KOHAT, June 20: Teachers boycotted the practical examination on Thursday after the principal of Government College, Hangu, was beaten up allegedly by an assistant controller of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education.
Speaking at a press conference later, professors and senior lecturers from various colleges criticized the incident and demanded termination of the assistant controller, who, they claimed, had been acting as de facto chairman of the board for the last one year.
Prof Zarwali Khan, the principal, who is also a member of the board, said he went to the board offices to convey grievances of professors about the assignment of exam duties. He said when he entered the controller’s offices, he found the assistant controller, Mr Dildar, there. Mr Zarwali said when he apprised the assistant controller of professors’ problems, he became angry and started kicking him. As a result, the principal said, he suffered injuries and his glasses were smashed. He showed journalists marks of violence on his forehead and legs.
Accompanied by some 25 professors, the principal complained that when he went to the police station to lodge an FIR, the staff refused, saying the accused was a senior official and they would register the case only after consulting legal experts.
The professors announced that they would not conduct the ongoing practical examination of intermediate if the assistant controller was not sacked within 24 hours.
The lecturers who were present at the time of the incident in the board offices stopped checking FSc papers and tabulation of SSC result to register their protest.
The professors warned that they would not check the remaining papers unless the assistant controller was removed.
They complained despite their repeated requests that the board should not call examination staff from other districts, the chairman was violating the agreement reached in this regard last year. They said during the recent examinations the chairman had assigned duties to M.Phil students, ignoring senior professors.