Assembly Business

List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

THURSDAY, THE 09^TH NOVEMBER, 2017

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Thursday, the 09^th November, 2017 at 10.00 a.m.

I.       (A)     RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

            (Education Department)

III.      CALL ATTENTION NOTICES:

1.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 33 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Home, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that thousands of bikes are being picked on daily basis from Saddar Area by Traffic Police on the charges of No-Parking whereas department has not installed parking signs. What steps have been taken in this regard by the Ministry as thousands of citizens are Suffering?

2.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 31 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTER, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Excise & Taxation, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that registration of vehicles on fake documents has been disclosed in Excise Department due to which losses of millions of rupees are incurred to the Government. What steps have been taken by the department against the culprits; details thereof?

3.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 19 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. HEER SOHO, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Education & Literacy, Sindh may please to give answer/ statement that what is Annual Charges Fees (ACF) and whether ACF has been increased by Private Schools due to which parents are really upset. What is the policy of the department in this regard?

4.  CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 30 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. GHAZALA SIAL, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Irrigation, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that there is acute shortage of water for agriculture in Tehsil Sobho Dero, District Khairpur Mirs; What steps have been taken in this regard?

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION, IF ANY.

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 07 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. NUSRAT BANO SEHER ABBASI, MPA REGARDING GOVERNMENT IS NOT RELEASING SALARIES TO THE NEWLY MERIT BASED RECRUITED HEADMASTERS IN THE PROVINCE.

VII.    LAYING BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET EXECUTION REPORT (QUARTERLY REPORT) 4^TH QUARTER, 2016-17 30^TH JUNE, 2017.

VIII.  ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

08^TH NOVEMBER, 2017                                                              SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

THURSDAY THE 09^TH NOVEMBER, 2017

*775. MS. SUMETA AFZAL SYED: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

Number of schools under K.M.C along with the number of the same under Ministry of Education?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

Total 45447 schools out of which 593 schools (1.3%) are reported under KMC as per Annual Census 2015-2016.

 *2136. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that the condition of government girls primary school Khadhan, District Badin is deteriorated and lives of children are in danger;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the steps taken by the department in this regard?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

The building of Government Girls Primary School Khadhan, district Badin was deteriorated during the flood of 2011 and the students of the said schools have been shifted to Government Girls Middle School Khadhan.

Funds for repair of the building of Government Girls Primary School, Khadhan, district Badin has been earmarked during the current financial year and this repair work will be started soon by the Works & Services Department, Badin.

In addition, construction work for new building of Government Girls Middle Khadhan has been started by the Works & Services Department, Badin.

 *2706. DR. SEEMA ZIA: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

Pay scale of primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary school teachers?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

There are following categories of the teachers PST, JST, HST and Subject Specialists (SS) and their pay scales are as under:

1.    PST                       BPS-09

2.    JST                       BPS-14

3.    HST                       BPS-15/16

4.    Subject Specialist  BPS-17

 *3291. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that influential persons have converted school of village Tamachani at Sukkur into buffalo keeping and developed godown to store stalk of grass;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, action taken by the department in this regard?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

The Director School Education (Primary) Sukkur paid visit to GGPS Tamachani and GBELS Tamachani, New Sukkur, both the schools were functioning properly and staff were present in the school and there was no any buffalo kept nor developed godown to store grains in the premises of school.

 *3292. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that boys middle school at village Godo Khan Gargej near Obaro has been deserted and girls school has been closed for 20 years;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, steps taken by the department in this regard?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

No any Middle School namely village Godo Khan Gurgaij in taluka Ubauro, district Ghotki. Furthermore, there are two middle schools i.e. Government Boys Middle School Dilwaro and Government Girls Middle School Dilwaro are functioning with low enrolment in the same vicinity and both schools were damaged due to floods of 2010 and heavy rain of 2011. Now both schools are under major repair.

 *3447. MS. SORATH THEBO: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that salaries are not being paid to teachers recruited in the province during 2012 and 2013;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the reasons thereof alongwith number of teachers at present working without salaries in the department for the last 8 months?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

No. All teachers recruited through test conducted by the National Testing Service (NTS) are getting their salaries. Details of the same are also available on the following website link:

http:/www.sindheducation.gov.pk/downloads/salary.jsp for public information.

 *3607. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

District-wise number of girls schools exist in the province along with number out of above functioning?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

Total number of Girls Schools in Sindh Province are 6868 out of which 5654 are functional, 28144 schools are mixed, where girls are also enrolled.   

 *4932. KHAWAJA IZHAR-UL-HASSAN: Will the Minister for Education be pleased to state:-

(a)      Is it a fact that Education & Literacy department has a policy of acquiring private or public land for development of schools;

(b)      If answer to (a) above is negative, does department plan on developing such a policy in future?

 ANSWER

JAM MEHTAB HUSSAIN DAHAR, Minister for Education:

There is no specific policy for acquiring private or public land for development of schools, however, it is inbuilt in planning process that “availability of Government land (free of cost) or a private land (donated by person/community of that area free of cost) is pre-requisite for construction/establishment of new school”.

                                                                G. M. Umar Farooq

Karachi                                                        Secretary

the 08^th Nov., 2017                      Provincial Assembly of Sindh