Karak nazim bans transfer, posting in education dept

KARAK: District Nazim Umar Daraz Khattak on Monday asked the high-ups of the Education Department to ban transfer and posting in the department and constituted a committee to probe the hefty funds of conditional grant provided by the government for the provision of basic facilities in the state run schools.
The decision was taken at the first formal meeting of the district nazim with management officers of the Education Department. The management officers gave a detailed presentation to the district nazim about the condition of schools.
After the briefing, the district nazim asked the high-ups to ban the transfer and posting of teachers. He asked the officials to provide complete detail of the conditional grant meant for the provision of basic facilities in the schools and formed a committee to check the utilisation of huge funds.
Umar Daraz called for stopping the utilisation of the funds till the next order of the district government. He said the district government would devise a policy on local level to improve the quality of education in schools. He said that in the schools, where the students enrolment was not up to the mark the head teacher of the school would be taken to task.
Umar Daraz added that the Education Department would be purged of political interference once and for all and decisions would be taken on merit. The district nazim said that education, health and public health was on the top priority of the district government.