School Education Department Punjab decides not to fire the teachers who failed in the B.Ed examination across the province including Rawalpindi. 20,000 teachers in the province will benefit from this initiative. According to the education department's recruitment policy, teachers are recruited on the condition of completing B.Ed in 3 years for those who did not have a professional degree.
Teachers who failed to get B. Ed degree were fired but now it has been decided that the jobs of male and female teachers who fail in B.Ed examination and do not have a degree will be allowed to continue their jobs across the province. Extension will be given to those who have taken admission in B.Ed.
However, the move will not affect the hiring of new teaching staff. The recruitment policy shall remain the same as previous and the condition of a professional degree is still valid for the new recruitment process. This is also pertinent to mention here that Punjab Government is also working on plans to introduce Teacher's licensing. Punjab Education Minister Dr. Murad Raas also mentioned that a bill will be presented in the provincial assembly to make teachers license mandatory in the province.