Hundreds of KP Teachers Are Receiving Salary Without Teaching
Documents reveal that some 200 higher education department teachers, spread across different government degree campuses in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, are paid even though they are not teaching. Their improper positioning is the cause of this disparity.
According to official records, 679 more teachers in government colleges are not completing the necessary number of credit hours. Despite the department’s guideline requiring two credit hours each day, some teachers are only able to complete one.
For every teacher, the Directorate of Higher Education has set a weekly workload of twelve credit hours. Faculty members with additional responsibilities, such as coordinators, controllers, examiners, and chief proctors, are eligible for a three-credit exception.
The Higher Education Department’s (HED) Secretary claims that steps are being taken to address these anomalies in teacher placements.
On the other hand, 808 instructors at various colleges have been strained by the haphazard transfers and placements, forcing them to take on additional classes as a result of staff shortages. Six professors in BPS-20, 33 associate professors in BPS-19, 61 assistant professors in BPS-18, and 85 lecturers in BPS-17 are among the impacted, according to the data.
In addition, only half of the classes are attended by 285 lecturers in BPS-17, 163 assistant professors in BPS-18, 195 associate professors in BPS-19, and 31 professors in BPS-20. Furthermore overworked, attending more classes than they can handle include 16 professors in BPS-20, 84 associate professors in BPS-19, 238 assistant professors in BPS-18, and 270 lecturers in BPS-17.
For the interest of students, Secretary Arshed Khan wants to rationalise teacher placements in government colleges. He has compiled information on college faculty dispersion and student enrollment.
He recently turned down a request to move two instructors to a government college because there are already 88 students enrolled in the teaching staff. But 400 students at a college in Karak have no designated teacher. To close this gap, Khan ordered the prompt deployment of three teachers.
In order to solve the teacher-student ratio, Khan interviews college principals on a daily basis to determine their facility and staffing requirements. According to sources, the minister and secretary of higher education are to blame for the instructors’ arbitrary transfers. They draw attention to situations in which educators are misplaced into roles unrelated to their areas of expertise, which causes disturbances in the classroom.
Teachers allegedly utilize their connections with lawmakers, ministers, and higher authorities to secure inappropriate placements. Principals of government degree colleges also express concern over these misplacements, citing academic setbacks for students.
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