School heads fired for poor Matric results

By Khalid Khattak

LAHORE: THE School Education Department has fired six heads of schools showing extremely poor results in recent matriculation examinations.The department has also demoted a headmaster with a warning to improve results next time. The School Education Department secretary took disciplinary action against headmasters under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability (PEEDA) Act 2006.It was also decided that the department would issue appreciation letters to headmasters who showed 100 percent pass percentage.Those who have been removed from services are: Muhammad Boota, headmaster of Government High School, Narang, Mandi Bahauddin (matriculation result of the school for 2008 was 3.85 percent), Mrs Naheed Kousar, headmistress of the Government Girls High School, Kidarpur, Bahawalnagar (0 percent), Muhammad Akram Zia, headmaster of the Government High School, Gorayala, Attock (eight percent), Abdul Rehman headmaster Government High School, Sobiana Gherbi, Jhang (0 percent), Mrs Shehnaz Asghar, headmistress of Government Girls High School, 72/10-R, Khanewal (nine percent) and Musarrat Jabeen, Senior Subject Specialist Government Girls Higher Secondary School, 261/WB, Vehari (6.25 percent).Rashid Mahmood, senior headmaster Government High School, Bhambe Kalan, Kasur (serving in BPS 18) was demoted as his school showed only 10 percent result.When contacted, Secretary School Education Department Punjab Nadeem Ashraf said those who had been removed from service were earlier issued show-cause notices. He said they were also given a personal hearing but none of them could give a satisfactory reply. He said schools these headmasters headed had produced satisfactory results in the past and sudden decline in performance was very disturbing. ‘The performance of schools was extremely poor this year’ he said adding ‘Action had to be taken as there was no other option left’. Replying to a question, the schools secretary said the department was taking action against all those heads of schools who had produced 10 percent or below results in matriculation 2008 examination. He said a number of posts of headmasters were vacant and additional charge was given to senior subject specialists BPS-16. He said schools headed by senior subject specialists were issued show-cause notices by executive district officers (education). ‘EDOs will be take disciplinary action against heads of schools showing poor results’, he said.

Source: The News International
Saturday, November 22, 2008