RAWALPINDI: At least 1300 teachers teaching in various educational institutions of Rawalpindi are deprived-of salaries for the
last four
months as the new Online Account System (OAS) introduced by District Education Authority (DEA) Punjab is dysfunctional.
The Education Department Punjab had introduced a new Online Account System to make payments of salaries to teachers and other expenditures of various government education institutions located in Punjab, including Rawal
pindi. However, the online System has gone dysfunctional for the
last four
months due to which around 33,000 teachers across Punjab including 1300 of Rawalp
indi Division have not been paid salaries.
Moreover, utility bills and security expenditures have also not been paid for the
last four
months.
According to sources, the schools’ heads are extorting funds
from the students for paying the bills. The Education Department has given directions to schools heads to make payments
from their pockets or by extorting money from students.
The parents have urged the relevant officers to take notice of this high handedness being perpetrated on them and their children and address the matter at the earliest.
