He said Punjab Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Act 1976 empowered the boards to fix minimum age limit for students. He said a committee comprising chairmen of nine education boards in the province made decision about setting the minimum age limit. C rules in favour of retired employeesCJP Nisar observed that it appeared that boards had their monopoly in education. Defending the policy, the board’s counsel pointed out that minimum age limit policy for students had been implemented all over the world. The judges observed that they were not willing to authorize the education boards to restrict students from appearing in class nine’s examinations on the basis of age.

Source: The Express Tribune December 22, 2017 20:26 UTC