Islamabad, Sep 14: Punjab Launches New Attendance Monitoring System for Teachers. Aiming to raise the standard of education throughout the state, the Punjab School Education Department (SED) unveiled a new monitoring system on Friday to guarantee teacher attendance in public schools.
Strict adherence to working hours is the major goal of this system, which is designed to support a larger effort to improve academic standards and uphold school discipline among principals and instructors. Dawn was able to secure a directive from the SED that states that all school employees must follow designated duty hours.
Department officers will do surprise inspections to make sure staff members are complying. The August 11 rules stress that teachers and principals have to remain in the classroom until 2:30 pm. To enhance operations and guarantee the seamless execution of educational activities, the department has strengthened the rules regarding school timing.
The SED has conveyed these directives to the chief executive officers of all District Education Authorities (DEAs) in Punjab, emphasizing the significance of following the previously published schedule.
Lesson planning, professional development, and involvement in recreational and academic activities are now mandated for teachers during longer school hours and on alternate Saturdays. The department issued a warning, saying that full compliance is the officers’ responsibility and that no leniency would be allowed.
The new single-shift school hours are as follows: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Friday, 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. as of August 15. Schools that use double shifts will have distinct schedules for their morning and afternoon shifts. The hours of teachers will be somewhat extended to fit in with school events.
In other news, the first round of interviews for the jobs of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), District Education Authority (DEA), and Directorate of Public Instruction (colleges) has been concluded by the Punjab Higher Education Department (HED). During the interview process, almost 120 candidates had their administrative, communication, IT, leadership, and other skills evaluated.
