LAHORE - Education Department has promoted 1,846 Lecturers, Assistant Professors and Associate Professors to next grade whereas 402 pension cases were disposed of during 2010. According to the spokesman of Education Department, 1,209 Lecturers were promoted to Assistant Professors, 553 Assistant Professors to Associate Professors and 84 Associate Professors were promoted to the post of Professor in 2010. He further informed that 646 male lecturers and 563 female lecturers were promoted from grade 17 to 18. Similarly, 306 male Assistant Professors and 247 female Assistant Professors were promoted from grade 18 to 19, while 39 male Associate Professors and 45 female Associate Professors were promoted from grade 19 to the post of Professor in grade 20.