LAHORE MINISTER for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has said that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has allocated initial funds of Rs 2 billion for the constitution of Higher Education Commission Punjab which will help set up new universities instead of upgrading the existing government colleges.
He said this in a meeting with Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) regarding the implementation of 4-tier formula for the promotion of lecturers. The negotiation with the lecturers proved successful after which the PPLA announced to withdraw its ultimatum for protest.
Rana Mashhood said the problems of doctors and teachers should be resolved before they take to the streets. He assured the representatives of professors and lecturers that besides implementation of 4-tier formula for promotion, the genuine rights of young lecturers would also be upheld. It was decided that the seniority lists of lecturers would be updated within next three months.
It was also decided that the number of vacancies in all colleges affiliated with Higher Education Department Punjab would be recalculated while data of lecturers recruited in 2012 would be collected within two months to regularise their services.
The meeting also decided that the next phase of negotiations would be held on April 02 in which minister for education, secretary higher education, secretary law, provincial secretary finance and prominent educationist Prof Zafar Iqbal Qureshi will also participate. The minister said a five percent increase had been witnessed in the enrolment rate in the government colleges and the Punjab government had sent requisition to Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) for the recruitment of 4,500 lecturers against new posts on the permanent basis.
PPLA President Dr Zahid Shaikh and other office-bearers attended the meeting.
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