KHAR, Aug 3: Officials of education department in Bajaur Agency on Friday issued show-cause notices to over 200 teachers of various government schools and collages for remaining absent from duty, as educational institutions in the tribal agency opened on July 1 after summer vacations.

Confirming this, an official of the local education department told this correspondent on Friday that senior officials of the department had warned the teachers to join their duty immediately or face action. He said that over   200 teachers, most of the women, were found absent during inspections of education institutions.

“An inspection team comprising several assistant education officers has visited various schools of the agency over public complaints about absence of teachers,” Sarwar Khan, a senior official of the department, told Dawn on Friday. The officials said that several schools in the agency, including those in Chamarkand, Nawagi, Charmang, Salarzia and Mamond tehsil, even remained closed on Friday. “Most of teachers of girl schools are non-locals and due to lack of any checks they always join their duty late after vacations,” the sources said.—Correspondent