Since the beginning, Elementary and Secondary Education Department, KP has been the subject of experimentation by the government and policy makers, alike. The slope of improvement has been like a rough and unsteady ride, across the town of development due to its non-static, non-permanent and unsustainable education policy in general, despite being one of the most essential departments in terms of nation building.
In 2013, a new policy was introduced for the recruitment of the teacher, known as “Adhoc Policy” to pave the way for appointing outclass and highly qualified teachers having the highest caliber and contemporary content knowledge. Moreover, it was intended to dismantle the cabals, who promote nepotism and ensure transparency, in the recruitment process of the teachers, but it has become a pure evil, instead of necessary evil as it is an instrument of constant torture for the newly inducted teachers. The cons of this policy outweigh their pros. The adhoc contract has to be renewed each year, resulting in the stoppage of salaries for several months, therefore, they have to jump through all the hoops and loops for the disbursement of pay and during this time, they are at the mercy of Pseudo-Kings i.e. clerks of the education department and the Accountant General office. That is why; more than half of the newly recruited teachers are eager for employment in other government departments and want to escape their nightmare.
In addition to this, these teachers are not entitled to same rights like transfer/posting, annual increments, study leave and so forth, until they are regularized, even though the vacancies on which they are appointed initially, is of permanent nature. The regularization journey is nothing but a fruitless exercise, where the education department has made compulsion of taking training, naming it Induction Program (IP), conducted by Provincial Institute of Teachers Education. IP is just a charade to spend tax payer money and fill some pockets. It is high time now that the government should seriously consider amendments and probe around the inefficiencies and shortcomings in this policy. They should constitute a better, sustainable and teacher’s friendly recruitment policy, while taking the entire stakeholder onboard, including the teachers.
