14,000 teachers to be recruited in Sindh: Mazhar

KARACHI - As many as 14,000 schoolteachers would be recruited in the province of Sindh to overcome shortages of teaching staff and to strengthen the education system in the province.
Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Pir Mazhar ul Haq said here Wednesday during a news conference in his office.
The Minister said that the 14,000 posts of schoolteachers would be advertised soon.
He was of the view that it be seen that the test of these teachers be conducted through the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Sukkur because of the sound reputation of that institution.
The Director of IBA Sukkur, Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui, was also present on the occasion along with the Provincial Education Secretary. Pir Mazhar said that he would try and convince the Country Director of the World Bank, which has extended soft loan for education, that the passing marks for the recruitment of teachers be brought down from the present 60 percent to 50 percent.
However, he declared that the commitment of the World Bank would be fulfilled. He stated that as many as 150,000 candidates appeared in the written test conducted by the IBA Sukkur.
He pointed out that some 7,500 schools in Sindh are shut and the main reason is that there are no teachers.
The Minister said that after he took charge, the World Bank people approached him and gave a briefing and asked if the government would follow the agreement then the Bank would release the second instalment of the loan.
He said that the provincial government has agreed to fulfil the requirements to this respect. Consequently, the World Bank has informed that the second instalment of the loan would be released.