LARKANA:As many as 274 candidates who passed the IBA test for the posts of Primary School Teachers (PSTs) have been put on a waiting list out of 448 vacant posts in four taluka of Kambar-Shahdadkot district on the pretext of no SNE and only 174 candidates have been issued offer letters. The Primary Teachers Association (PTA) has not only condemned the position of the Education Department but has also warned to hold protest demonstrations.

According to credible sources, offer letters have been distributed among candidates of six out of seven taluka of Kambar-Shahdadkot district for the posts of PSTs but many candidates of four taluka have been left behind owing to non-release of SNE by the provincial government.

According to details, out of 146 successful candidates of Shahdadkot taluka 118 have been given offer letters and 28 have been put on the waiting list. In Qubo Saeed Khan taluka out of 127 only nine candidates have been given offer letters and 118 candidates have been put on waiting list. Out of 44 successful candidates of Sujawal Junejo taluka only 23 have been issued offer letters and 21 people have been asked to wait. Out of 131 successful candidates of Nasirabad taluka only 24 have been given offer letters and 107 have been put on waiting list.

This has created widespread unrest among the successful candidates who passed the test on merit held in September 2021 by the IBA across Sindh for recruitment of PSTs and JESTs. District Education Officer (Primary) and member of District Selection Committee, Anees-ur-Rahman Jalbani, said that due to non-release of SNE successful candidates have been put on waiting list adding that we have written to the provincial Education Department for release of the SNE. He said after receipt of SNE all left over candidates of Kambar-Shahdadkot district will also be issued offer letters.

Meanwhile, Mumtaz Wadho, President, PTA, Kambar Shahdadkot, condemned non-issuance of offer letters to all the successful candidates of four taluka and said that when there was no SNE then why the vacancies were announced and when the candidates have already qualified for the vacant posts then raising issue of no SNE is unjustified. He said the Sindh Government should release the pending SNE forthwith to end unrest among the poor candidates or else he warned PTA will join the ongoing protest of candidates which shall continue till SNE is released and offer letters are handed over to the candidates.