said that they could not raise the fee abruptly by Rs600-700 in the name of security. Therefore, the government should consider their genuine request, he added.
He dispelled the impression that the private schools have raised fee for security. “No school has increased the fee. I hope the government would understand our position and won’t press us for the unbearable burden,” he said.
The government on the other hand has expressed its commitment to fully implement the security advice.A high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Wednesday reiterated the government’s stand to link reopening of the schools on January 12 with the security clearance.
The chief minister told the meeting that they could not risk the lives of children and all the schools would have to get security clearance before reopening. Any school that reopens without the security clearance from local administration would not only be closed down, but also its principal would be arrested and its affiliation with board cancelled, he said.
The conditions of security clearance and no-objection certificate have created confusion among all the stakeholders. The process of security clearance is not that simple to be completed within three to four days.
Yawar Naseer said that the government had issued a security proforma to all the schools. The schools would have to arrange all the requirements to fill the proforma and submit its one copy each at the offices of district police and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education. The police and board representative would then verify the arrangements and issue clearance or otherwise, he said.
Asked would the whole process be possible before January 12, he said they would reopen the schools and the process would take its course.Minister for Education Mohammad Atif had also told The News that the schools’ managements would hold meetings with the local administration. If the administration is satisfied with the security situation, the schools would be reopened as per schedule on January 12.