Teachers serving at the educational institutions run by the FDE are facing denial of their basic right to move from one occupation to another through non-provision of DPC to apply for another job.
According to an official source, the employees of ministries, divisions and all other departments are allowed to apply for the posts announced by the FPSC.However in case of teachers, different restrictions are imposed on their career advancements which seems discrimination and to be harmful for the productivity of the workers. It is an undeniable fact that occupational mobility helps increase efficiency and productivity when employees move to occupations for which they are suited the best.
Qasim Raza Shah, a lecturer at Islamabad Model Postgraduate College H-8 who is the victim said that he was desirous to change his job and wanted to join office management group as section officer.