{"id":60627,"date":"2024-12-28T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T13:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60627"},"modified":"2024-12-28T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T13:03:55","slug":"punjab-govt-to-reinstate-thousands-of-district-teacher-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-govt-to-reinstate-thousands-of-district-teacher-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt to reinstate thousands of District Teacher Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: In a recent development, the Punjab government made a big announcement about reinstating thousands of District Teacher Educators<\/a> (DTEs) after an eight-year hiatus<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The secretary of schools of education issued directives to restore<\/span>\u00a0thousands<\/span> of<\/span> DTEs<\/span> <\/a>in<\/span> the education sector in Punjab. <\/span>There<\/span> are at present <\/span>4,560 DTEs <\/span>working as teachers <\/span>in<\/span> the province<\/span> with 113 <\/span>in Lahore.<\/span><\/p>\n

It<\/span> is<\/span> important<\/span> to note <\/span>that the DTE program was <\/span>withdrawn<\/span> by the Punjab government back in 2017, and the <\/span>teachers<\/span> were <\/span>posted<\/span> to <\/span>different<\/span> schools as regular teachers<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, with their reinstatement, the DTEs will now resume their <\/span>important<\/span> role of <\/span>training <\/span>teachers across the province, which is expected to have a positive impact on the quality of education.<\/p>\n

The <\/span>rejuvenation<\/span> of DTEs is also <\/span>important<\/span> in the <\/span>backdrop<\/span> of the recent <\/span>reforms<\/span> in the education sector in Punjab. For <\/span>example<\/span>, <\/span>in June 2024, <\/span>the Punjab government <\/span>finally <\/span>lifted the ban on the <\/span>transfer<\/span> of teachers, which has been a long-<\/span>cherished<\/span> demand for teachers in the province.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the process of applying for transfers has been made conditional<\/span> to<\/span> be submitted online by <\/span>teachers <\/span>along<\/span> with<\/span> a seniority number<\/span>. This has <\/span>brought<\/span> forth<\/span> unrest <\/span>among <\/span>female teachers<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

They<\/span> have to visit the <\/span>office<\/span> to get\u00a0their seniority <\/span>number<\/span>, and they <\/span>raised<\/span> this<\/span> issue<\/span> of <\/span>removal <\/span>as<\/span> well<\/span>. <\/span>Teachers <\/span>have<\/span> a<\/span> three<\/span>-year<\/span> service<\/span> period<\/span> that<\/span> has<\/span> to be <\/span>completed<\/span> here<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> school<\/span> to<\/span> move elsewhere.<\/span> Therefore,<\/span> those<\/span> who have less <\/span>tenure <\/span>experience <\/span>will not <\/span>be qualified too<\/span>. These <\/span>situations<\/span> have <\/span>thrown<\/span> open <\/span>a debate <\/span>about<\/span> the <\/span>efficiency<\/span> of the <\/span>policy of <\/span>transfer <\/span>and the <\/span>desirability<\/span> of<\/span> a procedure that<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span> less<\/span> cumbersome<\/span> yet<\/span> more participative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortage of Teaching Staff<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

The <\/span>problem<\/span> of teacher <\/span>transfer<\/span> is <\/span>inescapably<\/span> connected<\/span> with<\/span> wider problems\u00a0afflicting<\/span> the <\/span>province’s <\/span>education sector<\/span>. <\/span>A report by <\/span>CPDI-Pakistan, <\/span>states<\/span> that there <\/span>is <\/span>a <\/span>shortfall<\/span> of <\/span>81,466 <\/span>teachers<\/span> as<\/span> there are\u00a0433,134 sanctioned posts<\/span> against such seats<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

This shortage is <\/span>specifically<\/span> acute in <\/span>some<\/span> districts<\/span>; for instance<\/span>, <\/span>in<\/span> the<\/span> district of <\/span>Jhelum, <\/span>the<\/span> shortage<\/span> of<\/span> teachers<\/span> stands<\/span> at<\/span> 39<\/span>%.<\/span> The report also <\/span>highlights<\/span> how the\u00a0recruitment of teachers has been <\/span>in<\/span> decline <\/span>over the years<\/span>.<\/span> The<\/span> year 2020 saw <\/span>a drop of 19.4 percent <\/span>in<\/span> elementary teacher strength within a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>calendar<\/span> year<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Punjab government has <\/span>dismissed<\/span> thousands of school teachers <\/span>for<\/span> failing<\/span> to <\/span>produce<\/span> their educational certificates as proof of <\/span>qualification for the job.<\/span><\/p>\n

More<\/span> than<\/span> 14,000 secondary school teachers in Punjab <\/span>who were recruited more than ten years ago <\/span>are still awaiting the regularization of their services<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: In a recent development, the Punjab government made a big announcement about reinstating thousands of District Teacher Educators (DTEs) after an eight-year hiatus. The secretary of schools of education issued directives to restore\u00a0thousands of DTEs in the education sector in Punjab. There are at present 4,560 DTEs working as teachers in the province with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":41166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[467,25237,21744],"class_list":["post-60627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-punjab-government","tag-district-teacher-educators","tag-punjab-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60627","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=60627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60629,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60627\/revisions\/60629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}