PESHAWAR: Peshawar Schools Officers president Jaddi Khan Khalil here on Sunday demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to stop discrimination with the senior teachers of government schools in Peshawar by posting them out of the district.

He said that many senior teachers in grade-17 and above, who are residents of Peshawar, had been posted in the government schools of other districts while many such teachers from other districts were posted in Peshawar, according to a statement issued here.

He said that it was an injustice with the teachers of Peshawar to serve in the far-off districts of the province without the facility of official residence.

Talking to this correspondent, Mr Khalil said that it was almost impossible to travel from Peshawar to other districts on a daily basis while teachers from rest of the province were posted in Peshawar because they had political background.

“Now we have established an association of senior teachers of Peshawar to make efforts for our rights,” he said.

The teachers have elected Pervez Iqbal as senior vice-president, Mohammad Ayaz general secretary and Gul Shad Khan press secretary of their association.

They said that the teachers should serve the students in their respective districts.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2022