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Salim Khan stress on merit in education department

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: Provincial minister of population welfare Saleem Khan has said that the period of political interference in education department is over and from now onward only merit will reign supreme so that the falling standard of education could be contained. He was addressing the concluding ceremony of two-week workshop for primary teachers under the auspices of curriculum development bureau of education department and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) here on Friday. He said that no political influence could be employed in the transfers and postings of education department and no teacher will be spared who showed laxity in performing his or her duties. He said that to raise the standard of education and fight the ignorance in the society, the teachers must be imbibed with missionary zeal and dedicate themselves to the profession instead of making it merely a source of earning livelihood. Mr. Khan warned that the teachers who do not attend their schools regularly will be dealt with an iron hand and no excuse of any kind will be tolerated. He advised the teachers to seek jobs in any departments who are not earnest in the teaching profession because education is the foundation stone of any nation on which its future depends. He said that the government is providing free books to the students and scholarships to the female students which will help boost up education and enhance enrolment in the schools. DCO Chitral Mutasim Billah Shah ,EDO (education) Samad Gul, principal of Government High School Chitral Abdul Kabir also spoke on the occasion.