Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat announced that all pending salaries of School Teacher Interns (STIs) across the province will be released within the next 14 days.
Sharing the update on social media the minister assured interns that the long-awaited payments would be cleared soon.
“All pending STI salaries will be issued within 14 days,” he stated.
The announcement comes alongside another major education-related initiative by the Punjab government as applications have been opened for the laptop scheme targeting private university students.
Eligible students who have secured at least 65 percent marks can apply through the official portal at cmlaptophed.punjab.gov.pk.
The laptop scheme aims to promote digital learning and provide academic support to students across the province.
Govt launches digital system to monitor teachers’ performance
In separate Development the School Education Department has taken a major step to effectively monitor teachers’ academic performance by launching and activating the “Teaching Practice Analysis Form” on the HRMS portal.
Under the new system, all teachers will be required to upload daily records of their teaching activities on the portal.
Teachers will also have to submit a short video of their classroom teaching, with a maximum file size limit of 5 MB.
According to the department, the initiative aims to digitally document teachers’ professional skills and improve the overall quality of education.
The move is expected to ensure transparent and effective evaluation of teaching performance across schools.
Earlier it was reported that the Punjab education department decided to appoint permanent heads in around 30,000 primary and middle schools.
Teachers who pass the required test will be appointed as operational heads and will receive an additional allowance ranging from Rs5,000 to Rs7,000.
Applications for the test are expected to be invited by the end of January.
So far, around 600 operational heads have been appointed on a test basis.
Although an allowance of Rs10,000 per month was announced for OPS heads, teachers said that even after three months they have not received it.
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