Murad decides to regularize NTS, SU test qualified teachers

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali on Thursday decided to award time scale to the teachers appointed in 1992 and regularize the services of the NTS and Sindh University test qualified teachers. He took this decision while holding a meeting with Teachers' association representatives which was also attended by Minister Education Jam Mehtab Dahar, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Secretary Finance, Special Secretary School Education Nasir Abbas Soomro and others concerned.
The teachers' body said that the teachers who have qualified Sindh University and Iqra University test be regularized along with the regularization of NTS pass contract teachers. On this the chief minister directed Education department to issue regularization of Sindh and Iqra universities test qualified teachers and issue their regularization order.
"As far as NTS pass contract teachers' regularization is concerned it has been approved by the cabinet," he said and added the minutes of the cabinet have also been issued. "We are regularizing NTS pass contract teachers without any condition," the chief minister said. In this way 21,000 teachers would be regularized.
The teacher' representatives told the chief minister that about 12000 teachers were appointed during 1992 in grade B-7 but they have been denied of time scale. On this the chief minister directed secretary education and secretary finance to solve this issue within 24 hours and send him summary for his approval.
It may be noted that with the approval of Time Scale the teachers working in grade B-7 and B-9 would be upgraded to grade B-16. The teachers' representatives said that the salaries of NTS teachers working in Karachi have been stopped from work.
The chief minister directed secretary education to release their salaries. The chief minister said that he was ready to resolve all the issues of the teacher just "you ask them to support me in improving standard of education," he said. The teachers' association thanked the chief minister for resolving their issues and accepting their demands.