LAHORE: The Government College University (GCU) syndicate on Friday approved the university’s new recruitment policy and a special allowance at the rate of 25 per cent for its employees from BS-1 to 19 to reduce discrimination in salaries.

The syndicate also authorised the vice-chancellor (VC) to hold open bidding for the establishment of a bank branch on the Kala Shah Kaku campus for staff and students. It formed a committee for special allowance for the officials and faculty transferred to the New Campus.

The syndicate gave a hearing to six staff members regarding matters related to their service.

The syndicate members also permitted an increase in extra duty and late sitting allowance for the non-gazetted staff of the university.

They also allowed the faculty and staff members of the university to take on consultancy projects. However, they will be required to pay a share of the earned revenue to the university.

In the first half of the meeting, the syndicate held detailed deliberations on the recruitment policy, according to the guidelines given by the Higher Education Department, Punjab.

VC Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi chaired the meeting, which was attended by eminent lawyer Naeem Bukhari, Home-Economics University VC Prof Dr Kanwal Ameen, Lahore Board Chairman Dr Mirza Habib Ali, MPA Shawana Bashir and businessman and philanthropist Anwaar Ahmad Khan.

The syndicate also approved the increase in the research incentive for its faculty members to motivate them to conduct more qualitative research.

The syndicate appointed Dean Prof Dr Raiz Ahmed the chairperson of the affiliation committee, and Assistant Prof Mubashir Hussain and Assistant Prof Dr Muhammad Imran as its members.

The syndicate also appointed eminent academics Prof Dr Shahid Siddique, Prof Dr Tahir Kamran, and Prof Dr Waseem Anwar as members of the University’s Academic Council, and Prof Dr Khalid Khan as members of the GCU Finance and Planning Committee.

Members also approved the service statutes for the post of director-general, Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Science. It also approved an increase in visiting faculty remuneration.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2022