Teachers in KP Declare the Closing of the Academic Process

Teachers in KP Declare the Closing of the Academic Process

Beginning on November 5, 26,000 boys’ and girls’ schools throughout Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will be closed by the All-Primary Teachers Association (APTA) until their demands are met.

At Jinnah Park, the APTA also intends to hold a sit-in protest. President Azizullah Khan presided over a meeting of the association’s provincial officials in the provincial secretariat where this decision was made.

The forthcoming sit-in, according to Azizullah Khan, is a historic event that aims to secure important demands, such as the regularisation of 13,500 teachers, the reintroduction of forced promotions, the resuscitation of the “Fargo Option,” and the issue of upgradation notices.

Assuring class-specific teacher appointments in all primary schools, preventing the privatisation of primary schools, and establishing senior primary school teacher posts with designated codes in combined districts are further goals of the protest. They are also calling for the General Provident (GP) Fund to include teachers who were regularised under the 2022 Act.

Large numbers of APTA members, including female teachers, are anticipated to show up for the sit-in, which is set to start at 1 p.m. on November 5 in Jinnah Park in Peshawar. Regardless of the result, the protest will go on forever. After that date, all 26,000 elementary schools will continue to be closed.

APTA maintains its willingness to engage in fruitful discussions, stressing that they value communication over protest. Teachers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa staged protests earlier this month, threatening to close thousands of schools and paralyse the province’s educational system. Among their demands are the elimination of the Contributory Pension Fund and the promotion of senior teachers.