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The provincial government has ordered all district education authorities’ (DEAs) chief executive officers (CEOs) to re-verify public school enrollment data for the year 2017-18.
They were ordered to dispatch the information to the Punjab School Education Department (SED) “to avoid embarrassment” for the government.
In a letter issued to all DEA CEOs, the SED referred to a similar letter by the Punjab Chief Minister’s Monitoring Force of the School Education Department. “The government wants to re-verify enrolment figures to avoid embarrassment during a meeting at a higher forum.”
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The data is part of the Punjab government’s Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE) campaigns.
“In light of the above, you (CEOs) are directed to provide fresh enrolment data of your district from Kachi to Class 5 (K-5) between the period between April 1, 2017 and May 5, 2017 (First Phase). The letter required the CEOs to furnish the information to the office by June 17, 2017.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 17th, 2017.
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