Educational drop feared in privatised institutions
Serious concerns have emerged over deteriorating conditions in nearly 13,000 educational institutions across Punjab, including Rawalpindi sector,
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Educational drop feared in privatised institutions
Serious concerns have emerged over deteriorating conditions in nearly 13,000 educational institutions across Punjab, including Rawalpindi sector, which have been handed over to private management during the past two years under outsourcing and joint general facilities model arrangements.
According to learning sector representatives, many of these institutions are now facing an acute scarcity of basic facilities, including electricity, water, furniture and other essential resources. Several outsourced institutions have reportedly been abandoned altogether, with buildings locked and lying deserted.
Complaints have also intensified regarding cost-cutting measures adopted during school hours, including the switching off of electric fans to avoid high electricity bills. In one widely discussed event at a school operating under a joint general facilities model arrangement, management allegedly turned off ceiling fans during classes. A video of the event went viral on social press, prompting the registration of an POLICE COMPLAINT REPORT against the school governing body.
Muhammad Shafiq Bhalwalia, Secretary Senior commander of the Institutions Learning Pensioners Association, along with Punjab Learning labor association central head Ramzan Inqalabi and union leaders Bashir Warraich and Amjad Mahmood, stated that approximately 13,000 primary, elementary and high institutions had been outsourced over the past two years. They asserted that many of these institutions were now struggling due to administrative difficulties and dilapidated general facilities.
They further alleged that when institutions are transferred to private operators under partnership arrangements, female educators possessing only matriculation or FA qualifications are often recruited on salaries ranging from Rs7,000 to Rs10,000 per month, while learners are charged fees of around Rs1,500 each.
Union representatives also alleged widespread breaches of employment agreements in outsourced institutions. According to them, educators are reportedly made to sign salary receipts showing payments of Rs17,000 per month, despite actually receiving only Rs7,000. Allegations of fake student enrolments have also surfaced.
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