MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has announced retirement with full benefits of all those male and female teachers with matric qualifications, in order to improve the quality of education in line with the education policy.

`All those primary or junior teachers, whose qualification is matric or matric with PTC/Technical diploma, and (thus) do not fulfil the qualifications and conditions in education policy and departmental rules, will stand retired on April 30 with full pension benefits, if they have completed qualifying service of 25 years by then,` stated a notification issued by the Elementary and Secondary Education Secretariat.

Teachers whose qualifying service of 25 years is not complete by April 30 will stand retired with full pension benefits from the same date when they complete their qualifying service, the notification added.

The notification directed the authorities concerned to take requisite steps at their respective level in connection with the retirement of such teachers without any laxity. Staff Correspondent