Nangarhar teachers unpaid for past 3 months

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Teachers in eastern Nangarhar province complain they have not received their salaries for the past three months, thus facing severe economic hardship.

The teachers made the complaint at a time when the world is celebrating international teacher’s day.

A gathering in this regard was held in the courtyard of Nangarhar High School in Jalalabad, in which many teachers and education department officials participated. Most of the speeches at the meeting focused on teachers’ economic problems and salaries.

But officials at the Nangarhar education department say work is under way at the central level to address the problem and that teachers will soon be paid their salaries.

The teachers, however, praised the move by the authorities to honor the teachers and celebrate their day, but demanded that the issue of their salaries be resolved.

Even many teachers have been forced to resign due to economic difficulties. Karimullah, a teacher at Nangarhar High School, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Teachers in Nangarhar have not been paid for three months, which has left them economically disadvantaged.”

He said their main demand from the government was that all teachers should be paid their salaries as soon as possible.

Reza Khan, a teacher at Mia Omar High School in Jalalabad, had a similar complaint, saying many teachers had been forced to quit their jobs and work to support their children.

“If the current situation continues, students as well as teachers and the education process as a whole will be severely affected.”

Mufti Habib Hazrat Haqqani, director of education, assured the teachers that they would soon be paid their salaries for the past three months.

Haqqani added: “The remaining three months’ salary of teachers in Nangarhar will be paid in the near future and we have started serious work in this regard. We have shared this problem with the capital Kabul as well as the shortage of teachers.” We are working on ways to solve the problem.

Girls’ classes up to sixth grade have started in Nangarhar and the fate of classes above sixth grade is still unclear.

The Ministry of Education opened boys’ schools two weeks ago, but the ministry said it was working on a special plan to open schools for girls above the sixth grade, but the plan has not yet been finalized.

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