private schools

Parents facing tight finances have shifted children from private to government schools, forced them into child labour

Plot size in focus; private schools body rejects new standards

The total number of registered and unregistered private schools has reached 10,000 in the district

Parents say several schools charge miscellaneous fee in violation of government orders

Authorities earlier ordered to relocate 1,200 private educational institutions

RCB says buildings to be razed if not vacated

Ask PEIRA to take notice of violation of court order

Official says decisions by the authority are seldom implemented by the schools.

IHC rejects petition against a 20 percent reduction in private educational institutions’ fees

CJ cites Indian SC decision barring private schools from expelling students

Ghani says classes for grades 9 to 12 to continue with 50 per cent attendance

Protesting school owners demand institutes reopened from April 12

Mahmood says decision to be taken collectively by country’s health and education authorities

Agitated associations hold protest, demand reopening of institutes from April 12

Parents term safety of children first priority

SPFP warns of a country-wide strike if fee-related issues are not resolved before schools reopen

Tells officials to cancel registration of any edu institution reopening in defiance of govt

Will reopen institutes at all cost

Representatives say time coincides with annual schedule for end of summer vacations

Private schools body stages protest in Rawalpindi

Participants of webinar suggest public input to improve PEIRA efficiency

22,885 crimes reported in first six months of 2020, up from 19,183 during same period in 2019

APPSMA demands assistance to survive two-month long closure

Govt lawyer insists students cannot be expelled for failing to pay fees during lockdown

One body voices support for govt move, other calls on govt to take notice of their dire situation

Education dept suspends registration for two other private schools, highlight 'superiority complex'

Decision to reopen private schools to be taken after reviewing situation on October 31

Former Shahzad Town SDPO challenges inquiry against him

PSRA forms councils to ensure the provision of basic amenities to students

The crackdown was meant to prevent schools from extorting money from parents

Schools charge two to four times more money which is tantamount to robbery, says a circular

Many believe private schools have more discipline and better syllabus

Private school management authority chief urges parents to file complaints against schools

Parents could not even imagine such standards in public sector which private sector has set

Bench irked over use of contemptous language by private school administration in letter on SC decision to reduce fee

The government should empower the ministry of education to ensure that schools charge for what they offer

Sindh skips first ever meeting of National Curriculum Council

Court warns private schools against harassing parents and disallowing students from taking exams 

Decision to freeze accounts deferred till the final forensic audit

Top court's order applies to private schools charging more than Rs2,000 per month

They argue that fees will be paid once the revised structure is approved

SHC orders schools to return any additional fees collected after Sept 20, 2017

Directorate’s new chief says teachers on deputation to be sent back in phases

Ghani says SBCA issued notices by mistake

Chief justice offers to preside a session of the committee formed over the issue

Complaint states school was built illegally

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar asked private schools to submit their audit reports

NCHR told that most schools operate without appropriate facilities

Institutions offering O, A Level qualifications charging "exorbitant fees", CJP says

Private schools told to ‘defend themselves’