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Private schools' registration law to be amended
LAHORE, March 14(Dawn): The Private Education Institutions Ordinance 1984 is
being amended to introduce a uniform policy for the registration of private
schools in Punjab.
"There are no rules and regulations at present for the
registration of private schools," Punjab Special Secretary Schools Zahid Saeed
told Dawn on Tuesday. According to him, a five-member committee constituted by
the education department recommends a private school for registration with the
department.
In the absence of any official criteria, Mr Saeed said, some
schools managed to influence the committee and obtain registration.
He
admitted that a number of private schools lacking proper infrastructure and
qualified teaching staff had been registered with the department.
"The
department is reviewing the ordinance and will prepare an amended draft to
address these problems," he added. He did not give any time frame for presenting
the amended draft in the provincial assembly for legislation but expressed the
hope that the entire process would be completed this year.
Mr Saeed said
about 30 to 40 per cent private schools in the province were not registered with
the education department and the new draft would also bring them into the
net.
To a query whether the board for intermediate and secondary
education only required registration with the education department for a
privately-managed school to grant affiliation, he said it was only one of the
prerequisites for the boards to follow.
He said the boards were in fact
against the practice of granting affiliation to those private institutions only
which were registered with the department.
On the other hand a Lahore
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education official, who earlier had claimed
in a statement that it awarded affiliation to only those institutions that were
registered with the education department, admitted that the board also followed
'certain other rules' for affiliation.
BISE secretary Haji Dogar told
this reporter that the board only gave affiliation to those institutions which
had adequate laboratory, library and graduate teaching staff, especially a
science teacher. A certificate was required for such institutions from the
health department.
"We grant them affiliation only for a year, which is
extended or terminated after review by a committee, comprising board's head,
secretary and branch officer," Dogar said, adding that only a handful private
institutions in the five districts under its jurisdiction had been awarded
permanent affiliation.
According to reports, some private institutions,
which had been awarded provisional affiliation by the board on the condition
that they would gradually make progress and provide maximum facilities to their
students, are getting the period extended without meeting their commitment.
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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