Tag: Private schools

Protest continues: capital yet to find its way to normalcy

-All educational institutes to remain closed today ISLAMABAD: The protests by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers against the acquittal of wrongly accused Christian blasphemy convict Aasiya...

SC committee recommends increasing education budget from 2.2pc to 4pc             

ISLAMABAD: An apex court committee on education reforms on Tuesday recommended increasing the education sector budget from 2.2 per cent of the Gross Domestic...

SC bench to hear case against fee hike by private schools

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Sunday forwarded the case of inordinate fees charged by private schools to a three-member bench of...

CM takes notice of action against street vendors in anti-encroachment operation

--Sardar Usman Buzdar orders constitution of taskforce to review matters of private hospitals LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Friday took notice of action against...

Resolution in PA seeks enrollment of lawmakers’ children to govt institutions

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker in Punjab Assembly Rabia Nusrat on Thursday submitted a resolution seeking the enrollment of children of all parliamentarians and...

Sindhi to be made compulsory in all private schools across province

Sindh’s Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah and School Education Secretary Qazi Shahid Pervaiz directed the private schools to hire teachers who can teach...

Sindhi declared compulsory subject in all provincial private schools

KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah on Monday declared Sindhi as a compulsory subject in all private schools of the province and an...

Punjab govt challenges LHC verdict in private schools’ fee hike case

LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday admitted an appeal, filed by the Punjab government, against the Lahore High Court’s verdict in private schools’...

KP private schools increase fee illegally

In violation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Regulatory Authority Act, private schools have allegedly increased the monthly fee, according to parents of the students, reported...

Private schools likely to snub SHC ruling on tuition fee

KARACHI: Private schools have refused to abide by a Sindh High Court (SHC) ruling to not increase monthly tuition fee, media reports said on...

Private schools asked to return extra fee

-- Sindh education dept says registration will be cancelled of those schools that will not comply with the order KARACHI: Sindh High Court has made...

NCHR takes notice of exorbitant private schools fees

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Monday took notice of the pressing matter of high fees being charged by many private...

Parents plan countrywide protest against private schools

PAC chairman Kashif Ismael says schools harassing children over fee issue LAHORE: Though the state is obligated to provide free education to all children in...

Parents protest outrageous private school fees

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of parents staged a protest demonstration on Sunday against owners of private school for charging outrageous school fees and appealed to the...

SHC bars private schools from raising tuition fee by more than...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed private schools to not increase tuition fee by more than five per cent. The verdict was...

IHC allows Islamabad’s private schools to collect summer vacations’ fee

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday ruled in favour of private schools in the capital and allowed them to collect summer vacations fee...

12 more private schools sealed by CDA, raising total to 51

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) sealed 12 more schools in the capital's Sector F-7 raising the total number of sealed schools to 51. CDA Director...