The Punjab Government has modified the transfer rules, allowing female teachers to move to the district where their spouse lives immediately after marriage.

The policy has been updated to provide more support to female faculty members in Punjab schools.

According to the amended e-Transfer Policy 2024, married female teachers can now request transfers to their spouse's district or workplace once during their tenure.

A new category has also been added to the list of "hardship" instances, emphasizing the need to keep families together. The policy also states that transfers under this provision can now be made at any time of year, rather than only during certain cycles.

When female teachers wish to transfer between divisions or districts, the working district's education office must liaise with the receiving district to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC).

To ensure that this method is transparent, successful, and consistent, additional protocols have been developed. The policy now prioritizes many hardship categories for transfer requests in order to ensure justice.

Reforms in HEC

Mr. Nadeem Mahbub, Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, paid a visit to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Secretariat on Monday and praised the organization's commitment to transforming the country's higher education system.

During his visit, HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed provided Mr. Mahbub with an in-depth briefing on the current situation and progress of higher education in Pakistan.

Executive Director Dr. Zia Ul-Qayyum, as well as other senior HEC officials, was in attendance.

Mr. Mahbub praised HEC's broad measures targeted at enhancing the higher education system and expressed interest in the commission's several successful projects.