FATA teachers demand removal of DE

FATA teachers demand removal of DE,                  http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/198306/

 December 21, 2012
Farooq Mehsud & Saqib Sikandri

D.I. KHAN/BANNU: All Teachers Association (ATA) South Waziristan held a Press Conference in a local Hotel on Thursday demanding from Governor KPK and Additional Chief Secretary FATA to remove Director of Education FATA from his post.
They threatened that if their demands were not fulfilled up to December, 24th they would launch a protest movement, observe strike and hunger camps in front of FATA Secretariat and Governor House. They also informed that all the schools in their areas would be closed. They demanded the Removal of Director Education FATA from his post because he is a junior, non FATA resident and unaware of the tribal customs and traditions. They also accused that his attitude was not good with the teachers who come to see him from far flung areas. They demanded to appoint any of the senior FATA education officers as DE FATA.There Second Demand was that in all agencies seniority must be taken into consideration while appointing Agency Education officers.
All SET teachers to be given Grade 17, and CP and GP funded to be started for FATA teachers. They also put forward a list containing a dozen of demands which they termed as the most urgent for the welfare of the teachers working in the hardest area of the country.
Our Reporter Adds from Bannu: School Officers Bannu and All Tribal Teachers Association Fata observed a protest demonstration on Thursday and demanded the transfer of Director Education Fata to settled area. School Officers and Teachers Association Fata, jointly demonstrated against the Director of Education Fata at Milad Park Bannu. Provincial President of ATTAF Abdul Jalil Afirdi and General Secretary Sher Wali Khan Mehsud led the protesting demonstration where a large number of teachers from all cadres attended the gathering.
Speakers in their addresses remarked that on the post of Director Education Fata, a junior and inexperienced man had been appointed and should be removed from the position. They said many competent and talented men were present in Fata who were eligible for the said post and were more suitable than any outsider.