The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has revoked the promotion exam results of hundreds of Headmasters after they were caught cheating red-handed.
According to the details, SED’s chief advisor Curriculum Wing has canceled the results of 650 principals due to using illicit means to pass promotion exams.
After an exhaustive investigation, the Principal Advisor Curriculum Wing found the officials of the Provincial Teacher Training Institute (PITE) guilty of negligence in ensuring fairness in promotion exams.
The investigation retained two deputy principals, a principal, and three other officers responsible for the incident. The Chief Advisor Curriculum Wing has ordered these officers to appear before SED Secretary Ghulam Akbar Leghari on 11 January.
In a separate development, last month, the Punjab government had decided to recruit around 25,000 teachers for the vacant positions in public schools across the province.
The decision was taken by the Chief Minister (CM) Punjab, during the provincial cabinet meeting. The decision was made at the special request of the Nobel Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai.
