KARACHI:
The Search Committee constituted for choosing chairmen for universities and schooling boards in Sindh has scheduled interviews for the appointment of heads for the eight schooling boards within the province.
These interviews will happen over three days: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, from January 9 to 11. Letters have already been despatched to the aspiring candidates.
Six out of the eight schooling boards in Sindh have been with out everlasting chairmen for over a decade. Each the Board of Secondary Schooling Karachi (BSEK) and Board of Intermediate Schooling Karachi (BIEK) have been with out everlasting chairmen for a number of years, with performing chairmen filling the roles. After reviewing the purposes, the Search Committee will interview a complete of 271 candidates.
The commercial for the chairman positions of Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, and Hyderabad schooling boards, in addition to the secondary and better secondary schooling boards of Karachi and the Sindh Board of Technical Schooling, was issued in Dec 2023. Purposes have been accepted till January 2024.
Initially, the Sindh authorities deliberate to conduct a written check for the candidates by means of IBA Karachi as a result of giant variety of candidates. Nevertheless, some candidates challenged this determination in courtroom, arguing that the requirement for a written check was not talked about within the unique commercial. The courtroom dominated in favour of the candidates and ordered that the appointments proceed primarily based solely on interviews, with out the written check.
The Search Committee for these interviews contains everlasting members reminiscent of Dr Tariq Rafi, Chairman of Sindh HEC; Moin Siddiqui, Secretary of Sindh HEC; Abbas Baloch, Secretary of Universities and Boards; and Asif Ikram, Secretary of Faculty Schooling. Moreover, co-opted members embrace Dr Sarosh Lodhi, Vice Chancellor of NED College, and Dr Muhammad Memon, former Chairman of the Hyderabad Board.