For the first time in Sindh, training has been launched for college teachers in administrative roles and responsibilities.
At the inaugural session of the training organised by the Training Management & Research Wing, Karachi, on August 25, Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah said the process of learning should never stop.
He added that enhancing capabilities of principals and administrative officers will improve the quality of colleges. The five-day training’s opening session was attended by Additional Secretary of the Training Management & Research Wing Abdul Waheed Shaikh, Colleges Secretary Shahab Qamar Ansari and other relevant officials.
Shah pointed out that when appointed as principals or other administrative heads, teachers faced many challenges in handling administrative affairs, which affected their performance. “We want to strengthen teachers administratively so that they can manage college affairs more effectively,” he said. He further noted that administrative matters were different from teaching, and the government wanted to strengthen colleges administratively so that principals and other teachers in administrative roles could better understand services, procurement, financial management, human resources and other rules and regulations.
The education minister remarked that the Sindh government intended to give colleges their own budgets and more powers, enabling them to become partially self-reliant. This would allow the principals to responsibly manage repairs and maintenance, purchase of furniture, teachers’ services and medical bills, as well as student affairs.
The college education secretary said that in the phase of training, 200 teachers from across Sindh would be trained, with each batch consisting of 30 teachers receiving training in services, procurement, financial management, human resources, and other rules and regulations.
He added that in the future, teachers who completed this training would be given the opportunity to take on roles as principals and other administrative heads. “The department supports every process of learning, and we have complete confidence in our teachers,” he said.
Published in The News on August 26, 2025.