MOHMAND: Teachers of basic education community schools (BECS) in Mohmand tribal district on Sunday demanded of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to order release of their salaries pending for last 14 months.

Talking to mediapersons in Mohmand Press Club here on Sunday, representatives of teachers, including Fazli Wahab, Ali Raza and Nisar Ahmad claimed that the federal government had released Rs1 billion to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for the purpose, but the elementary and secondary education department and merged areas education foundation was deliberately delaying payment of salaries to them.

Fazal Wahab said that 139 teachers in Mohmand had not been paid their salaries for last 14 months. The federal government, he said had handed over basic education community schools in the newly-merged districts to the Merged Areas Education Foundation, but due to a lack of interest on the part of the foundation the matter had not been resolved as yet.

He said there were 4,530 students enrolled in 44 BECS schools in Mohmand district.

Mr Wahab said even books and other learning materials were not provided to the BECS schools in the merged districts.

The teachers also demanded that the provincial government regularise their jobs.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2022