The Higher Guidelines Committee at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Council met and prepared a draft for restarting the “placement” process to fill vacant positions for teachers and employees of both the Ministries of Education and Higher Education, with the aim of sending it to the Council of Ministers.
Today, Tuesday 27 of October 2026, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Regional Government announced in a statement: A meeting of the Higher Guidelines Committee at the Ministry of Finance and Economy was held with the Public Service Council concerning the preparation of a draft guideline and the procedures required for the decision of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers No. (303), dated 16 of September 2026.
The statement said that this decision concerns restarting the (placement) process to fill the positions of teachers and employees who were employed under various forms of contracts against the staffing allocations of the Ministries of Education and Higher Education and Scientific Research, funded from the region’s domestic revenues, and whose service later ended due to retirement, death, resignation, or any other reason.
The Ministry of Finance also indicated that, following detailed and comprehensive discussions by the teams from both sides, a draft guideline for implementing the decision was prepared and signed, and is to be sent to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for approval, on the basis of ensuring equal opportunity and filling vacant positions with qualified individuals according to the specified conditions and criteria.
