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| KP teachers agree to partake in anti-polio drive after govt talks |
| 2014-01-26 |
| [DAWN] Over 9,000 teachers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... , who had refused to take part in a polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... -vaccination campaign citing low wages and security concerns as the reasons earlier, agreed to kick start the campaign scheduled for Sunday following successful negotiations with the government. The All Pakistain Primary Teachers Association president, Khalid Malik told Dawn.com that their talks with the district administration on Saturday had been successful. He said the government had accepted their demands of granting Shuhda (martyred) Package for the teachers who died during polio vaccination campaign. Under the compensation package, children of the dear departed employees will be provided with jobs and women teachers would not be sent to sensitive areas. Malik said the teachers have agreed to call off the boycott and would participate in the polio drive starting from January 26. Earlier today, announcing a boycott of the campaign, the teachers had said the government was forcing them to go on "suicide missions" which would prove disastrous for education as well. Following attacks on polio workers and killing of security personnel, the KP health authorities had requested the education department to help carry out the campaign through teachers, but they refused to get training for the vaccination and participate in the drive. President of the All Teachers' Association KP Muzammil Tarnabi told Dawn.com that it was not the job of the teachers to carry out the vaccination drive. He said the health department had a substantial staff which should be deployed for the purpose and said if need be, then teachers would help for the national cause. "They informed us two days back to send teachers for polio training but the teachers refused. Today, we had a meeting with the administration but it's not feasible to involve educationists in the polio drive," he said, adding that "we are in the last two months of the academic year and forcing them to go for such a task would adversely affect students." "Adezai, Mattani and Badbher are the most volatile areas in KP and teachers, especially women, are ready to quit their jobs if compelled to perform polio duties there," he said. |
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