Education ministry’s selection board meets today

Islamabad: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Trainings' Departmental Selection Board (DSB) will hold the long-awaited meeting today (Wednesday) to decide the promotion cases of the ministry's employees and those of attached departments and subordinate offices, including teachers, to BPS-19.

The meeting was originally planned for February 14 but it was rescheduled to February 20.

The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) will meet afterward to consider the BPS-16, 17 and 18 cases for promotion.

After the disbanding of the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD), the cases of promotion of the officials of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) and other subordinate offices of the CADD, have been pending approval.

In this light, the ministry had planned to form promotion committees covering employees of all relevant departments, including FDE and subordinate offices and sought their approval by the Establishment Division.

After receiving the concurrence of the Establishment Division for the proposed panels, the ministry planned to hold the DSB and DPC meetings for regular promotion of its officials and attached departments and subordinate offices.