Sindh Education Department Raises Age Limit for New Hires to 30

The Sindh Education Department announced that the government has raised the upper age limit for new hires in select positions from 28 to 30 years.

The age limit adjustment specifically benefits those applying for roles as monitoring officers and early childhood teachers. An official notification has been issued to cement this update, which supports the ongoing recruitment drives for these positions.

The age cap has changed from 28 years to a revised limit of 30 years for candidates. This decision has retracted the former allowance of 43 years.

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In the past, the Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the Sindh High Court, invalidating a 2020 directive from the Sindh government that permitted an age relaxation of up to 15 years for government job seekers. The ruling specified that departmental secretaries could grant age relaxations of up to two years, while the chief secretary could extend it to five years. Still, any larger extensions would require clear justification and strict adherence to legal standards.

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