No academic, administrative activities at model colleges from today

Islamabad

Paralysing academic and administrative activities, members of both teaching and non-teaching staff of Islamabad’s model colleges will go on strike for an indefinite period today (Tuesday) over the failure of the Capital Administration and Development Division and Federal Directorate of Education to resolve their issues despite repeated requests.

The call for strike has been given by the Central Academic Staff Association Islamabad in light of recent meeting of its office-bearers with unit presidents, general secretaries, representatives, and Joint Action Committee of the model colleges’ employees associations.

The CASA representing more than 2,000 faculty members of Islamabad’s model colleges has formally conveyed the strike plan to CADD secretary Nargis Ghaloo, FDE director general Dr Shahnaz A Riaz, adviser to the Prime Minister’s Education Reforms Programme Ali Raza and other relevant officials through separate letters.

The CADD regulates the ICT educational institutions through the FDE.

The CASA has long been demanding upgradation of teaching and non-teaching staff, regular/time-scale promotions, revision of the existing promotion formulas, creation/re-designation of the posts, provision of monetisation allowance to employees of BPS-20 and above in line with the government policy, posting and transfer of principals, headmistress, admin officers and accountants on merit/seniority basis, timely release of salary to daily-wagers and permanent resolution of their problems, placement of the already-regularised employees in line with the directives of high court and CADD secretary, and establishment of separate directorate for Islamabad’s model colleges.

A CASA leader said there would a complete boycott of academic and administrative activities at model colleges by staff members and that things would remain the same until their demands were met. He said banners had been put up outside the premises of colleges in this respect for the information of all.