DLP Report
PESHAWAR
Provincial minister for elementary and secondary education Faisal Khan Tarakai has unveiled a comprehensive plan to improve the quality of education across the province by enhancing the role of school leaders.
During a meeting of the Education Monitoring Authority (EMA), Tarakai revealed that school leaders will soon be trained in educational quality monitoring as part of a newly designed training course, said a handout.
The training program will ensure that school leaders are well-equipped to maintain high standards of education and are held accountable through a rigorous monitoring system.
The school leaders will be tracked daily via a mobile app, which will provide detailed information about their school visits and activities.
In a significant policy shift, the minister announced that school leaders will now be directly supervised by the EMA.
Under this new structure, school leaders will be re-designated as Education Quality Management Administrators (EQMA).
The primary responsibility of the EQMAs will be to improve the educational quality at their schools and ensure that their leadership is aligned with modern educational requirements.
The Minister emphasized that a range of mobile apps will be developed for real-time monitoring, helping streamline the evaluation process. He also proposed the creation of a specialized quality monitoring wing within the EMA to focus specifically on the performance of school leaders.
During the meeting, Secretary of Education Masood Ahmed, Director General of the Education Monitoring Authority Sohail Khan, and other senior officials were present. Director General Sohail Khan briefed the Minister on the syllabus for school leaders and the measures being taken to modernize their training, including the development of mobile apps and other resources. Minister Tarakai further instructed the EMA to select trainers from top private educational institutions to conduct the training.
He also urged that selected master trainers from the Department of Primary and Secondary Education (DPD) should be involved in the process. The training will be designed to ensure that school leaders are equipped to foster an environment of continuous improvement in education quality.
Additionally, the Minister directed that proposals for IT equipment, mobile phones, and allowances for the new Education Quality Management Administrators be submitted promptly. He emphasized that all preparations must be completed before the start of the new academic session to ensure that quality monitoring can begin in tandem with the upcoming teaching and learning cycle.
These initiatives are part of the provincial government’s broader efforts to modernize education and improve student outcomes across the region.
