declaration to try and do their bit for a gradual ascent toward improvement in schooling conditions of the province.
All of them agreed that political appointments of teachers and officials should stop along with interference in their postings and transfers.
Lawmakers from the MQM, Irum Azeem Farooque and Rana Ansar, also promised to present the declaration on the floor of the Sindh Assembly and try to push to government to devise the rules of business for legislation pertaining to free and fair education and allocate more funds for education development.
Those from the PML-F, Nusrat Sehar Abbasi and Mehtab Akbar Rashidi, made a similar commitment.
The provincial president of PML-Q, Haleem Adil Shaikh, said his party seconded the demands in the declaration signed and promised to raise them in the Senate and National Assembly.
He could not refrain from pointing out that the absence of government representatives reflected the importance they attached to education.
“If the government doesn’t care about the 7.3 million out-of-school children then it should at least not waste the Rs145 billion being spent on the sector and utilise the amount effectively,” he said, “It seems that the more funds the government allocates for education, the worse the situation gets.”
Mehtab Akbar Rashidi of the PML-F made a very skewed observation that the parties not part of the government could play a greater role, that of pressure groups and vigilant observers, to keep the authorities on their toes.
Asadullah Bhutto of the JI demanded from the government to call a conference on education with all stakeholders.
Ashraf Nonari of the Sindh National Party said there was a dire need to overcome the lack of good governance, management and self-responsibility among all political stakeholders. He lamented that MPAs themselves did not raise issues, questions and demands with the authorities.
He, along with Mehtab Akbar Rashidi, also condemned the politicisation of teachers’ unions and said the profession should be devoid of any political activity.
Jalal Mehmood Shah of the Sindh United Party said political will was missing to effectively utilize even the available resources. He called for separating the teaching and administrative cadres, and stringent monitoring of teachers besides bringing transparency in the examination system.
Rajab Ali Memon, senior vice president of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party called for regulation of private schooling systems by the government.
On the other hand, Senator Nihal Hashmi from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, said even though education was devolved subject, his government could not relieve themselves of the responsibility of educating millions of children in the country.
Lawmakers from the PML-N present on the occasion included Haji Shafi Jamote and Sorath Thebo.
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