Vacancies plague Govt Girls Degree College Badin

MATLI: A severe staff shortage has crippled Government Girls Degree College Matli, with 12 lecturer and professor posts lying vacant.

This has significantly disrupted the teaching process, affecting hundreds of students in the small town of southern Sindh. Currently, there is no dedicated Physics lecturer, forcing a high school teacher to cover classes twice a week. Additionally, five clerical staff positions remain unfilled, further exacerbating the college’s administrative challenges.

Thanks to the efforts of political and civic elders in Matli, a petroleum company Union Texas, which explores oil and gas in Badin, had built the Government Girls Intermediate College in 1989. The college building was inaugurated by former Sindh Finance Minister Dr Muhammad Ismail. Later, the college was upgraded to a degree college.

In 1994, the Sindh government constructed a new two-storey building, inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Syed Abdullah Shah. The petroleum company also established four labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Botany, as well as a modern digital library. Although 14 lecturer positions have been approved for the college, however 10 are vacant.

There are four positions for Grade 19 professors, but two of these are vacant. Additionally, all three senior clerk positions are unfilled, along with two junior clerk positions. Notably, there is still no Physics lecturer appointed at this largest educational institution for female students in Taluka Matli.

A teacher from Government Boys High School teaches Physics to female students twice a week. The absence of teachers has severely impacted the teaching process, while the lack of clerical staff has created further challenges for the college.

Source: Express Tribune