Punjab Releases List of 30,000 Teaching Positions
The employment of 30,000 visiting teachers for schools in the first phase is an important step made by the Punjab government to alleviate the shortfall of teaching professionals.
The province’s School Education Department (SED) is struggling with a 115,000 teacher shortfall. Under the PML-N administration, the most recent significant hiring of teachers took place in 2018.
Between 400 and 500 appointments were made while the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf was in power, mostly in the districts of Murree and Mianwali.
A recruiting procedure akin to the Punjab Public Service Commission’s (PPSC) was instituted by the PTI government.
In order to alleviate the shortage, the PTI government also instituted College Teaching Interns (CTIs) to cover open positions in colleges. The current administration has been encouraged to carry out this project going forward. Candidates for CTI jobs, which paid Rs 25,000 a month, had to be recent graduates.
SED sources claim that the present administration is thinking of employing 30,000 visiting teachers. Their compensation will be determined by how many talks they provide.
The government intends to give school authorities additional funding to pay visiting teachers’ wages. The councils will also be in charge of raising money to cover other school-related costs.
To alleviate the teacher shortage, the Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) General Secretary, Rana Liaqat, requested the government to start permanent recruitment in the education sector.
He claims that hiring teachers on a permanent basis is the only practical way to address the shortage of teaching staff. The PTU General Secretary voiced his worries about the issues that hiring visiting professors would bring about for educational institutions.
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