For that, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa All-Primary Teachers Association (APTA) announced the closure of all 22,000 boys and girls primary schools across the province.
KP govt agrees to protesting teachers’ demands. Following a couple of days of sit-in demonstration in Peshawar, Pakistan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and protesting teachers reached a successful agreement on Friday, a private media channel reported.
According to the reports, the provincial government has agreed to meet all of the teachers’ demands following the successful negotiations, and the formal announcement will be made at the teachers’ sit-in on Saturday (today).
Primary school teachers from across the province have been protesting in Peshawar since November 5, demanding job upgrades, regularisation of 13,500 teachers, reinstatement of previously forced promotions, and several other benefits.
For that, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa All-Primary Teachers Association (APTA) announced the closure of all 22,000 boys and girls primary schools across the province.
The key demands of the teachers’ association include official notification for teachers’ upgradation, regularisation of 13,500 teachers, reinstatement of previously forced promotions, reinstatement of the Fargo option, prevention of primary school privatization, and ensuring class-wise teacher appointments at every primary school.
Earlier, the Deputy Director of Elementary and Secondary Education ordered concerned district education officers to immediately suspend all absent primary school teachers involved in a recent protest across the province.
The education department ordered all DEOs to collect data on “protesting teachers due to whom schools have been closed since November 5 and immediately suspend them to resume educational activities in all schools.”
