Govt body meets with PEN to resolve issues of private schools.

PESHAWAR -- The special committee of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government chaired by Minister for Education Akbar Ayub Khan Wednesday held a meeting with Private Education Network (PEN) to resolve the issues of private schools in the wake of COVID-19 situation.

The first committee meeting was held on special directives of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan to formulate future strategies.

The members of PEN said the private schools have been affected due to Corona situation and shared views over attendance of school teachers and administration staff, tax exemptions for schools and grant of soft loan for private schools.

The government body included Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Excise and Taxation Ghazan Jamal, Secretary Education Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Managing Director Private Schools Regulatory Authority Tashfeen Haider while the PEN members included President Private Schools Education Network Saleem Khan, Fazlullah Daudzai, Anas Takrim and other officials.

The members of the committee agreed to allow 10 percent of the total teaching staff for online classes and other ten employees of the administration staff to attend the schools so that the school affairs could be run smoothly and also prevent wastage of precious time of students.

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