Employment status of person with disability in Government Departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Employment status of person with disability

Arsh, Aatik and Darain, Haider and Zeb, Amir and Ullah, Sana and Ullah, Irfan and Ilyas, Syed Muhammad (2019) Employment status of person with disability in Government Departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Employment status of person with disability. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 35 (5). pp. 1392-1396. ISSN 1682-024X

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Abstract

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine whether anticipated number of person with disabilities was employed in different government departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan.

Methods: Using across sectional survey, data from 16 different departments of provincial government of KPK was collected by volunteers of ‘Friends of Paraplegics.

Results: Out of total 1, 71,137 Govt. employees, only 1151 (0.67%) were person with disabilities. None of the included departments fulfilled 2% allocated job quota for person with disabilities. Majority of the employees included in study were from Elementary & Secondary Education Department (n=140345) and Agriculture, Livestock & Cooperation Department (n=14315). The number of person with disabilities in these departments were 960 (0.68%) and 68 (0.48%) respectively. The highest percentage of person with disabilities were working in Higher Education Archives & Libraries Department (1.65%)followed by Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights Department (1.42%), Planning & Development Department (1.39%) and Administration & Establishment Department (1.16%).

Conclusion: It is concluded that a small number of person with disabilities are employed in different Govt. Departments. Moreover, these departments has not ensured providing 2% job quota for person with disabilities.

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Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2023 07:25
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2024 06:47
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