However, a week after Dr Siddiqui notified the suspension of Lyceum’s registration, prospective and incoming students find their queries to the school unanswered. The school has yet to reach out to them or to respond to their concerns regarding their future at the school. According to Jamil, if there are 40 million students enrolled in schools then an estimated 14m of them are studying in the private sector. “Hardly any support was given to [the] private sector, which is why many schools had to shut down,” she said. When asked what measures would then be appropriate when a private school violates the rules and regulations, Jamil conceded that the private institutions were at fault as well.

Source: The Express Tribune March 27, 2021 04:17 UTC