Rallying for Rules: Parents Versus Private Schools

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About the Book

This book highlights the flaws of one of the most important aspects of education regulatory system that deals with private schools and their ever increasing fee. This topic has stayed under deliberation of the esteemed courts for more than three years now but it seems that the government has left education like any other commodity to the ebb and flow of the market forces of supply and demand. The elites related to this sacred profession, due to their business concerns, also seem to influence the decision making and even the policy formulation at different levels for their benefit.

This book is an account of parents’ struggle against the private schools for their exorbitant fee hike. It contains all the relevant material concerning the rights of parents and laws safeguarding these rights. At one level, it records the struggle including all the milestones, rules, regulations, judgments and correspondence with school managements while on the other hand, it outlines the step by step process which involved perseverance and constant follow up.

The book is sequenced in such a way that the reader may use it as a guide to draft their respective letters, complaints and grievances as and when required. The intention is to empower and equip the readers with proper tools to continue the fight for their rights.

About the Editor

Rehan Ali holds an MBA degree and possesses diversified professional experience in business, public relations, advertising, developmental communications and primary market research. A keen sense of responsibility has always played a major role in the author’s life which translates into active social and political activism. The author has previously contributed to Dawn Magazine and Express Tribune Blog. He is also an associate of Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad.