SWABI, Nov 6: The newly-upgraded Zaida Degree College is still without staff putting future of over three hundred students at risk. Dawn

The government and directorate of colleges have kept mum over the non-provision of teachers, learnt here.

The upgradation notification of Zaida higher secondary school was issued by the directorate of colleges on July 1, this year.

About 300 students have so far got admission to the degree college.

The ruling Awami National Party MPA Sikandar Irfan had taken credit for the upgradation of the college. But, he failed to take another credit for employing teachers for the college.

It has been learnt that there were about nine subject specialists in the higher secondary school but after the upgradation they had to be transferred. Under the rules the subject specialists could not be allowed to get posts at the college level, sources said.

The students told this correspondent that the government and politicians were responsible for the entire mess. They said that if the government could not provide staff to the college whey it had upgraded the higher secondary school to the college level.

The students said two days back they blocked Topi-Zaida road for all kind of traffic and gave a week deadline to the government. They said that if the government failed to provide staff they would hold more protest demonstrations.

The students said that other colleges in the periphery had already covered their courses and they had yet to start the classes.

Meanwhile, it has been learnt that after the protest of the students ANP MPA Sikandar has swung into action and is striving to make available the required staff to the college.