PESHAWAR:
The provincial government’s apparent lack of interest in the education sector has left crucial positions, including the Director of Education and Chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar (BISEP), vacant for several months.
Meanwhile, the government’s plan to privatize around 1,500 schools and 57 colleges has drawn strong criticism from teachers, who have announced a series of protests against the decision.
According to officials, the post of Director of Education fell vacant after the retirement of Samina Altaf on March 12. At the time, Additional Director (Merged Districts) Naheed Anjum was given additional charge. However, under the Chief Secretary’s tenure policy, she was later transferred, and no successor has been appointed since.
Similarly, the position of Chairman, BISEP, has remained unfilled since March 31, following the retirement of former chairman Nasrullah Khan Yousafzai.
Teachers’ associations have warned that leaving key administrative posts vacant while simultaneously pushing forward with large-scale privatization will deepen the crisis in the province’s education system.
News published in the Express Tribune on 25th August 2025
