Ghani launches e-transfer system for teachers

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani inaugurated the Sindh Schools Information and Management System (SSIMS) on Tuesday and said the teachers would now be able to apply for transfers under the e-transfer policy approved by the provincial cabinet recently.

He said described the facility of e-transfers as a revolutionary initiative under which the teachers would no longer have to visit offices for transfers and appointments. Instead, he said, they would submit their applications by their mobile phones or computers through the e-portal.

Owing to the Covid-19 situation, this year the e-transfer system started to function on July 6, and from next year it would be active before the start of the academic year. Through this policy, teachers would be able to change the places of their duties for 15 days every year.

Ghani said three zones had been created under this policy: one would be the red zone, the second was the green zone and the third zone was the yellow zone. Only the teachers of the red zone would be able to transfer to the green zone due to the fact that the teachers in the red zone are more than the prescribed ratio of students.

Likewise, the number of teachers in the yellow zone meet the prescribed teacher-student ratio. This is why, they won’t be able to go to the red zone. However, they can go to the green zone only if the teachers from the red zone transfer to this zone. And the number here exceeds the prescribed ratio. While the number of teachers in the green zone is less than the prescribed ratio, the teachers in the red zone will be able to exchange themselves easily in this zone.

The minister explained that transfers of teachers would take place before the start of the academic year every year and the time allotted for it would be 15 days, after which it would not be possible to transfer teachers for the whole year. However, he added, transfers from the red zone to the green zone would be continued through the tear.

This policy was being implemented after approval by the Sindh cabinet, he said, adding that the shortage of teachers would be managed without any favouritism. The purpose of this policy was to save the children from any disruption in their studies, he remarked.