The Tanzeem-e-Asatiza Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has rejected the government’s decision to assign supervision and inspection duties in the upcoming examinations to fresh graduates and staff of the Education Supervisory Authority (EMA). The organization’s provincial president, Dr Aamir Atiq Siddiqui, along with Tanzeem-e-Asatiza district president of Haripur, Shahid Mahmood Gohar, and secretary Masoodur Rehman, expressed these views in a joint statement. They noted that several school boards in KP have officially called for applications from fresh graduates to take up supervisory duties in the upcoming exams, a move they said has sparked widespread concern among the teaching community and academic circles. They argue that, whether in teaching or in assessing student performance, no component of the examination system can be separated from the teacher. Over time, they argue, teachers have been distanced from control of the academic process within educational institutions, divided into management and teaching cadres, and excluded from curriculum bodies under administrative pretexts. They further alleged that teachers were being excluded from the core responsibilities of school boards and the functions of supervising examinations were now also taken away from them. In particular, they observed that such experiments are carried out exclusively in KP. The statement emphasizes that teachers, like all government employees, remain accountable to the state even after retirement and can be held responsible for any shortcomings during their service. In addition, teachers know their missions perfectly and provide vigilant supervision. According to them, any deficiency in the system should be corrected rather than destabilizing the entire structure. The organization described the decision to hand examination duties to new graduates, or delegate inspection responsibilities to Education Supervisory Authority staff, as an open expression of distrust of public school teachers. He stressed that the exams are a sensitive and highly responsible process that requires experience, professional training and familiarity with the system – qualities which, according to him, new graduates, EMA staff or office staff cannot match as actors compared to school and college teachers. The Tanzeem-e-Asatiza Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has expressed serious reservations over the policy and called on the authorities to review the decision, safeguard the status and dignity of the teaching profession and address deficiencies where they exist rather than undermine the integrity of the education and examination system.
Teachers reject new exam supervisors
