BALOCHISTAN: Balochistan Education Minister, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has said that the provincial government given approval for the appointment of 1,200 male and female teachers to handle the shortage of teaching staff in government schools across the province.
The provincial education minister said, “Education is the main priority of the provincial government and the authorities are trying to give the best education facilities to students in the province”.
Sardar Yar further said that the shortage of teachers in public sector schools was badly affecting the standard of education, adding that with the approval of the provincial government, the provincial education department would soon start appointing 1,200 teachers.
He also said all appointments would be made on the basis of merit and only qualified candidates would be appointed on vacant positions.
Rind further said that the incumbent government shows commitment to serve people, adding that the government was following a policy of zero tolerance for corruption and would ensure across-the-board accountability in the country.
The province’s unemployment ratio is touching the sky with most of the graduates unemployed. As a result, domestic crimes like kidnapping, killing, child abduction and robberies are born, he added.
The minister said around 640,000 children would be given distance education and they would be connected to the teachers in big cities. Similarly, 35,000 youth of the area would be given the training to earn as freelancers.
Under the Waseela Taleem Programme, as many as 83,000 children would be given free education and the government would also pay a monthly stipend of Rs 1,500 each to the parents of boys and Rs 2,000 each to those of girl students Rind informed.
He said that the resources of Balochistan were not utilized properly in the past, adding that the resources of the province should be utilized properly and the government was working in this regard.
