Islamabad: Pakistan has registered nearly 5,000 madrassas (religious schools) across the country as part of the government’s reform plan for the mainstreaming of more than 35,000 madrassas.
Pakistan government commenced the formal registration after the formation of the Directorate General of Religious Education (DGRE) in December 2019 to bring madrassas under the formal education structure. The directorate has 16 regional offices set up to register the seminaries.
Rafique Tahir, the head of DGRE, confirmed that 5,000 madrassas have been formally registered, and another 5,000 would be documented by the end of this year. The process of registration was going well and there was no resistance, he said.
Private schools in the capital, due to weak regulatory check, continue to charge full fee even when schools are closed during the pandemic. File
ISLAMABAD: Private schools in the capital, due to weak regulatory check, continue to charge full fee even when schools are closed during the pandemic. However, the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira) is unmoved to protect the rights of parents.
Last year, Peira had notified a 20pc fee reduction for schools charging more than Rs5,000 per month. Later, another notification for fee reduction was issued to be effective till the opening of schools on Sept 15. But when schools were reopened and then closed again, Peira issued no new notification, meaning from Sept 15 last year parents have been paying full fee.
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The federal government, on Tuesday, announced more stringent measures to turn the tide of the third wave of Covid-19, postponing all exams till June 15, and banning tourism, closing shopping malls and parks, and shutting down inter-city as well as inter-provincial transport over the Eidul Fitr holidays next month.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of the education and health ministers at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) which serves as the nerve centre of the government’s unified effort against the pandemic.
Exams put off till June 15
Exams across the country postponed till June 15
Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood addressing a presser following a meeting of NCOC in Islamabad on March 24, 2021. SCREENGRAB
The federal government has announced more stringent measures to turn the tide of the third wave of Covid-19, postponing all exams till June 15, and banning tourism, closing shopping malls and parks, and shutting down inter-city as well as inter-provincial transport over the Eidul Fitr holidays next month.
The decisions were taken a meeting of the education and health ministers at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) which serves as the nerve centre of the government’s unified effort against the pandemic.