Proposals sought about education regulatory system

Islamabad
The regulator for private schools and colleges in the federal capital, PEIRA, has sought suggestions from stakeholders on how to improve the current education regulatory system.
The development comes as representatives of the city’s privately-owned educational institutions have complained to PEIRA Chairman Omar Hameed that instead of being a facilitator, the authority is over-regulating them and that the existing regulatory system is inconveniencing not only them but students and their parents as well.
The city has over 1,000 private schools, which are overseen by the government-run PEIRA.
Through separate letters, PEIRA Chairman Omar Hameed asked principals and heads of all local privately-owned educational institutions to send him ideas and suggestions before February 20 on how to facilitate them better and develop a hassle-free regulatory system in accordance with PEIRA Act.
He said the authority’s role was both facilitation and regulation to ensure adequate transparency and proper discipline to enable private schools to impart quality education.
“As the PEIRA chief, it is my duty to enforce the PEIRA Act and ensure that the PEIRA regulatory system doesn’t overstep its statutory mandate and that I will fulfil it,” he said.
Omar Hameed said the PEIRA would address the reservations of private schools and other stakeholders about its regulatory system.
He also said the authority’s rules of business would be revisited in consultation with private schools and other stakeholders first to bring them in line with the PEIRA Act and second to remove unnecessary regulations.