Public interest petition: Court issues notices in right to education case

HYDERABAD:

As complaints against the private schools remain rampant, the Sindh High Court has taken up a case concerning implementation of the law which stipulates providing free education to children. The Hyderabad circuit bench on Tuesday issued notices for February 17 to the respondents in this public interest petition filed by advocate Kamran Hisbani.

Under the Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2013, private schools and colleges have to allocate at least 10 per cent of the seats for 'disadvantaged children.' "Private schools are supposed to maintain at least 10 per cent quota for children from low-income families," said Hisbani. The petitioner also raised the issue of facilities like sports grounds, parks, libraries and laboratories in government schools and colleges which he claimed were in a dilapidated state.  The respondents included the chief secretary of Sindh, secretaries of the education and local government, Hyderabad education and literacy department and the regional director of Hyderabad Private Schools.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 5^th, 2015.