ISLAMABAD: The federal government has granted powers to School Monitoring Committees (SMCs) constituted to monitor the performance of schools in the federal capital.
A private bill was presented in the National Assembly (NA) with a recommendation to grant additional powers to SMCs to enhance and improve the performance of schools. The merit-based admission process at every grade and shifts were among the prime recommendations proposed by the School Monitoring Committees.
The draft of the said bill was presented in the NA under the name of “Free and Compulsory Education Act 2017”.
Parliamentarians Dr Fozia Hameed, Mehboob Alam, Iqbal Hamad Ali Khan, Sajid Ahmed and Sheikh Salahuddin presented the bill.
