The Sindh Education Department has decided to introduce a facial recognition-based attendance system for its employees.
The department has also decided to take action against absent employees and those allegedly holding fake degrees.
Meanwhile, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has begun verifying the degrees of employees recruited in the Sindh Education Department between 1989 and 2020.
Earlier, the Sindh Education Department prepared a new policy aimed at addressing staffing imbalances in schools, including a proposed golden handshake scheme for surplus teachers and administrative reforms in recruitment procedures.
Under the proposed policy, teachers identified as surplus in schools with a higher number of staff compared to student enrolment may be offered voluntary early retirement through a golden handshake program.
According to local media reports citing sources within the Education Department, thousands of employees have already submitted pre-retirement applications, creating difficulties for the Finance Division.
Reports further said that around 15,000 teachers and non-teaching staff members have applied for early retirement.
