Staff Reporter
Chairperson Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) Ms Zia Batool vowed to streamline registration process and redress specific issues of private sector schools.
In an exclusive talk with media, she said PEIRA would work for ensuring a vibrant educational system after redressing specific issues that surfaced due to poor management and negligence in the previous years.
The chairperson PEIRA affirmed that the specific issues were being faced by the private sector schools and assured that these would be resolved on priority basis.
She said the PEIRA, in collaboration with the private schools associations, would strive for invigorating the educational system, besides ensuring the quality education at its schools.
She said multiple initiatives including online registration/renewal system, time-bound SoPs for inspection/registration, establishment of resource center, need-based scholarships for students of private schools, consultation with stakeholders for uplifting education standards of private sectors, were underway.
The chairperson PEIRA emphasized that consultative meetings with stakeholders were also the one of major activity in order to resolve pending issues of private schools/colleges.
Zia Batool informed that private schools and ICT parents associations highlighted their issues including the registration, re-validation of registration, inspection of schools, qualification of teachers, issue of No-Objection Certificate (NOC), legal matters and the issues of examination of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE).
