KARACHI, Dec 18: Not happy with the recent visits of the inspection and monitoring team for colleges, a certain group of teachers is trying to pursue the official of the Sindh education department not to forward the reports of the visits to high-ups.

Sources in the education department said that two different reports had been prepared after the department’s inspection and monitoring team’s visit on December 14 to the Govt Adamjee Science College and the Govt College for Women Nazimabad for perusal and action by the higher authorities.

It was learnt that the monitoring committee, constituted with the approval of the higher authorities, pointed out some anomalies in recording the attendance of teachers and students at the colleges in question.

The team, comprising the chairman of the intermediate board, the additional secretary education, the EDO education and others, during its visit found that about 37 teachers out of the 107 were not present, and the attendance record was also not maintained properly.

At one of the colleges no theory class was in progress at 11.55am and only one or two labs were being conducted. The team found that the attendance of students at one college was also not being maintained properly and the information pertaining to the attendance was also not being forwarded honestly to the educational board and other authorities.

According to the sources, the monitoring committee recommended issuing of show-cause notices to seek explanation from the principals of the colleges concerned for their alleged negligence. The committee also suggested action against the teachers for not observing the prerequisites in regard to leaves or absences.

Following this, the sources said, some quarters concerned started pressurising the team members and education officers to slow down the paperwork or bury the reports against the colleges.

The report said that the overall look of the Adamjee College was not found satisfactory, while in the case of the Govt College for Women the team had returned satisfied.

The sources in the colleges said that heads of colleges usually inherited some flaws from their predecessors and could not do away with them because of the pressures they faced from political and other groups.