Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday said that under the Prime Minister directive, higher time scale was granted to the teaching faculty under Federal Directorate of Education (FDE). Reply a question ra
ised by Senator Bahramand Khan Tan
gi at Senate, the minister said in a written reply that the service rules, nomenclature/tiers of
the posts and seniority of the teachers shall remain intact, adding
the promotion through time scale will be subject to fitness of candidate and recommendations of relevant DPCs and selection board. Accordingly, cases for grant of higher time scale of eligible teachers were prepared and placed before DPC in the month of March, 2020 for consideration. During proceeding of
meeting of DPC, member advised to seek guidance from Finance, Subsequently, a reference was forwarded t
o Finance Division for seeking their clarification and Finance Division responded that grant of higher time scale shall be granted with immediate effect. He said that subsequently, higher time scale was granted to teaching staff.