PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Workers Welfare Board has suspended 15 school principals across the province over poor performance in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual examinations 2024-25.
According to a notification issued on September 4, the action was taken due to “producing poor results” in the matric exams.
The affected schools are located in Akora Khattak, Aman Garh, Ghoriwala, Haripur-II, Hattar, Karak, Kohat-I, Kohat-II, Peshawar-II, Mardan, Shehbaz Azmat Khel, Swabi, Swat, Takht Bhai and a higher secondary school.
As a temporary arrangement, vice principals will take charge of the schools. In cases where vice principals are not available, the most senior staff member (BPS-16/17) will serve as acting principal until further orders.
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KP Labour Minister Fazal Shakoor Khan said the decision was based purely on performance.
“We had zero per cent results in these schools,” he revealed. “Although we have enough teachers, we lack specialists in key subjects other than Islamiyat and Pashto.”
He added that most teachers belong to southern KP districts. “About 80 to 90 percent of our staff are from the southern districts, and everyone wants postings in their home areas, which is practically impossible,” Khan explained.
