BackProvincial Ombudsman Sindh intervened in a complaint case filed due to delayed payment of internship for subject specialist interns.
On 15 September 2022, a subject intern in Physics at the Government Boys Girls Higher Secondary School GGHSS Khudeja filed a complaint, in which she alleged a delay in payment of internship allowance of RS 60.000.
The case was admitted and heard on 2 March 2023. The Section Officer of the Education Department who attended the hearing informed that the matter was forwarded to the Finance Department for release of funds. In pursuance, the Section Officer Finance Department informed that “Audit Copy” for release of Rs. 864.00 Million on account of payment of stipend to subject specialist interns has been issued vide letter dated 2 March 2023.
The complainant appeared before the Investigation Officer and confirmed the receipt of stipend amounting to Rs. 733,548 through cheque No. 4884459 dated 14 April 2023. She offered thanks to the institution in her grievance redressal, which resulted in the release of the internships of other subject interns.
Source: The Secretariat of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Pakistan
