The Elementary and Secondary Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ordered all education boards to stop allowing students from unregistered private schools to take matric and intermediate exams.
These schools are not registered with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private Schools Regulatory Authority under the KP Private Schools Regulatory Authority Act, 2017.
Hundreds of Schools Identified
Officials have found 387 private high and higher secondary schools that are not registered but are still linked with education boards across the province, including the merged districts.
Even without proper registration, these schools have been sending their students to board examinations.
Board-wise Details
According to official data:
- 196 schools are linked with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar
- 100 schools with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Swat
- 47 schools with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Mardan
- 10 schools with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Malakand
- 4 schools with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Dera Ismail Khan
- 15 schools with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Abbottabad
- 12 schools with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Bannu
Strict Action Ordered
The education department has told all boards to:
- Cancel the affiliation of unregistered schools
- Not accept exam forms from their students
Under Section 21 of the KP-PSRA Act, 2017, no private school is allowed to operate without registration, even if it is linked with a board.
Registration Status
So far, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private Schools Regulatory Authority (KP-PSRA) has registered 11,587 private schools across the province.
Officials said formal action to cancel the affiliation of unregistered schools will begin after approval from the Chief Minister.
