.
Replying to a supplementary question, Provincial Education Minister Saeed Ghani said that in the previous government, 25 and 40 schools were set up in each village where only one or two schools were needed to provide room to its voters. These schools were only for the benefit of their people and it is better to close them, so all the schools where there is no enrollment or the schools that are adjacent to it, the number of children is possible in one school. Schools are being closed. In response to another supplementary question, Saeed Ghani said that it has been said that 6.2 or 6.4 or 7 million children in the province do not go to school. He said that according to the new census, the number of school-age children in the province is 12.5 million, while at present, public and private schools, madrassas, various private schools that are not registered, There are more than 8.5 million children studying in federal government-run schools and others, thus there are 3.5 to 4 million children in the province who are currently away from educational institutions and adorned with the ornaments of education. To do this, the Sindh government has started work on various projects, only in my own labor department, work has been started on an emergency basis in this regard, in which all the children of 6.5 million registered workers and laborers are educated. In addition to the Workers ‘Welfare Board’s own schools, the Governing Board has also approved the payment of private school fees to the children of these workers under the Sessi and Workers’ Welfare Boards. The Sindh government is working on the Universalization of Workers, which will include workers and laborers from all over the province. After that, data will be available to children who do not actually go to school. To another question, Saeed Ghani said that the quality of the teachers recruited during the PPP regime in the educational institutions is better, we are facing difficulties due to the recruitment of teachers of this period, who have 20 They have been made teachers by issuing blank signed appointment letters 25 years ago and they are the cause of our problems.
Asked about the subject specialists, he said that there are specialists in 17 subjects and at present we are facing a shortage of 1148 such teachers and we have 791 such teachers teaching at present.
He said that since this post is of 17th grade and its appointment is to be under Public Service Commission, we have informed him in writing for this.
