KARACHI: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has announced a protest movement to address the issues faced by college teachers.

The sit-ins will be held on April 15 in Sukkur, April 17 in Hyderabad and April 22 in Karachi.

The SPLA`s central president, Munawar Abbas and secretary general, Ghulam Mustafa Kaka, along with other leaders, stated that college teachers in Sindh are being consistently ignored, leading to their disappointment with the Sindh government.

They pointed out that while teachers from the primary to university levels have been upgraded, college teachers have not been given any importance.

In the charter of the protest movement, the SPLA leaders have included 14 demands. These demands include granting college teachers in Sindh a five-tier formula similar to that of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, providing promotion opportunities and issuing healthcardsfor college education staff.

The SPLA leaders said that despite several written requests to the Sindh minister of education, no action has been taken, forcing them to take to the streets.

Theyfurther stated that steps should also be taken regarding promotion, training and higher education opportunities for college teachers.

Other demands in the protest include the reconstruction ofcolleges,provision of modern digital classrooms, preparation of a permanent transfer and posting policy and strengthening of laws to prevent attacks on colleges.

The SPLA demanded that the Sindh government immediately resolve the issues faced by college teachers so that they can better cooperate with the Ministry of Education.

The purpose of the protest movement is to secure the rights of college teachers and improve the educational system, they added.-PPI