KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that when person adopts teaching profession, he/she has to take classes for at least next 30 years which means he/she has to prepare their students keeping in view their future and future of country.

“I am sure that lecturers who are being given offer orders today would take it their utmost responsibility to enhance respect of their profession [teaching] by generating properly educated, well-behaved and responsible youth.”

Speaking at Distribution of Offer Letters to newly selected lecturers here at CM House organised by Minister of Education Syed Sardar Shah Shah said that it was an easy task to opt for teaching profession, but it was quite difficult to come up with all its responsibilities as it was profession of prophets of Allah. He added that teaching is passion and commitment to yourself, your student and with society and country.

CM said, “Great teacher takes hand, opens mind and touches heart,” and quoted quote “Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more,” and we are paying both.

He said that it was heaviest commission (SPCS exam) in which over 100,000 candidates appeared for 1500 posts. After lengthy process, SPSC selected 1500 best minds for task to be given to them to prepare future of country. “Inshallah, these 1500 teachers selected through competitive process would turn up in their classes in August (after summer vacation) and would demonstrate their teaching skills.

Murad Ali Shah said that on directives of Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari process of recruitment of 50,000 teachers through third party and commission has been completed and now more than 1600 positions, teaching and non-teaching, being created to meet requirement of teachers.

He said that on recommendation of Minister of Education Sardar Shah 1200 positions of M.Phil and Ph.D teachers have been sent to Sindh Public Service Commission for selection.

CM disclosed that 28 libraries in colleges have been digitised and number of digital libraries would reach 58 by end of current financial year. 

Murad Ali Shah said that now his government with help of Aga Khan and other leading educational institutions was launching teacher licenses process to improve quality of education.

 Sardar Shah said that with commitment of CM and Bilawal Bhutto, provincial government has appointed teachers purely on merit.

He said that education department was focusing on teachers training to enhance their teaching capacity and skills. AS trend teachers would be able to teach properly, he said. CM and Minister congratulated newly selected lecturers and extended their good wishes for their careers.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 30 2023

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