{"id":54147,"date":"2024-10-29T12:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=54147"},"modified":"2024-10-29T12:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:54:49","slug":"grand-teachers-alliance-calls-for-tna-test-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/grand-teachers-alliance-calls-for-tna-test-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Teachers Alliance calls for TNA test boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: The online <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kp-teachers-announce-to-shut-down-academic-process-across-province\/\">Teachers Need Assessment<\/a> (TNA) test system has hit a roadblock in Punjab, Pakistan, particularly in the Rawalpindi division.<\/p>\n<p>The system, designed to evaluate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/cm-gandapur-declares-education-emergency-in-kp\/\">Education Department<\/a> staff, faced a dismal 3% participation rate from primary teachers on October 28, despite efforts from education officers to encourage participation.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Teachers Alliance has rejected the TNA test, calling for a complete boycott. This decision was made after the Education Department issued<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/senior-pia-employee-jawaid-bajwa-receives-show-cause-for-fake-degree\/\"> show-cause notices<\/a> to 1,000 teachers, withheld their November salaries, and requested police assistance from deputy commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers have refused to receive the notices, stating they won&#8217;t attend personal hearings.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking error, a show-cause notice was issued to the late Majid Ali, a teacher who passed away two years ago. His family is seeking answers, questioning why the department issued a notice to a deceased person.<\/p>\n<p>This incident has left Education Department officials in disarray. The TNA test aims to assess teachers&#8217; competence and training needs, but critics argue the timing is questionable, suggesting the government is prioritizing the privatization of public education due to financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p>The test has been made compulsory for educators across primary, middle, and high school levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: The online Teachers Need Assessment (TNA) test system has hit a roadblock in Punjab, Pakistan, particularly in the Rawalpindi division. The system, designed to evaluate Education Department staff, faced a dismal 3% participation rate from primary teachers on October 28, despite efforts from education officers to encourage participation. The Grand Teachers Alliance has rejected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":54148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[23432,21691,23431,23433],"class_list":["post-54147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-education-department","tag-grand-teachers-alliance","tag-teachers-need-assessment-tna-test-system","tag-tna-test-boycott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54149,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54147\/revisions\/54149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}