Punjab Education Dept to conduct DPC twice a year

Aimed at ending the stalemate in the matter of teachers’ promotion, Punjab Education Department has decided to hold Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting twice in a year.

This will ensure that the teachers, eligible for promotion, get promoted in a fixed time frame, said the state Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Wednesday.

Chaudhary said as per the CM Capt Amarinder Singh’s directions, the Education Department is contemplating a number of important decisions to achieve the twin objectives of easing department’s working and achieving the target of quality education.

“To end the stalemate in promotions of teachers and putting a stop to the practice of the teachers themselves sending their promotion cases time and again, it has been decided that the department would hold DPC twice in a year and the concerned competent officer would maintain the record pertaining to the teachers coming under their jurisdiction,” she said.

The Minister said every DPC, to be conducted after six months, would take into account the posts likely to be vacant during the course of next six months and then the promotions of teachers would be carried out.

“It has come to light that many cases related to the seniority lists of teachers often linger on and to permanently solve the problem, it has been decided to update seniority lists of teachers before every DPC,” she said. She added now, the concerned officer would update the seniority list and then eligible teachers would be promoted through a DPC after every six months keeping in mind the vacant posts.