LAHORE: The process of appointing regular administrative heads of seven Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) of Punjab seems to have been shelved, as the same has stalled after interviews of candidates almost a month ago, according to a report by a private media outlet.
The Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) had advertised the posts of Chairmen of seven BISEs, including Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal and Sargodha, with November 16, 2017, as last date to apply.
The interviews of the shortlisted candidates had been held but no progress has been witnessed except for a move to give additional charge of Chairmen to Commissioners of the respective divisions. Sources privy to developments said instead of forwarding names of suitable candidates to the Chief Minister for final selection, a summary was moved to give additional charge of the posts to Commissioners.
It is pertinent to mention that there are no regular Chairmen of Sargodha BISEs since December 2016, Rawalpindi BISE since March 2017, Gujranwala since May 2017, Faisalabad since September 2017, Multan and Sahiwal since October and Bahawalpur since November 2017.
The three BISEs where Commissioners have been given additional charge of the post of Chairmen are Sahiwal, Sargodha and Gujranwala. The Punjab government had decided to offer Management Position (MP-I) to the Chairmen of BISEs i.e., Rs370,000 per month. There is a general perception among the candidates that it was that pay package which did not let the government place regular administrative heads of the boards.
