Murad decides to award time scale, announces regularization of 21000 teachers

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah taking policy decisions has decided to award time scale to the teachers appointed in 1992 and regularize the services of the NTS and of Sindh University test teachers.

He took this decision while holding a meeting with Teachers' association representatives, Wali Muhammad Chalgari, Central President Sindh, Sikandar Ali Jatoi, Central General Secretary Sindh, Ghulam Rasool Mahar, Senior Vice President, Syed Mumtaz Shah, President District Sukkur, Zafarullah , President District Ghotki, said a statement on Thursday.

The meeting was also attended by Minister Education Jam Mehtab Dahar, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Secretary Finance, Special Secretary School Education Nasir Abbasi Soomro and other 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 CM Sindh directed Education department to issue regularization of Sindh and Iqra universities 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 told the chief minister that about 12000 teachers were appointed in 1992 in grade B-17 but they had been denied of time scale.

On this the CM Sindh directed the Secretary Education and Secretary Finance to solve this issue within 28 hour and send him summary for 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 complied that the salaries of NTS teacher working in Karachi had been stopped on this the Sindh chief minister directed secretary education to release their salaries.

The Sindh chief minister said that he was ready to resolve all the issues of the teacher and urged them to support him in improving standard of education.

The teachers' association thanked the Sindh chief minister for resolving their issues and accepting their demands.