NO.SO (SE-I) 1-58/2016 GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Dated Lahore, //7% Norendo72020 042-99212080 MINUTES OF MEETING OF QUALIFICATION _ EQUIVALENCE DETERMINATION COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE M.A (EDUCATION) BOTH AS PROFE: AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION A meeting of the committee was held under the chairmanship of Special Secretary (Operation) School Education Department, Govt. of Punjab, on 30.09.2020 at 12:00 P.M in the committee room of the Department to determine M.A (Education) both as Professional and Academic qualification. 2. The composition of the committees is as follows: 1. Dr. Muhammad Suhail Shahzad, Chairman Special Secretary (Operation), School Education Department. 2. Mr, Dilawar Hussain Member Section Officer (R-III), Regulations Wing, Services & General Administration Department. 3. Mr. Zahoor Ahmad, Member Director IV, Punjab Public Service Commission, Lahore. 4. Dr. Ayaz Muhammad Khan, Member Associate Professor, University of Education, Lahore. 5. Dr. Tariq Hussain, Member Assistant Professor (IER) University of the Punjab, Lahore. 3. ‘The meeting started with the recitation of the Holy Quran, The Chair sought views of the members regarding determination of M.A (Education) both as Professional and Academic qualification. The following points have been discussed by the committee: Scanned with CamScannera) The subject specialists recruited against the subject of Education af© not considered for regularization due to M.A (Education) as aM academic degree and no other professional degree of B.Ed or M.Ed. b) What can be the status of M.A (Education) as compared to B.Ed of MEd? 4. The committee after detailed discussion, deliberation and mutual consensus of all the members, has come to the conclusion as follows: A. B. As a discipline, the subject of Education domains the art of ‘teaching. The degree of M.A (Education) is equivalent to M.Ed and also higher degree in comparison with B.Ed, Further, the syllabus of M.A (Education) covers more than the requirements of M.Ed. Therefore, the teachers, recruited in School Education Department for the subject of Education by having M.A (Education), shall not require any further qualification of B.Ed or M.Ed. The degree of M.A (Education) may be considered as Academic as well as Professional qualification. — gl (Mr. Dilawar Hussain) (Mr. Zahoor Ahmad) Section Officer (R-IlI), Regulations Wing, Director IV, Punjab Public Service S&GAD Commission, Lahore ae ve i rE ge (Dr. Ayaz )&aXapmad Khan) (Dr. Tariq Hussain) Associate Profisd¥r! University of Assistant Professor(IER), University of the Education, Lahore Punjab, Lahore 7 (Dr. Muhathmad Suhail Shahzad) Special Secretary (Operation), Scanned with CamScanner