Raas said eTransfer system was a transformative initiative to tackle process inefficiencies associated with the outdated, overburdened, and unsustainable traditional mechanisms that were delay-prone, and highly dependent on officials.
Addressing a news briefing at Arfa Software Technology Park, he said the response to the eTransfer system had been overwhelming. A total of 32,231 applicants applied for within-district transfers this year, contesting for 20,162 posts.
He said the School Education Department had just completed the within-district phase of teacher transfers 2019 and teachers will receive a copy of their transfer orders on their mobile phones.
The eTransfer system developed in collaboration with the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) also has built-in checks that encourage teachers to apply for posts where there are teacher shortages, and inhibits transfers to public schools that have surplus teachers – based on student-teacher ratios. Teachers have online access to individual transfer applications, score calculation formula, wait-lists, sanctioned posts at each school, as well as designation/post-based transfer eligibility.