ETEA board meeting principally approved the proposed ETEA Service Rules 2021 and ETEA Financial Rules 2021
Chitral Times Report
PESHAWAR: The 29th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Education Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan at the Chief Minister’s House Peshawar here the other day which reviewed progress on the implementation of decisions taken in the last board meeting and a number of other decisions were also taken.
The meeting approved in principle the annual budget of ETEA for the financial year 2021- 22. Besides provincial minister for finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information and Higher Education Kamran Bangash, concerned administrative secretaries, Vice Chancellor University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Executive Director ETEA and other senior officials attended the meeting. The board principally approved the proposed ETEA Service Rules 2021 and ETEA Financial Rules 2021, and the concerned authorities were directed to present the said rules to the provincial cabinet for final approval after vetting by the Law and Finance Departments.
The board also approved new SOPs for the ability tests to be conducted under ETEA.
Stressing on the need of restructuring of the ETEA to further enhance its capacity and bring it in line with modern requirements, the Chief Minister said that the provincial government would provide all the resources for this purpose so that so that a that cent percent transparency could be ensured in the recruitments under ETEA. The meeting was informed that a computer based testing system is being introduced with the aim to announce the results of the tests as soon as the tests are over. On this occasion, the Chief Minister directed the concerned authorities to conduct a feasibility study for setting up a digital lab for ETEA. The meeting also approved ETEA’s procurement plan for the year 2021-22 and a training calendar to enhance the capacity of ETEA officers and other staff.
