Recently IBA Sukkur has made a test for Junior Elementary school teachers Bps 14. Nearly three lac aspirants have appeared in the teachers’ recruitment test but 99% failed in the test. Like always, IBA has once again shown its extra standard in the question papers with few identified mistakes. The largest number of students have failed.

According to the statics, 99% could not qualify for the test. Indeed IBA always makes a conceptual and tough paper. Most of the candidates failed but in that reaction, people have started crying over the destruction of education in Sindh province. They have blamed the teachers for not teaching well and they are not qualified enough to teach and they lack teaching methodologies. They place the blame on existing teachers, saying that the teachers do not perform their duties properly.

The result of their failures should never raise questions over to the existing teachers. This is true that there is a lack of science teachers and no teacher is 100% perfect but all the teachers especially the recently appointed teachers since 2012 and onwards are performing their duties with full responsibility and honestly. Despite the fact that the schools remain closed most of the time throughout the year, it is because of our highly talented and well-qualified teachers that they still managed to complete the syllabus within a short period of time. There are still many things that need to be changed which a single person can not change alone such as copy culture, bribery in our institutes, selling marks to get high grades and many more, all the related stakeholders like parents, education officials and civil society should collectively work on to fill the gaps as identified.

According to my point of view, the government should take the following necessary measurements for the betterment of education.

1. The government must stop increasing copy culture trends and selling of grades at any cost.

2. The government must provide basic facilities and required staff according to STR (Students Teachers Ratio) and SCR (Students Classroom Ratio).

3. The government should ensure its employees perform duties strictly.

4. Officials should regularly visit each and every school every month.

If the government rectifies these problems seriously then our education system will reach the top.

After few years we all will bring a massive change in the system and will succeed in providing quality education.

RAJAB ALI RODNANI,

Dadu.