Service structure for librarians in 650 colleges approved

Punjab to promote 686 candidates under 4-tier formula

LAHORE:

The Punjab government has issued a formal notification accepting the demand for promotions, which is the largest and most basic service structure for all librarians serving in all 650 colleges across the province.

In the initial stage, promotions will be done according to a 4-tier formula for promotion, ie, 1:15:34:50. Under this formula, a total of 686 librarians will be promoted at a time, including 410 female and 276 male librarians.

Under the 1% ratio, three male and four female librarians will be promoted to scale 20. Under the 15% ratio, 62 female and 41 male librarians will be promoted to scale 19, totalling 103.

Under the 34% ratio, 139 female and 94 male librarians will be promoted to scale 18, while under the 50% ratio, 205 female and 138 male librarians will be promoted.

In the second phase, professors will be promoted according to the four-level formula ratio of 3:19:36:42. Librarian leaders Agha Shabbir Sabir, Fayyaz Bukhari, and Madam Banafsha Kiran have formally requested the Chief Secretary Punjab to issue a notification for the formula.

As per the earlier notification, the post of librarians in scale 20 will now be chief librarians, while in scale 19, there will be deputy chief librarians, in scale 18, there will be senior librarians, and in scale 17, there will be librarians. This formula will increase the number of promotions for librarians. Notification of promotions under the three, 19, 36, and 42 formulas will be done after Eidul Fitr.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2023.