1. Promotion Meaning-Promotion is advancement of an employee to a better job-better in terms of greater responsibility, more prestige or status, greater skill and especially increased rate of pay or salary

2. Basis Of Promotion Basis of promotion MeritSeniority Seniority cum merit Merit cum seniority

3. Prairie View A&M University Prairie View A&M University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as a comprehensive public institution of higher education authorized to award Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees, and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. It is a land-grant university authorized under the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The main campus is located in Waller County approximately 40 miles northwest of Houston and one mile north of US Highway 290 on Farm Road 1098. The College of Nursing facility is located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston.Morrill Acts of 18621890 The University offers a broad range of academic programs through the following administrative units: The College of Agriculture and Human Sciences The School of Architecture The College of Business The Roy G. Perry College of Engineering The College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology The College of Nursing The Graduate School The Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences Whitlowe R. Green College of Education Though the University’s service area has generally extended throughout Texas and the world, the University’s target service area includes the Texas Gulf Coast Region, i.e., Waller, Harris, Montgomery, Washington, Grimes, Fort Bend, Galveston, Jefferson, Chambers, Liberty, Colorado, Wharton, Brazoria, and Austin Counties; the rapidly growing residential and commercial area known as the Northwest Houston Corridor as noted in the original Texas Plan; and urban Texas centers likely to benefit from Prairie View A&M University’s specialized programs and services in juvenile justice, architecture, teacher education, social work, and the food, agricultural and natural resource sciences. Prairie View A&M University is authorized to offer a number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs at distant sites.

4. Promotion method adopted- 1. Definition Appointment to a position requiring higher qualifications such as greater skill or longer experience and involving a higher level of responsibility, a higher rate of pay, and a title change is considered a promotion and will be classified as such in all personnel documents. Promotion will be made without regard to the race, color, sex, religion, age, ethnic origin, or disability of the employee. 2. Eligibility To be eligible for promotion, an employee must be employed with the University for a minimum of six months. 3. Procedures 3.1. All job openings will be posted in the Department of Human Resources. 3.2. Employees who desire to apply for a particular job must complete an Application for Employment within 10 business days of the initial posting. Additionally, Supervisors and Department Heads can recommend employees as candidates for promotion. 3.3. Qualified candidates will be interviewed by the head of the department in which the job opening occurs. Employees applying or being considered for promotion will be allowed time off for job interviews related to promotion. 3.4. The head of the employing department is responsible to select the most qualified applicant or the position. In evaluating current employees for promotion, the following factors will be considered: a. Attendance and work records b. Performance evaluations c. Letters of recommendation form former supervisors 3.5. Employees selected for promotion may be placed on probation for a period not to exceed three months.

5. Therefore the basis of promotion adopted in this university is- SENIORITY cum MERIT. The reasons are- Minimum time requirements of 6 months are fixed. Best among the qualified is selected.