NA body on Education meets
By Bushra Rafique

ISLAMABAD—National Assembly Standing Committee on Education has decided to table privilege motion in next session of National Assembly against Punjab Government and Governor Punjab Khalid Maqboolfor not providing details regarding corruption charges on Vice
Chancellor of Islamia University.
The committee, which met here at Parliament house on Saturday under the chairmanship of Begum Tehmina Dasti Member National Assembly to discuss the Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions Regulation and Promotion ordinance 2006 also decided to table report in National Assembly for non cooperation of Punjab Government and GovernorPunjab with committee.
The committee would table the detail report regarding involvement ofVice Chancellor of Islamia University in corruption in next session of the National Assembly.
Committee members expressed annoyance over non-cooperation of Punjab Government and Governor Punjab Khalid Maqbool with committee in corruption case of Vice Chancellor Islamia University, as several letters has been sent to Punjab Government in this regard.
The committee members recommended the Speaker National AssemblyChaudhry Amir Hussain to not give such type of case, which is related to provinces. During the meeting, various suggestion were given by the members to modify the proposed Regulation and Promotion ordinance 2006 as it is a sensitive matter and could bring changes in the private educational institutes of Islamabad.
Following the suggestion of committee members, Chairperson of the committee Begum Tehmina Dasti decided to discuss the bill in next committee meeting. State Education Minister Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli while expressing herviews on the bill said that the basic reason behind the bill to register all the educational institutes in Federal capital. According to bill, same standard would be set for all the privateeducational institutions, whereas the authority, which is regulating the private educational institutes, would have no right to fix the fees, she added.
Earlier, Chairman Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education(FBISE) Muhammad Sharif Shamashad briefed the committee in detail about the pros and cons of the bill. He informed that almost 1,11,000 students are studying in 643 private schools in Federal Capital and the motive behind moving the bill was to streamline the existing private schools of Federal Capital.
He said that Government is sincerely working to improve the infrastructure and educational system of the government school.