14 November 2004	Sunday	01 Shawwal 1425

SUKKUR, Nov 13: More than 25 students who wanted to achieve "O" and "A" level from the Public School Sukkur are now undergoing frustration as the administration has failed to employee teachers for running the classes.

The students are visiting the school principal for the last two months about their plight as the academic year is running fast and examination was conducted only in two subjects in the whole year while four subjects still remained to be conducted for examination.

The students claimed that there were no teachers for them to teach in the subjects of mathematics, accounts and economics and examination in these subjects would soon be taken up by the British Council.

The students told newsmen that mathematics teacher was also not upto the "O" level and despite their requests the school authorities had failed to make alternate arrangements.

There are no "O" level tuition classes in the city or a good academy for them and thus the decision of the Public School Sukkur to launch "O" level classes without required paraphernalia might bounce back soon.

Similarly, no trained teacher is available in the subjects of accounts and economics and from this the academic situation of "O" level students of the school can well be assessed.

It is learnt that about one and half year ago the Public School's former principal, Dr Nazeer Pathan, had launched "O" level classes with tall claims of running them through trained staff from Karachi.

However, school failed to engage such teachers and even those who were sent from the Public School Sukkur for "O" level training at Karachi, they too did not join back their jobs and opted for other lucrative jobs in other cities.

The "O" level examinations are conducted from Cambridge directly through the British Council and so a very high level of education and teaching is to be ensured in their classes.

Despite the hectic contacts by students as well as their parents, the school authorities are not taking up the problem seriously and so the students have been left in the wilderness.

About three months back the Sindh chief secretary Aslam Sanjrani had visited the newly constructed "O" level building at the Public School and promised to send Sri Lankan "O" level teachers for teaching the classes, but that promise also seems to have become a forgotten chapter.

The students in their SOS have now appealed to the federal education minister Javed Ashraf Kazi, Sindh education minister Hameeda Khuhro and Sindh chief secretary Aslam Sanjrani to take urgent steps for appointment of trained "O" level teachers.