KP CM approves e-transfer policy for education department

PESHAWAR, May 17 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan has approved e-transfer policy for the education department under which all posting and transfers would be made on merit.
An official communiqué of Elementary and Secondary Education issued here Friday quoting Adviser to Chief Minister for Education Ziaullah Bangash said that so far all the appointment in the department was made on merit and now transfers would be done on the same grounds that would improve performance of the teachers.
He said work on e-transfer application was under process and within a week the application would be launched across the province.
The Adviser said the education department would call for application for transfer once in a year and all the intending application would submit their application online and after getting signatures of Reporting Office would submit it to the department.
He said all the applications would check their eligibility for the posting by using the application, adding that under the e-policy transfers would be done once at the start of educational year and on vacant post.
He made it clear that vacancies of district cadre would be non-transferable as it would affect the government’s merit policy.
He further said that spouse policy would be conditional to less privileged areas so that these areas could be put on path of progress, adding that transfer on spouse policy would be only be made after adjustment of the domicile holder candidates.
All the applications would submit their application for transfer through proper channel and those employees to be found influencing the department would be taken to task under the rules.
Ziaullah Bangash said the indicators for posting and transfer would be teachers’ attendance, students’ attendance, ratio of teachers to students, duration of employment in hard area, monthly tests, annual result of students.
For posting and transfer of Principal and Headmaster the indicators to be considered would; annual result and administrative responsibilities and use of budget.
The posting and transfer on medical grounds would be done in case of perpetual disease. Mutual transfers would be based on result of Matric and Intermediate. The teachers near to retirement age, less than 10-year would not be transferred.