The Punjab Free and

Compulsory Education
Bill 2013
School Education Department
16.01.2014
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Background
Article 25-A of the Constitution requires that the
state shall provide free and compulsory
education to all children of the age of five to
sixteen years.
Article 37 of the Constitution stipulates that the
State shall remove illiteracy and provide free and
compulsory secondary education.
The Bill after Preparation is with the Provincial
Cabinet for approval to be put up before
Provincial assembly.
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Definitions

capitation fee means any kind of donation or contribution or payment, by

whatever name, other than the fee notified by the Government or the local
authority;
free education implies that the Government or a local authority shall not
charge any fee or expense for providing education and shall endeavour to
remove financial barriers that may prevent a child from completing ten years
education;
school means an educational institution imparting elementary or secondary
education to the children and includes:
a school owned or controlled by the Government or a local authority;
a school receiving aid or grant to meet whole or part of its expenses from
the Government, Federal Government or a local authority;
an un-aided school not receiving any kind of aid or grant to meet its
expenses from the Government, Federal Government or a local authority;
a Deeni Madrassa or any school providing religious education recognized
by the Government;
screening procedure means the method of selection for admission of a child,
in preference to another, other than a random method;
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Salient Features

Right to Free & Compulsory Education

Every child shall have a right to Education
from Class-1 to Class10, Non-formal
education, vocational Education or both.
A child or parent shall not be liable to pay
any fee in public schools.
The Government shall provide suitable
education to a child suffering from
disability.
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Duties of the Govt.

To Provide free and compulsory Education to every Child

Duties of the Local Govt.

To Establish the Requisite No. of Schools and Ensure admission of each child

Concurrent Responsibilities of Govt. & Local Govt.

Provision of Required Funds

Duties of the Parents

Admission of Child in the school allocated

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Responsibilities of Private Schools

To provide free education according to grant in-aid

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Duties of Head Teacher and Teachers

The in-charge of the school shall ensure that a
child studying in the school is not subjected to
corporal punishment or harassment.
shall effectively carry out his functions and
enforced discipline.
Maintained the Regularity and Punctuality in
attending the school.
Complete the curriculum within time.
Assess the learning ability of every child .
Try for all round development of the Child.
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Duties of Head Teacher and Teachers

Build child knowledge potentiality and
talent
Adopted learning processes in child
friendly and child centre manners
Keep the child free of fear and anxiety
To hold regular meetings with the parents

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Responsibilities of The Govt. Related to the Teachers

To maintain the pupil teacher ratio within two

years.
To ensure that teachers vacancies are not more
than 10% within four months.
Introduce the system of reward to the teachers.
To prescribe the mandatory courses and training
for low performing teachers.
Teachers shall not be deployed for noneducational purposes except population censes
disaster relief and elections.
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Legal Liabilities
Parents without reasonable excuse will keep the child in
school.
Private schools shall admitted in class one and then in
each class up till class ten 10% children free.
School shall not require a parent to purchase Textbooks
Uniforms or other martial from a particular provider.
No Capitation fee by Private school and no screening test
by Public Schools.
School shall not expel a child from school without
reasons.
No corporal punishment to the students.
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Penalties
In case of Capitation fee 20 times the capitation fee
charge in the first instance and 50,000 rupees for each
subsequent contravention.
In case of putting child to screening test Rs. 50,000 in the
first instance and Rs. 1,00000 for each subsequent
contravention.
For other contravention, imprisonment of six month or
fine up to Rs. 50,000 or both.

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Objectives of the School Education

Sector Plan

Provide a systemic overview

Identify gaps

Strategies for improvement

Determine resource requirement

Harmonize and align donor support

Synergize reforms within the framework of the

Roadmap to

Optimize returns on investment

Improve efficiency and sustainability

Guiding Principles for

PSESP
It is guided by the Chief Ministers School Reforms Road
Map (Govt.of Punjab year 2011), which has identified
the following initiatives:
100 % enrolment of all children of school-going age
100 % retention of all enrolled students up to the age
of 16
Free, compulsory and internationally competitive
education for all
Merit-based recruitment and management of staf
Targets for officers and ranking of districts on targets
Transparent selection of officers and their retention
linked with targets; and
Incentives for good performance

Strategic Framework for

PSESP
PSESP development has been guided by the:
National Education Policy 2009
Millennium Development Goals
Punjab Education Sector Reforms Programme
Article 25-A (18th Constitutional Amendment)
Chief Ministers School Reforms Road Map (Govt. of
Punjab year 2011)

and focusing on:

Difering roles of various service delivery modes-public:
private etc.
Balancing quality, relevance, access, equity and
governance

Challenges
Current

Target

NER Primary

70

100

NER Middle

37

100

NER Secondary

25

100

Survival Rate
Primary

57

100

Survival Rate
Middle

86

100

Survival Rate
Secondary

59

100

Transition Rate
Katchi to Primary

62

100

Transition Rate
Primary to Middle

91

100

106

100

Transition Rate
Middle to
Secondary

Access
(NFE)
Quality

Equity

Indicator

ECE

Source: EMIS 2011and PSLM

2011

Costing

Estimates of Out of School population based on:

Population Projections of National Institute of Population
Studies (NIPS)
NER trend from PSLMs
Ratios: Classroom 1:50; Teachers 1:50, 3:50 and 4:50 for
primary, middle and secondary
Use of official Unit costs
Estimates for public sector and PPP approach
Costing of the 5 year plan is an estimate
Financing component will be reviewed on an ongoing basis
It is a cyclical process- a few additional costs will emerge
from implementation itself

Enrolment Shares in Private, PPP

and Public
Level

Primary

Middle

Seconda
ry

Categ
ory

Base
Year
201112
%ages

Planned Years

Public

56%

57%

58%

59%

60%

61%

PPP

11%

15%

18%

23%

25%

28%

Private 33%

28%

24%

18%

15%

11%

Enrol:

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Public

60%

64%

66%

68%

70%

72%

PPP

07%

09%

11%

13%

15%

17%

Private 31%

27%

23%

19%

13%

11%

Enrol:

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Public

67%

67%

75%

77%

79%

80%

PPP

04%

04%

06%

09%

11%

13%

Y1

Y2

Y3

Y4

Y5

Estimated Additional Costing for Sector

Plan (2013-18)
Components
Year
Recurrent
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Cost
(in Rs. Million)

2016-17

2017-18

Est. Routine
Budget

393.01
bn

496.22
bn

Teacher Salary 18020.3 24187.7 30262.18

4
5

37894.42

46683.80

PEC
(additional
assessment
cost)

624.71

695.79

920.02

942.55

975.69

Textbooks
(additional
enrollment)

102.92

210.31

193.24

124.65

130.21

Teachers

407.3

949.07

986.94

641.15

618.19

205.15
bn

245.07
bn

308.06
bn

Estimated Additional Costing for Sector

Plan (2013-18)
Components
Development Cost
(in Rs. Million)

Year
2013-14 2014-15

2015-16

2016-17 2017-18

New Schools/ Up
gradation

0.00

8,500.00 14,535.0
0

14,535.
00

9,690.00

Additional
Classroom

1,767.8
2

1,824.92 1,824.92

1,824.9
2

1,824.92

Quality (Develop
Standards,
Assessment
Tools/Reforms,
Teacher Learning
Development)

1,179.4
7

1,105.62 0.00

0.00

0.00

Relevance (Tracer
Study, Review of

32.88

5,63

0.00

0.00

0.00

Estimated Additional Costing for Sector

Plan (2013-18)
Components
Development Cost
(in Rs. Million)

Year
2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

Governance (HRM,
Performance Appraisal
System, Recruitment
Process, Capacity
Development Plan CD)

63.25

1.50

0.00

0.00

0.00

Improved
Management
(Recruitment Policy,
CD plan developed,
Training Needs
Assessment tools)

23.50

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Monitoring &
Evaluation

48.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

THANKS

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