The Punjab Education Department on Monday decided to set up Punjab Private Education Commission to streamline and regulate the affairs of private schools, colleges, academies, tuition centers and technical training centers etc. According to sources, Punjab Private Education Commission Act 2012 has already been forwarded to the Punjab Assembly for it approval. The act would be implemented once it is approved from the provincial assembly.
The commission would be consisting of 15 members. It would be authorised to classify private education institutions according to their registration fee and will fix teachers’ salaries in accordance with their qualification, fix number of students in accordance with the capacity of building of the institution, imposing fines up to Rs1 million in case of defying the act, bring to an end to the corporal punishment and to ensure participation of private students of 5th and 8th grades in annual board exams.
Moreover, under the act, a quota for deserving students would be increased in institutions and will be supported through an official fund, while students and teachers would also be provided more facilities to improve their curricular and extra-curricular activities.
The commission would be constituted involving representation of all stake-holders including the private institutions, the Education Department and the Education Ministry.
