PESHAWAR, Apr 14 (APP):The provincial government on Tuesday refused to convert nearly 2,000 male and female lecturers to an adhoc positions. The issue of the future of flexibly hired lecturers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has intensified, as the provincial government has clearly refused to convert nearly 2,000 male and female lecturers to adhoc positions. Pakistan Peoples Party’s parliamentary leader Ahmad Kundi presented a call attention notice in KP Assembly, …
KP Govt refuses to convert 2000 lectuers on adhoc position
PESHAWAR, Apr 14 (APP):The provincial government on Tuesday refused to convert nearly 2,000 male and female lecturers to an adhoc positions.
The issue of the future of flexibly hired lecturers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has intensified, as the provincial government has clearly refused to convert nearly 2,000 male and female lecturers to adhoc positions.
Pakistan Peoples Party’s parliamentary leader Ahmad Kundi presented a call attention notice in KP Assembly, stating that the government had allocated funds to address the shortage of teachers in government degree colleges and recruited around 2,000 flexibly hired lecturers.
These lecturers are currently teaching BS and AD programs in 330 colleges. He said there is serious uncertainty regarding their job duration and salaries, and therefore they should be shifted to adhoc positions to ensure at least one year of job security.
Ahmad Kundi warned that if these lecturers are dismissed, students’ education will be severely affected, as these teachers have become an integral part of the academic system.
In response, Law Minister Aftab Alam clarified that recruitment in the Higher Education Department is carried out through a formal procedure, while the flexible hiring policy was introduced only for emergency situations to prevent disruption to students’ education.
He said that, according to government policy, these lecturers cannot be directly regularized or shifted to adhoc positions.
He further added that adhoc appointments are often challenged in courts, which increases pressure on the government to regularize them, while the province’s salary budget has already risen significantly.
He said that there is a clear procedure for permanent recruitment through the Public Service Commission, and efforts will be made to expedite hiring through that channel.
At this point, government member Munir Laghmani also supported Ahmad Kundi’s stance, saying that if the government needs to recruit lecturers again, it should adjust the already working teachers through an appropriate procedure.
During the debate, the issue became more intense, after which the presiding officer postponed the matter until the next session due to the absence of the Minister for Higher Education.
