November 27, 2001	Tuesday	Ramazan 11, 1422

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MITHI, Nov 26: The teachers of Thar have pointed out that the decision of the secretary, Education, for ordering the teachers to appear at a test for obtaining the increments of BA, MA, BEd or MEd was absolutely unlawful and unjustified. Hence such a decision should be taken back, otherwise the teachers would launch a peaceful protest movement against it throughout the province.

Boycotting the classes here on Monday and protesting against the test, hundreds of teachers, including a number of female ones, took out a rally, which arrived at the press club Mithi after marching from the main streets of the town.

Addressing the rally, the office bearers of the GSTA and PTA Arbab Zulfiqar, Kamla, Poonam, M. Hashim Hingorjo, A. Jurio Dars, Hoat Chand, Khan M Halepoto, Kailash Lodha, and Hanif Bajir said that being the builders of the nation, the teachers were held in high esteem in the civilized countries, but strangely enough, the secretary, Education, Sindh, Nazar Hussain Mehar, seemed hell bent on putting the teachers of Sindh on the horns of a dilemma by ordering them to appear before a task force on one day and before the SDEO/ADOE on the other for verification of his certificates and service book for proving whether he was a ghost teacher.

They said now all the teachers possessing the degrees of BA, MA, B.Ed or M.Ed and aspiring for getting their increments have been directed to appear for a test, which, according to the speakers, was aimed at creating unrest among the teachers.

The teachers participating in the rally were raising slogans against Maher, the secretary, Education.

The speakers warned that if the decision of taking the test was not withdrawn then the teachers of Sindh would continue their protest till the acceptance of their demand.

BYPASS DEMANDED: The Nazim, Union Council, Islamkot, Harish Kumar, Man Mohan Giyani, Tekchand, Hiralal Butani and other influential people of Islamkot town have demanded of the relevant authorities to construct a bypass on the Islamkot-Nagarparkar road, off Islamkot town instead of passing it through the town.

Talking to this correspondent on Monday they contended that the streets of the town were too narrow to be widened, which was likely to weaken the foundation of the old buildings and houses besides destroying a number of neem trees.