The Sindh Education Department has unearthed approximately 5,000 Sindh ghost teachers who are collecting salaries without stepping into classrooms.
On March 3, 2025, Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah ordered their immediate removal from the payroll and approved disciplinary action against them, signaling a major overhaul.
Reports reveal the department aims to purge these non-working educators and replace them with fresh talent from the merit list. Minister Shah’s directive follows a year of scrutiny, including last year’s order to stop salaries for over 1,000 absent teachers flagged in October 2025 by the Scrutiny Committee. That group, tasked with probing complaints across Sindh, handed its findings to the provincial education secretary, sparking this latest purge.
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The move builds on earlier efforts to tackle the Sindh ghost teachers issue. Last year, district education officers (DEOs) received orders to freeze pay for absentee educators, setting the stage for this broader cleanup. Now, with 5,000 identified, the department eyes a leaner, more effective teaching force.
