Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Educators Recruitment Policy 2007-08

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    POLICY FOR RECRUITMENT OF EDUCATORS
IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS (2007-08)


The Government  of the Punjab has approved  recruitment  against  34,054
vacancies  of  teaching  staff  in  Government  schools  of  the  province  during  the  year
2008-09,  in  relaxation  of  ban  on  recruitment.  The  district-wise  breakup  of  various
categories  of  school  specific/  non-  transferable  posts  of  Educators  is  attached  at
Annexure-A.  

2.     Recruitment Policy for appointing school specific Educators in the contract
mode is hereby circulated. The policy aims for provision of better qualified Educators
in public schools are to increase student enrollment, reduce teachers’ absenteeism
and  improve  quality  of  education.  The  policy  is  guided  by  the  principles  of  merit,
transparency, foolproof selection process and fair competition.

3.     Uniform recruitment procedures shall be followed regarding advertisement
for recruitment of Educators, application forms, merit calculation, allocation of marks
for local residence, interview procedure and timelines of recruitment process.

4.     Nomenclature/Academic & Professional Qualification/Salary 
The  academic  and  professional  qualification,  salary  package  and
nomenclature of posts shall be as attached at Annexure-B.

5.     Terms & Conditions of Recruitment 
i.  Recruitment  of  Educators  shall  be  made  in  the  contract  mode  under
the specific terms and conditions as stated in the  Letter of Agreement
for each post.

a.  Elementary School Educators (ESE)               
Annexure-C
b.  Senior Elementary School Educators (SESE)
Science/Arts
Annexure-D
c.  Secondary School Educators (SSE Arts /Science
/English /Maths /Computer Science)
Annexure-E

ii.  The recruitment shall be school specific and non transferable.
iii.  The  contract  employee  shall  have  no  right  to  demand  or  claim  any
change in terms and conditions of the agreement.





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6.  Allocation of Posts (District wise)

i.  Allocation of posts for every district has been approved by the Chief
Minister.  District  wise  school  specific  breakup  of  posts  is  placed  at
Annexure-A.

ii.  In each High / Higher Secondary School one post of SSE (Computer
Science) would be advertised for selection on merit against such post
created  on  conversion  /  upgradation  of  4574  vacant  post  of  EST
(English) throughout the province.

iii.  Approved SNE posts in  upgraded schools will be advertised against
the specified schools in total.

iv.  The posts of different categories of Educators allocated to district as
mentioned in Annexure-A will be identified school-wise as per need
and  norm  by  the  District  Government  and  will  be  notified  by  the
District Coordination Officer and accordingly advertisement of school
specific posts will be floated in the newspapers.

v.  The  posts  of  Educators  (category-wise)  have  been  allocated  on  the
basis  of  available  number  of  vacant  posts  of  the  corresponding
category. While identifying the school-wise  posts  on need-basis, the
equal  number  of  posts  of  corresponding  category  will  have  to  be
surrendered.

vi.  Advertisement shall be issued by District Coordination Officer (DCO),
chairperson  of  the  District  Recruitment  Committee,  as  per  the
approved format given at Annexure-F. The expenditure in respect of
advertisement  or  any  other  recruitment  related  process  shall  be
borne by District Governments.

vii.  Application  Form  placed  at  Annexure  G,  shall  be  followed  by  all
District Governments for receiving of applications.

7.     Eligibility Criteria

A.  Qualification
Minimum qualification (Academic & Professional) for each category
of posts shall be as stated at Annexure-B.

B.   Age Limit

Minimum  age  of  a  candidate  shall  be  20  years  and  maximum  age
shall  be  35  years,  (inclusive  of  general  5  years  age  relaxation
already admissible)  closing date of  applications  as on  01-07-2008.
No further age relaxation shall be admissible. 

C.   Experience
i.  There  shall  be  a maximum  of  5 marks for  teaching  experience for
ESE  &  SESE  (which  means  teaching  experience  in  Federal/
Provincial  Government  and  Semi-Government  schools  only).  One
mark  shall  be  given  for  each  completed  year  of  teaching
irrespective  of  the  Cadre  of  employment.  Fraction  of  a  year  of
experience shall not be considered.

ii.  For  SSE  (Science & Arts),  there  shall be  three  marks for  teaching
experience and two marks for Computer literate.

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iii.  Only  certificates  issued  by  Head  Teachers  and  countersigned  by
the  concerned  District  Education  Officer  (DEO)  or
Head/Chairperson of the institution/department shall be acceptable
for allocation of teaching experience marks.
 
D.   Female Candidates
Female  candidates  shall  be  eligible  to  apply  for  the  posts  of
Elementary School Educators (ESE) and Senior Elementary School
Educators  (SESE)  Science  in  Boys  Primary  &  Middle  Schools  in
addition  to  all  categories  of  posts  in  girl  schools.  However,  female
candidates  SHALL  NOT  be  eligible  to  apply  against  any  category
of post in boys high/ higher secondary schools. 

E.  Recruitment of Disabled Persons

i)  2% statutory quota for disabled persons, of the total allocated posts
of each category, shall be reserved.

i)  Inter-se merit of  disabled candidates shall be prepared separately,
according  to  the  criteria  prescribed  for  general  candidates,  for  the
available number of vacancies for disabled persons.

ii)  Minimum  qualification  (Academic  &  Professional),  age  limit,  marks
for local residence, and teaching experience, for disabled persons,
shall remain the same as prescribed at Annexure B.


iii)  Disabled candidates, fulfilling the requisite criteria, shall be offered
their first priority regardless of their position in the merit list for the
concerned school.

iv)  Disabled  persons  shall  also  apply  to  the  EDO  (Education)  on  the
same  application  form,  given  at  Annexure  G,  but  shall  mention
their  claim  of  disability  by  filling  in  appropriate  column  of  School
Priority Form, and by attaching a certificate of their disability issued
by competent authority.

v)  Under disabled persons’ quota, blind, deaf & dumb candidates shall
not  be  eligible  to  apply.  Disabled  candidates  fit  for  teaching
profession  and  able  to  read,  write  and  use  blackboard  shall  be
eligible to apply for appointment against this quota.

8.     Selection/Recruitment Committee
A.   Members of Recruitment Committee
o  District Coordination Officer (DCO) as Chairperson
o  Executive District Officer (EDO) Education as Member
o  Executive District Officer (EDO) Finance & Planning as Member
o  District  Education  Officer  concerned  as  Appointing  Authority
/Member/Secretary

o  One  Nominee  of  the  Provincial  Government  as  notified  by  Special
Secretary (Schools), Education Department.

B.   Responsibilities of Recruitment Committee

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i)  Recruitment  committee  shall  be  responsible  for  conducting  the
whole process of recruitment. 

ii)  Executive  District  Officer  (EDO)  Education  shall  be  the  appointing
authority  for  Secondary  School  Educators  (SSE
Science/Arts/English/Maths/Computer Science).

iii)  District  Education  Officer  (M&W-EE)  concerned  shall  be  the
appointing  authority  for  Elementary  School  Educators  (ESE)  and
Senior Elementary School Educators (SESE) Science/Arts.

iv)  The  appointing  authority  shall  issue  Letter  of  Agreement  to  the
selected  candidates  on  the  recommendation  of  Recruitment
Committee as per approved format.

9.     Role of DMO

i)  District  Monitoring  Officer  (DMO)  shall  be  involved  in  the
recruitment  process  as  an  Observer  and  his  observations  shall
assist in formative evaluation regarding: 

  Advertisement for recruitment of Educators
  Use and adherence to Application Package
  Merit Calculation 
  Allocation of 10 marks for local residence 
  Display of Pre-Interview Merit Lists

ii)  The data entry of applications in customized software developed by
PMIU-PESRP,  generation  of  Pre-Interview  Merit  Lists  and  safe
return  of  application  forms  to  EDO  (Education)  shall  also  be  the
responsibility of DMO.

10.   Procedure for Processing Applications

i)  To  make  recruitment  process  smooth  and  to  ensure  transparency
and  merit,  Executive  District  Officer  (EDO)  Education  shall
establish a Recruitment Cell headed by an officer not below BS-19
in  his  office  for  scrutiny  of  applications  and  monitoring  of
recruitment process.

ii)  Standardized  advertisement  for  Elementary  School  Educators,
Senior  Elementary  School  Educators  (Science)  and  Secondary
School  Educators  (Science/Arts/English/Mathematics/Computer
Science),  shall  be  issued  by  the  concerned  District  Coordination
Officer  (DCO)  /  Chairperson  of  Recruitment  Committee,  clearly
indicating school wise, category wise, gender wise vacancies to be
filled  and  shall  be  published  in  leading  national  and  local
newspapers.

iii)  Already employed Educators (in contract mode) may also apply for
the same post in another school or a higher post in same/ another
school.  However,  the  posts  of  Educators,  becoming  vacant  as  a
result  of  exercise  of  this  option,  shall  be  subsequently  filled  under
this policy.

 
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iv)  Machine numbered Application Package shall be printed according
to the format prescribed by PMIU-PESRP (Annexure-G).

v)  School Priority Forms (attached with application form) must be filled
in  by  the  candidate.    Applications  with  unfilled  School  Priority
Forms shall not be accepted.

vi)  Candidates  applying  for  more  than  one  post  shall  submit  school
specific  Application  Form.  An applicant  may give  upto  a  maximum
of 15 priorities in the School Priority Form.

vii)  Challan  Form  shall  also  be  attached  with  the  Application  Form  by
submitting  fee  of  Rs.  100/-    in  total,  regardless  of  number  of
priorities,  under  the  account  head  of  Government  Treasury,  (Old)
Provincial  Account  No-1  (Non–Food)  or  (New)  Non  Tax  Revenue,
in National Bank of Pakistan. 

viii)  If an applicant applies for a job in a school located in same Tehsil of
which  he/she  is  the  resident,  10  marks  for  local  Tehsil  shall  be
awarded to him/her.

ix)  EDO  (Education)  concerned  shall  scrutinize  all  applications  and
ensure that particulars mentioned in Application Forms are same as
per the attested copies of documents attached.

x)  Applications received in EDO (Education) office shall be processed
in  respect  of  local  residence  marks  allocation  and  marks  for
teaching experience.

xi)  After  scrutiny  of  applications  in  the  EDO  (Education)  office,  the
applications  shall  be  handed  over  to  DMO  for  data  entry  and
generation of Pre-Interview Merit Lists.


xii)  DMO, after data entry, shall hand over the application forms back to
EDO (Education) along with Pre-Interview Merit Lists. 

xiii)  To reduce chances of error in merit calculation, school specific and
category  wise  computer  generated  Pre-Interview  Merit  Lists  shall
be  conspicuously  displayed  on  the  notice  board  in  the  offices  of
EDO  (Education)  and  DMO.  Objections  received  by  the  EDOs
(Edu)  will  be  disposed  of  by  giving  personal  hearing  in  three  days
and corrected pre-interview merit list will be displayed in three days.

xiv)  Members  of  Recruitment  Committee  shall  assess  the  eligible
candidates and evaluate their abilities as per Evaluation Form given
at Annexure-H.

xv)  Absent  candidates,  shall  stand  disqualified  for  recruitment
altogether irrespective of their marks in Pre-Interview Merit List.
 
xvi)  A  candidate  shall  appear  only  once  for  interview  and  shall  be
assessed for all posts for which he/she has applied (as per School
Priority Form filled in by the applicant). 

xvii)  Verification  of  certificates/degrees  with  Gazette  of  Educational
Boards/Universities,  shall  be  done  by  the  DDO  concerned  within
three months after joining of the selected candidates.

xviii)  Selected  candidates  shall  be  issued  offer  letters  (i.e.  Letters  of
Agreement)  by  the  respective  appointing  authorities,  and  the
appointing  authorities  shall  be  bound  to  display  the  final  lists  of
school wise selected candidates at some conspicuous place in their
respective offices.
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xix)  A  copy  of  the  list  of  selected  candidates  shall  be  provided  to  the
office of DMO within three days of its issuance. He/she shall ensure
that  all  selected  candidates,  who  join  their  respective  places  of
posting,  duly  fill  in  Human  Resource  Information  System  (HRIS)
form  developed  by  PMIU-PESRP.  Properly  filled  in  form  shall  be
collected  and  sent  to  PMIU-PESRP  office  Lahore  for  entry  into
database.
 
xx)  If a selected candidate fails to submit his/her Joining Report to the
Appointing  Authority,  within  10  days  of  receipt  of  Letter  of
Agreement,  the  offer  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  rejected,  and
the  candidate  next  in  merit  list  shall  be  issued  the  Letter  of
Agreement.

xxi)  The Recruitment process shall be conducted, so far as practicable,
according to the timelines given at Annexure-I.

11.   Selection/Ranking Criteria

i)  To determine the merit/ranking criteria of eligible candidates, marks
shall be awarded to each candidate as per  weight  assigned to the
academic  &  professional  qualifications  as  given  at  Annexure  J,
and shall be computed through customized recruitment software.

ii)  Original  certificates/  degrees  shall  be  produced  by  the  candidate
before the Recruitment Committee at the time of interview.

iii)  In  case  a  candidate  is  holding  more  than  one  Masters  Degrees,
marks shall be awarded to the ONE  most beneficial for recruitment
against  posts  of  ESE  and  SESE  and  most  relevant  Degree  for
recruitment  against  the  posts  of  SSE  as  per  priority  mentioned  at
Annexure B.

iv)  To  ensure  that  the  right  person  gets  ten  marks,  reserved  for  local
residence on Tehsil basis, the candidate shall be given marks only
upon production of any of the following documents:

  Computerized National Identity Card
  Domicile Certificate
  Nikkah Nama (Optional for female candidates only)

v)  School  wise  ‘Final  Merit  List’  shall  be  prepared  after  interviews  on
the basis of total marks secured by the eligible candidates.

12.    Interviews and preparation of final merit list

i)  There  shall  be  a  maximum  of  5  marks  for  interview  for  all
categories  which  would  be  recorded,  on  Evaluation  Form  by
Recruitment Committee.

ii)  The  Recruitment  Committee  shall  award  marks  of  interview  to  the
candidate,  by  indicating  his/her  eligibility  for  each  level  of  post
he/she  has  applied  for,  on  a  zero  to  5  rating  scale  given  in
Evaluation Form.

iii)  The  final  merit  list  shall  be  prepared  after  adding  interview  marks
obtained by the candidate.

iv)  Merit list will be arranged in order of the highest number earned by
the  candidate.  If  total  marks  after  the  addition  of  interview  marks
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become  equal  then  the  candidate  obtaining  higher  marks  in
interview  will rank senior and in  case the interview marks are also
equal then candidate older in age will rank senior.

v)  Absent  candidates,  shall  stand  disqualified  for  recruitment
altogether irrespective of their marks in Pre-Interview Merit List.

vi)  Provincial Education Department shall circulate detailed program to
Registrars  of  all  Universities,  Secretaries  of  BISEs  for  time  bound
verification & return of original documents.

13.   Filling  in  remaining  vacancies  after  completion  of  recruitment
process.
    In  case  vacancies  remain  unfilled  even  after  completion  of  recruitment
process,  a  combined merit  list  in  each  category  of  remaining  un-appointed  candidates
would be formulated at Tehsil level. The left over vacant posts would be offered to such
un-appointed candidates in order of merit.

14.   Third Party Validation
Third Party Validation of recruitment processes shall be carried out by an
independent party after completion of 2008-09 recruitments. 

15.   Timelines for Recruitment

The  recruitment  process,  so  far  as  practicable,  shall  be  completed
according to the timelines stated at Annexure I.



















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    Annexure B
      
NOMENCLATURE, ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATION
    
Category  Nomenclature
Minimum Qualifications
Academic  Professional
Primary
School
Elementary
School Educator
Equal to BS-09
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.
Preference will
be given to
PTC/C.T./B.Ed.
Elementary
School
Senior Elementary
School Educator
(Science) Equal to
BS-14
B.Sc. With
Physics/Math/Chem/Bio.
And BS.Ed.
Preference will
be given to
C.T./B.Ed.
Senior Elementary
School Educator
(Arts) Equal to
BS-14
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.
Preference will
be given to
C.T./B.Ed.
Secondary
School
Secondary School
Educators (Bio /
Chem) Equal to
BS-16
B.Sc.
(Chem/Botany/Zoology) or
BS.Ed
(Chem/Botany/Zoolgy).
(Preference will be given to
M.Sc. in above subjects)
Preference will
be given to B.Ed.
Secondary School
Educator
(Physics/Math)
Equal to BS-16
B.Sc. With Math/Physics or
BS.Ed. (Physics/Math).
(Preference will be given to
M.Sc. In above subjects)
Preference will
be given to B.Ed.
Secondary School
Educator (Arts)
Equal to BS-16
M.Sc./M.Com./M.A.
(Urdu/Pak.Studies/Pol.Scien
ce/Islamiyat/History/Georgr
aphy/Statistics/Economics/C
omp.Science/Eng)
Preference will
be given to B.Ed.
Secondary School
Educator
(English) Equal to
BS-16
M.A. (English)
Preference will
be given to B.Ed.
Secondary School
Educator (Comp.
Science) Equal to
BS-16
B.Sc. (Computer
Science)/BCS from
recognized University 
(Preference will be given to
M.Sc./MCS)
Computer studies as subject
having 200 marks in
B.A/B.Sc
Preference will
be given to B.Ed.
 

Revised Educators Recruitment Policy 2011