Services of 1,925 assistant professors to be regularised in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet, led by Charanjit Singh Channi, on Friday gave nod to regularise the services of 1,925 assistant professors appointed against vacant posts in various subjects and non-teaching staff in government aided colleges of the state.
According to a spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office, the Punjab Cabinet had approved filling of 1,925 vacant posts of assistant professor in grant-in-aid Colleges of the state in a phased manner at a salary of basic pay plus grade pay (Rs 15,600+6,000=Rs 21,600) on contract for three years.
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Subsequently, their cases were considered for service regularisation based on the evaluation of their work by evaluation committees. On the completion of three years of the service of these assistant professors, their work and performance has been evaluated by the notified evaluation committees and it has been recommended to be regularised.
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Two government degree colleges for Doaba region
To impart quality higher education in Doaba region, the Punjab Cabinet, led by Charanjit Singh Channi, also gave approval for setting up two new government degree colleges in Jalandhar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts.
According to this decision, a new degree college namely Kanshi Ram Government College would be opened at Adampur (Jalandhar) from the next academic session ie July 1, 2022 and second government degree vollege would come up at Sarhala Ranuwan village in Banga (SBS Nagar).
-PTC News
