Minister for Federal Education & Professional Training Madad Ali Sindhi met with the delegation of daily wagers teachers in the presence of Director General, Federal Directorate of Education, Director (Colleges), FDE and, Deputy Secretary (F.E), M/o FE & PT. Federal Minister Madad Ali Sindhi compassionately listened to the plea of the daily wager teachers. He said that he sympathizes with the plea of the daily wager teachers and assured them that all his efforts will be directed towards providing relief to the teachers. He said that a special committee will be formulated to address the grievances of the daily wage teachers. The representative of daily wage teachers expressed their concerns and requested for regularization of their services. The representative M/o FE&PT & FDE briefed the Minister that initially they were engaged by Area Education Officers and Principals of Islamabad Model Schools / Colleges under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on need basis from time to time as a stopgap arrangement without observing the procedural / codal formalities i.e. advertisement, test. interviews, regional quota, sanctioned posts and qualification, etc.
In compliance with the decision of the Hon. Islamabad High Court, Islamabad in ICA No.340/2017 (Para-123(v)) upheld by the Hon. Supreme Court of Pakistan the cases of 551 daily wagers having designation similar to employees in BS- 16 & above were referred to FPSC in the year 2020 for determining their fitness / eligibility for regularization as one time dispensation. Accordingly FPSC conducted test on 31.07.2021 and all these daily wagers were advised / instructed by the IHC during hearing of the case in Writ Petition No. 2937/2019 as well as by Head of Institutions, to appear in the test.
