JHANG City News

Teachers protest against proposed

privatisation of govt schools

From Our Correspondent

JHANG: A number of male and female schoolteachers on Monday staged a sit-in against the proposed privatisation of schools in front of the DCO Office here.

The teachers protested under the auspices of the Punjab Teachers Union and chanted slogans against the proposed privatisation of schools and in favour of their demands. PML-N MPAs Mehr Khalid Sargana and Mian Azam visited the sit-in of the teachers and assured the protesting teachers that they would meet the Punjab CM soon as the schools privatisation was not in the public interest as well for teachers. PTU VP Ramzan Inqalabi said that the issue of privatisation of government schools had become a matter of life and death for teachers. He said that alleged poor performance of the government schools was not because of teachers. He disclosed that annual summer vacation had been announced but textbooks had not been provided in the government schools till now, which was the prime responsibility of administrative officers of the Education Department. Currently, he added, the government schools were charging only Rs 20 per month with no tuition fee in the province. He said that if the decision of privatisation was not withdrawn, teachers would boycott the schools across the province.

 

Lightning kills man

From Our Correspondent

JHANG: A man was killed when he was struck by lightning at Dingi Basti village here on Monday.

According to the Rescue 1122, Jahangir, his wife Mumtaz Bibi and their minor baby were truck by lightning on Jhang-Toba Road. As a result, Jahangir died on the spot while his wife and baby sustained burns.