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MIANWALI, May 26: Protesting teachers did not let the Education Department conduct the class five examination on Saturday for the second consecutive day in four districts of the province.
In other districts, however, the student took the paper under tight security and invigilation of clerks and private teachers.
In Mianwali, police and teachers clashed and turned the examination centres into a battlefield. A number of students, teachers and policemen were injured and police arrested a few teachers.
Education Department officials made several announcements through mosque amplifiers in the city asking parents to bring their children for examination to the Education Complex.
The department made seating arrangements for 8,000 students at the complex. As the paper started, 200 teachers reached there and pelted stone on the invigilators injuring two students.
Teachers scaled the wall and snatched papers from students and torn them. They manhandled the invigilators violating their strike.
Police initially did not take any action.
When the students left the examination hall, police scuffled with teachers and overpowered teachers’ leaders while teachers retreated and escaped from the scene.
Sadar police registered a case against 14 nominated and 90 unidentified teachers under sections 452,427,353,186,148 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
GUJRANWALA: Teachers disrupted the examination at 62 centres of 272. The teachers besieged Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Raja Khadim Husain when he visited the Government Jamia High School in Model Town and chanted slogans against him.
Police baton charged teachers while pupils pelted stones on police for beating their teachers. Six teachers and students, including a police constable, were injured.
Women teachers also boycotted the examination throughout the district.
Also, a local court bailed out teachers’ union leader Ziaul Mustafa Sulehria and directed him to submit surety bonds of Rs50,000. Other teachers who were arrested on Friday have also been released.
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: It seemed students also joined the boycott of the examination as all the centres presented a deserted look in the district. A few students took the paper at five examination centres of 117 centres. Muttahida Mahaz-i-Asaatza Women’s President Kishwar Sultana condemned the arrests of schoolteachers and said their struggle was aimed to forcing the government to accept their just demands.
VEHARI: Teachers blocked Vehari-Khanewal Road for an hour and a majority of the students did not appear in the second paper.
Education Department officials claimed a majority of the students appeared in the examination in tight police security.
But the Muttahida Mahaz-i-Asaatiza claimed a majority of the students would not take the paper on Monday and return homes without appearing in the examination.
It claimed a strategy had been finalised to keep the students from the examination halls. The education EDO said all the plans of protesting teachers would fail on Monday.
