Punjab Cabinet approves regular jobs for 1,925 assistant professors

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 17

In a bid to improve the quality of higher education, the Punjab Cabinet on Friday approved regularisation of services of 1,925 assistant professors appointed against vacant posts in various subjects and non-teaching staff in government-aided colleges of the state.

A decision to this effect was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by CM Charanjit Singh Channi. A spokesman said the Cabinet had approved filling of 1,925 posts of assistant professors in grant-in-aid colleges of the state in a phased manner at a salary of basic pay plus grade pay (Rs 15,600+6,000=Rs 21,600) on contract for three years.

Subsequently, their cases were considered for regularisation based on the evaluation of their work by the evaluation committees. On completion of three years of service, these assistant professors and their work had been evaluated by the notified committees and their services had been recommended to be regularised.

The Cabinet also gave approval for setting up two government degree colleges in Jalandhar and SBS Nagar districts. A new degree college, namely Kanshi Ram Government College, would be opened at Adampur (Jalandhar) with effect from next academic session ie July 1, 2022, and the second government degree college would come up at Sarhala Ranuwan village in Banga.

Meanwhile, the School Education Department today advertised 12,772 posts of different cadres as part of the ongoing process to recruit 20,166 teachers.