RAWALPINDI: Teachers and clerks associations on Monday continued their protest against the appointment of District Education Authority (DEA) chief executive officer and closed offices of the authority.

They threatened to close all government schools and offices on Tuesday.

Punjab Teachers Association, All Pakistan Clerks Association and other teachers associations joined hands against the appointment of Azam Kashif as the DEA chief executive officerby the Punjab Education Department.

The protesters led by Raja Aurangzeb, Raja Shahid Mubarrak, Raja Tahir and Shahzad Manzoor staged the protest on Murree Road in front of the DEA offices and locked the offices.

The newly-appointed CEO did not take charge on Monday also.

The participants of the protest were carrying placards and chanting slogans in favour of their demand.

They demanded that the provincial government and Chief Minister Pervaiz Ellahi should take notice of the issue and withdraw the notification.

The speakers said that the newly-appointed official was not competent enough and his behaviour with teachers and subordinate staff was condemnable in his last two tenures.

They said the government should respect the dignity of the teachers and other school staff and protect them from humiliation. They said it was beyond their understanding why the education department appointed the person third time in the district.

They said teachers and clerks had no political motives and they wanted that the government should give them respect and protect them.

They said they did not want any specific person for the head of the department and the government should appoint any BPS-19 officer of the education department.

They warned that if the notification was not withdrawn, all government schools would be closed from Tuesday.

Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2022