terms and conditions were regulated under the Sindh Civil Servants Act, 1973.
"There is no provision in the Societies Registration Act 1860 and the Voluntary Welfare and Voluntary Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1961 for the registration of civil servant unions or associations in the province,” it had notified.
In December 2006, however, the Sindh High Court had overturned the ban.
During Wednesday’s meeting, additional chief secretary of the education Department Fazlullah Pechuho said he had developed a biometric system that could verify and monitor the attendance of teachers. He added that over 90 percent data of teachers had been uploaded in the system and it had started working.
He said the appointments, transfers and promotions of teachers were being verified through the biometric system.
“Some promotions have been found to be illegal and action is being taken,” he told the chief minister.
“The system has also helped in identifying ghost employees, latecomers, habitual absentees and bogus appointments.”
The secretary said the enrolment ratio in 2002 was 52 percent and now it stood at 54 percent. The chief minister said the enrolment ratio needed to be improved on a priority basis.
Chief secretary Siddique Memon said he had developed a close working relationship with the education and finance departments and the Sindh accountant general. “Through this coordination, the matter of bogus appointments has come to an end because the accountant general doesn’t accept appointment orders until they are sent to them by the education secretary with his code,” he added.
The chief secretary many bogus appointments were identified in Sukkur and Matiari and illegal promotions in Qambar-Shadadkot.
The chief minister directed the secretary education to follow a case in the Supreme Court wherein some teachers had challenged the separation of the teaching and management cadres.