Punjab greenlights outsourcing of 6,460 schools

It has already completed the outsourcing of 13,600 schools in the first three phases.The Education Department has decided to continue new admissions in government schools until October 31 and impose a ban on admissions from November 1.

Orders have also been issued to all school heads to complete the admission process by October 31.Teachers' organisations and parents have strongly condemned the outsourcing of government schools and demanded that the decision be withdrawn.Central President of the Punjab Teachers Union Sufi Ramzan Inqalabi, Secretary of the Education Pensioners Association Shafiq Bhalwalia and former president of the Headmasters Association Dr Sagheer Alam said outsourcing government schools had increased the number….

They said high schools had extensive building areas and urged the authorities not to destroy these institutions.Teachers' organisations said they would launch a strong protest against the decision in coordination with non-teaching staff organisations.They further said that after the outsourcing of government schools, regular teachers would be declared surplus in the second phase.

They would be replaced by daily-wage teachers recruited on lump-sum salaries.Meanwhile, the Punjab government has approved a census of schools and students across the province and sought complete data from all district education officers.The Director of Public Instruction (Secondary Education), Punjab, has issued instructions to the chief executive officers of all district education authorities regarding the school and student data census.The circular strictly directs all schools to complete 100 per….

Following verification, fake or duplicate entries must be removed immediately.The second category concerns teaching and non-teaching staff, including details of sanctioned posts and vacant positions, which must be accurately recorded.The third category relates to infrastructure, requiring accurate records of dangerous buildings, classrooms, boundary walls and other facilities.The fourth category covers academic data, including grades, sections and the distribution of students, with records to be accurately maintained.The DPI has warned that….

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