KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has directed the officials concerned to ensure implementation of Sindh High Court’s (SHC) order regarding fee hike by private educational institutions and protect the rights of the parents and the students.
He said this while presiding over a meeting here on Thursday. Private Institutions Director General Dr Mansoob Hussain Siddiqui, Registrar Rafi Mallah and Assistant Director Akhlaq Ahmed also attended the meeting.
The minister said that the public sector teachers were not allowed to teach in private educational institutions and if they were found violating the rules, they would be taken to task. He also directed the officials concerned to hold awareness seminars and workshops on rules regarding private educational institutions in all big cities of the province.
“All schools, especially college administrations, should hire teaching staff as per criterion fixed by the government,” he said, adding that “we [government] acknowledge the role of the private sector in spreading education in the society but we couldn’t allow them to create problems for the parents and the students.”