PESHAWAR
A representative delegation of private educational institutions organization ‘Private Education Network (PEN)’ called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Newly Merged Districts Affairs, Industries, Commerce and Technical Education, Dr Aamer Abdullah here at his office in Civil Secretariat Peshawar and discussed with him some issues faced by the private educational institutions and sought their possible cooperation in this regard.
The delegation was comprised by Vice Presidents of the organization and members of the Private Schools Regulatory Authority Fazlullah Daudzai and Syed Anas Takreem Kakakhel, other office bearers of the organization from Nowshera district Qazi Fazal Hakeem, Rashid Maqbool and Noorshad.
Special Secretary Elementary and Secondary Education Department, Samar Gul, Managing Director Private Schools Regulatory Authority Tanzila Sabahat and other relevant officials of the Education Department were also present on the occasion.
The delegation apprised the caretaker minister about certain issues being faced by private institutions pertaining to education boards and various other matters related to the department regarding private schools.
On this occasion, the caretaker minister directed the concerned officials of the education department that private educational institutions are serving the society in providing education and the department should take possible steps to solve their real problems.
He said that the Private Schools Regulatory Authority should facilitate in procedure of various taxes for private educational institutions while PSRA should call the committee meeting for resolving the issue of fee grading mechanism for private schools.
He directed the concerned authorities to take steps for bringing equal the examination registration fees of the students of public and private institutions through various boards, while the department should issue orders to the boards to organize the elections of the board of governors and instructed to take action in case of violation of such instructions of the department.
The caretaker minister directed that the education department in its policy regarding examination halls should provide ease to the students to avoid inconvenience while the matter of alleged ban on inter-board migration should also be solved possibly.
The caretaker minister, however, did not agree with the demand that private schools should be exempted from the minimum wage law. He urged the delegation to fully comply with the law in this matter.
