LAKKI MARWAT: The All Subject Specialists Association has demanded of the government to promote principals and senior subject specialists of higher secondary schools as per the recommendations of the provincial selection board.

The demand was made at a meeting held in Tajazal here on Thursday.

The subject specialists of higher secondary schools from across the district attended the meeting.

`The provincial selection board in its meeting on Oct 22 last year had recommended 567 principals and senior subject specialists for promotion, said Naeem Khan, the provincial general secretary of the association. He said that provincial government had not issued notification of promotions of the teachers.

`Due to delay in issuing notification, several principal and senior subject specialists retired from service without getting promotion while many others are near to reachthe age of superannuation,` he added.

Taj Mohammad, another officebearer of the association, said that the delay in issuing notification of promotion had caused resentment and unrest among the teacher community.

He said that many schools in the province were being run without heads.

The leaders of the association asked the government to issue notification about promotion of 576 principals and senior subject specialists without any further delay.

WALK: The female district education department with the support of National Commission for Human Development held a walk on the premises of sub-divisional education office in Lakki city on Thursday.

The walk, led by DEO Bibi Razia, was aimed to highlight the importance of female education. NCHD coordinator Shoaib Kausar, SDEOShahana Yasmeen, ASDEOs, teachers and students participated in the walk.

The participants were carrying banners and placards inscribed with messages about the ongoing enrolment drive and highlighting the importance of female education.

Earlier speaking at a function, Ms Razia said that female education officers, teachers and NCHD workers would make concerted efforts to make the enrolment campaign a success. She said that all out efforts would be made to achieve the target of enrolling all out of school children.

Ms Razia directed the women teachers to visit each and every house in their localities and persuade the parents to get their girl children admitted to the nearest schools. She also directed the ADEOs to monitor the enrolment drive and submit progress report to the DEMIS cell on daily basis. Correspondent