KARACHI, June 3: The syndicate of Karachi University in its meeting approved the report of the promotion committee with regard to upgrading employees (BPS 1-16) on the basis of possessing or acquiring higher academic qualification.

A university spokesman on Tuesday said it was decided that the matriculate employees would be awarded grade 5, those with intermediate qualification grade 7, graduate staffers would be promoted to grade 11, and professional bachelors or masters degree holders would be placed in grade 13, professional masters or BS degree holders would be awarded grade 15.

The policy, the spokesman said, would benefit several employees of Karachi University in terms of grades and monetary incentives.

Convener of the promotion committee Professor Abuzar Wajidi, who is also the dean of the management and administrative sciences faculty, said that the syndicate passed such a policy for the first time mainly because of keen interest shown by KU vice-chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui in this regard.

Earlier, a report submitted by the committee for the promotion of employees on the basis of service experience was also approved.

Employees in grades between 1 and 16 were considered for promotion and certain incentives on the basis of their service experience.

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