FDE served notice over shortage of teachers in FG school

FDE served notice over shortage of teachers in FG school
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Judge Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan on Monday issued notice to the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) after a petitioner Ch. Waqar Ahmed elected President of the Parents and Teachers Association for FG Girls Secondary School, Shahdara Khurd moved the court against vacant positions in the school.

The petitioner while nominating Secretary Education and FDE as respondents stated that eight out of eleven posts of teachers are lying vacant in the school affecting education of the children. He stated that no trained graduate teacher is available while the school is being run without the principal. He stated that there is no science teacher adding the strength of the teachers at adjacent schools is enough. The court has asked the FDE to submit its reply within two weeks time.

FDE teachers stage rally for regularisation
Islamabad: Contractual and daily wage lecturers working in Islamabad model institutions held a protest here on Monday, demanding regularisation of their services. The teachers gathered outside the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans regarding their demand of regularisation. They announced to continue protest till the regularisation of their services. Seeking regularisation of their jobs, teachers shouted slogans and criticised the FDE for not paying heed to their voice. They appealed to the concerned quarters to regularise the services of 630 teachers. Shujauddin, a lecturer at IMCB, said he deserved regularisation as he has been working on contract basis for the last 18 years.

Schoolbags causing postural problems in kids
Rawalpindi: The children aged between 4 and 10 years, carry heavy school bags and due to it they are likely to suffer from postural scoliosis and backbone related problems. According to some health experts, heavy school bags are one of the main causes of postural scoliosis but it also depends on what type of bag it is and how they wear it.

So, if the backpack is down low on their back it will force them to lean forward to balance it out and if they are wearing a one shoulder bag then it will cause them to lean to the side. They said that the best way to wear a bag is in the middle of the back, not too high but yet not too low. Heavy burden doesn't harm kids, but adult person as well. As long as the bags is too heavy that the bone of kid can carry it would have bad impact to the kids, it could bend the body structure.

If a child's position is not correct at the desk while writing or reading, or in front of a PC, he would have had scoliosis as a kid and it takes hours and hours of special gymnastics to ameliorate it.