Summary Computers in bad conditions, instead of teaching computer skills, teachers are dispatching letters
LAHORE: (Dunya News) – 4000 IT teachers in various schools of Punjab are performing duties of clerical staff instead of teaching computer skills to the students, reported Dunya News. Computers are in bad conditions and their hardware condition is not in appropriate condition but instead of teaching computer to the students, IT teachers are performing duties in the accounts and mailing departments of the school.
Punjab government had promised to provide IT education to the students but 4000 teachers appointed in 2009 are currently performing clerical duties. On the other hand, most of the computers in the 4426 IT labs, established in 2009, are out of order while the IT labour is also not performing.
According to details, Punjab government had spent a massive sum on establishing IT labs in 2009 but the dream to educate the students on modern lines could not be fulfilled because of misplaced priorities of the government. It is pertinent to mention here that 4426 IT labs had been established in high and higher secondary schools of Punjab in 2009 but the government lost its focus after hiring 4000 IT teachers.
Sources in Education Department claim that headmasters have assigned clerical duties to the IT teachers due to government negligence. Sources told Dunya News that the issue has been highlighted before the education department on numerous occasions yet no change has been seen as yet.
Central Secretary General of Punjab Teachers Union Kashif Shahzad told Dunya News that this issue has been brought into the notice of the education department.
This story was publlished in Daily Dunya on January 19, 2015.
