MIRPURKHAS, May 17: Despite completion of the academic year on March 30, the annual examinations still remain to be held in many private schools of the district.

Most of the private schools are run by the school supervisors of education department while the rest are run by the school staff of the department. The staff had been tussling since the last few years for supervising the private schools.

There are two groups in the private school management association, Mirpurkhas. One was remaining quite while the other was pressurizing the private schools and education officers to be given some extra group benefits.

The president of private school management association, Mirpurkhas, like previous years, has demanded to hold examinations under his supervision, while the education officers were not willing to hold annual examinations under his supervision.

When the annual examinations for 2002-2003 were about to resume, the management of the schools demanded that they be allowed to hold the annual examinations on their own and also levelled different allegations against the supervisors of the schools.

The EDO (education), Mirpurkhas, allowed all private schools to hold annual examinations on their own. But the supervisors posted for supervision of the private schools had refused to sign the mark sheets questioning the attendance and competency of the students.

This situation disturbed the academic atmosphere of the private schools. The management of the schools was compelled to write to the DDO (elementary) to hold annual examinations at their schools.

The annual examinations have been completed in some of the schools, while they are still to be held in the others where students are anxiously waiting for them to take place.

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