ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has clarified that payment of salary contribution and career progression of the existing faculty hired under the Tenure Track System (TTS) is protected as per the revised TTS funding policy-2022-23.
However, new appointments and time-barred TTS cases shall not be funded. Moreover, the HEC offering shall be standardized for differential payment over and above BPS salary as prescribed by the respective Government.
In a letter to all the public sector higher education institutions and universities, HEC has clarified that for existing TTS faculty members whose cases are not time-barred and already funded by the commission, it is assured that HEC will continue paying its contribution, including a differential amount over and above BPS as prescribed by the Government (Provincial/Federal), gratuity/13th TTS salary, TTS annual increment and impact of promotions.
HEC advises universities to continue releasing salary to TTS faculty
To this effect, the Finance Division of HEC has already communicated the revised TTS allocation for 2022-23 for endorsement by the institutions.
Additional or overpaid adjustments shall be made in the fourth quarter of the current financial year.
HEC has advised the universities to continue releasing admissible salary benefits to current TTS faculty members already funded by the commission.
Further, HEC emphasized that the commission will make every effort to fund new/fresh TTS cases appointed before the circulation of HEC funding policy-2022-23 dated July 29, 2022.
In this regard, all universities have been asked to share appointment details/documents of new TTS cases at the earliest for further decision.
