Islamabad Capital Tritory Private Education Institution (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2013

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THE ISLAMABAD CAPITAL TERRITORY PRIVATE 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (REGISTRATION AND 
REGULATION) ACT, 2013 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement 
2.  Definitions 
3.  Establishment of the Authority 
4.  Aims and objectives of Authority 
5.  Functions and power of the Authority 
6.  Composition of the Authority 
7.  Appointment, functions and powers of Chairman 
8.  Maintenance of accounts and audit 
9.  Funds 
10.  Staff’s pay and allowances 
11.  Directions from Government 
12.  Establishment or continuance of an institution 
13.  Application for registration of an institution 
14.  Inquiry and recommendation about the application 
15.  Monitoring, inspection, etc. 
16.  Cancellation or suspension of certificate of registration 
 
 
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17.  Appeal 
18.  Annual reports 
19.  Penalty 
20.  Cognizance of offence 
21.  Indemnity 
22.  Power to make rules 
23.  Power to make regulation 
24.  Removal of difficulties 
 
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THE ISLAMABAD CAPITAL TERRITORY PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS (REGISTRATION AND REGULATION) ACT, 2013 
 
ACT NO. XI OF 2013 
[16th March, 2013] 
An Act to provide for the registration, regulation and functioning of private educational 
institutions in Islamabad Capital Territory 
WHEREAS, it is expedient to regulate the functioning of private educational institutions 
in the Islamabad Capital territory and to provide for the registration of such institutions ensuring 
adequate transparency and proper discipline and for matters connected therewith or incidental 
thereto; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:⸺ 
  1. Short title, extent and commencement.⸺(1) This Act may be called the Islamabad 
Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2013. 
  (2) It extends to the whole of the Islamabad Capital Territory. 
  (3) It shall come into force at once. 
 2. Definitions.⸺In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or 
context,⸺ 
(a) “Authority” means the Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational 
Institutions Regulatory Authority (ICT-PEIRA) established under section 
3; 
(b) “Board” means the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary 
Education, Islamabad; 
   (c) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority; 
(d) “college” means a privately managed college imparting education for 
intermediate or higher secondary education or equivalent; 
   (e) “Government” means the Federal Government; 
(f) “institution” means a privately managed school, college, tuitions centre or 
an institution imparting education upto intermediate or higher secondary 
school level or equivalent; 
   (g) “member” means the member of the Authority; 
   (h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act; 
(i) “privately managed” means an institution which is not owned or managed 
 
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by a Government, a local body or a body set up or controlled by the 
Government; and 
(j) “school” means a privately managed school or tuition centre imparting 
education at pre-primary level including day-care centre and from pre- 
primary level to secondary education level or equivalent. 
 3. Establishment of the Authority.⸺(1) There shall be established an Authority to be 
known as the Islamabad Capital Territory Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority 
(ICT-PEIRA). 
  (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common 
seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act to enter into contracts, acquire and hold 
property, both movable and immovable, and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 
  4. Aims and objectives of Authority.⸺The aims and objectives of the Authority shall 
be to register and regulate privately managed educational institutions in the Islamabad Capital 
Territory to ensure that such institutions follow a uniform policy that includes,⸺ 
   (a) curricula according to Federal scheme of studies; 
   (b) duration of academic session and holidays or vacations; 
(c) determination and fixation of rate of fee being charged by the institutions, 
qualifications of teaching staff, their terms and conditions of service 
including salaries and mode of payment of their salaries; 
(d) promotion of curricular and co-curricular activities on inter-institutional 
basis; 
(e) achievement of fair measure of uniformity of academic standards and 
evaluation among the institutions; 
   (f) capacity building of teachers; and 
(g) performance of such other functions as may be incidental or conducive, to 
the attainment of the aforementioned objectives. 
 5. Functions and power of the Authority.⸺(1) the functions and powers of the 
Authority shall be,⸺ 
(a) to regulate, determine and administer all matters and do all such acts and 
things as are necessary for the achieving of aims and objectives of this Act; 
(b) to register and regulate, private educational institutions in Islamabad 
Capital Territory including fixation of grade-wise rate of admission fee, 
security fee, monthly tuition fee and other fees being charged by private 
educational institutions; 
(c) to cause inspections to be made by such persons as the Authority may 
 
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nominate of institutions applying for registration or of registered 
institutions; 
(d) to withdraw registration if it is satisfied after the inspection that the 
management and instructions in an institution are not of Prescribed 
standard and are in violation of the provisions of this Act; 
(e) to check qualifications of teaching staff and their terms and conditions of 
service; 
(f) to fix, demand and receive such fee for registration and inspection of the 
institution as may be prescribed; 
(g) to adopt measures to promote physical and moral well-being of students 
including sports facilities; 
(h) to ensure that the services, quality of education being provided and salary 
paid to the teachers commensurate with the fee being charged; 
(i) to ensure that the building of the institution is adequate and its structure is 
sound to house the students; 
   (j) to arrange for the annual audit of the accounts of the Authority; 
(k) to execute any other important matter concerning its functions as may be 
incidental or conducive to the exercise of aforesaid powers and 
performance of functions; and 
   (l) to make rules, regulations and policy and to execute the same; and 
(m) to prescribe fines to be imposed for, violation of any of the provisions 
conferred upon the Authority under this section. 
  (2) The Authority shall perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the 
Government including the appointment of staff and determination of their terms and conditions 
of service for proper execution of the functions assigned to the Authority under this Act. 
  (3) In discharge of its functions the Authority shall be guided on questions of policy given 
to it from time to time by the Government. 
  (4) All the law enforcement agencies shall come in aid of the Authority in exercise of its 
powers and performance of its functions. 
 6. Composition of the Authority.⸺The Authority shall consist of a Chairman, two 
Members possessing qualifications and experience as may be prescribed: 
 Provided that the Government may at any time increase the number of members and by 
notification in the official Gazette, prescribed the qualifications and mode of their appointment. 
  
 
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 7. Appointment, functions and powers of Chairman.⸺(1) The Chairman and the 
members shall be appointed by the Government on such terms and conditions as it may 
determine. 
  (2) The Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the Authority, who shall ensure 
the observance of the provisions of this Act and the rules, regulations and policy made there 
under. 
  (3) The Chairman shall take all possible steps to ensure that the funds of the Authority are 
spent judiciously and properly. 
 8.  Maintenance of accounts and audit.⸺The Authority shall maintain complete 
accounts of income and expenditure in such manner and form as the Government, in consultation 
with the Controller General of Accounts, may determine. The accounts shall be audited by the 
Auditor General of Pakistan annually. 
 9.  Funds.⸺(1) The Authority shall be a self-financing body. In addition to this, the 
Government shall allocate annual grant which shall be at the disposal of the Authority, to meet 
all the expenses including pay and allowances of the staff. 
  (2) The Authority shall have a Fund to which shall be credited all income including 
income from inspection fee, registration fee, security fee, fine, other sources and annual grant 
from the Government, and account therefore shall be maintained in a scheduled bank. 
 10. Staff’s pay and allowances.⸺(1) The pay and allowances of the staff shall be such 
as are in force in the Board or other similar regulatory authorities of the Government. 
  (2) The Authority may appoint such staff as may be prescribed under rules for carrying 
out its functions. 
 11. Directions from Government.⸺The general direction and administration of the 
affairs of the Authority shall vest in the Chairman and members. The Government shall be the 
sole judge as to whether a question is a question of policy and may, as and when it considers 
necessary, issue directives to the Authority on matters of policy and the same shall be binding on 
the Authority. 
 12. Establishment or continuance of an institution.⸺No institution shall be established 
or continued except in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
 13. Application for registration of an institution.⸺(1) Any person intending to 
establish or continue any existing institution shall make an application to the Authority in the 
prescribed form accompanied by such documents and fee as may be prescribed. 
  (2) An existing institution may continue to function for a period not exceeding ninety 
days from the commencement of this Act and where an application is made under subsection (1) 
until the application is rejected or if any appeal is preferred until the decision of the appeal. 
  (3) Every institution or its branches running under the same management or name at 
different premises shall be registered separately. 
 
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  (4) Affiliation of a private educational institution with the Board or any foreign board or 
any other examining body shall be subject to registration with the Authority. 
 14. Inquiry and recommendation about the application.⸺(1) The Authority may, on 
the receipt of an application under section 13 constitute an Inspection Committee to make 
inquiry about such matters as may be prescribed. 
  (2) The Inspection Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Authority within 
thirty days of the receipt of the application by it under sub-section (1). 
  (3) The Authority shall, after considering the report of the Inspection Committee and after 
making such further inquiry, as it considers necessary, either grant or reject the application. 
  (4) The Authority shall record reasons for granting or rejecting the application: 
 Provided that no order of refusal shall be made without giving the person concerned an 
opportunity of being heard. 
15. Monitoring, inspection, etc.__(1) An institution shall be subject to monitoring by the 
Authority and for this purpose the Government or any officer or authority authorized by it may 
inspect any institution with a view to ensuring that such an institution is maintained in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act, the rules and the terms and conditions of the 
certificate of registration and the management of the institution shall afford all facilities for 
carrying out a proper inspection.   
 
16. Cancellation or suspension of certificate of registration.__(1) Where the Authority, on 
receipt of a complaint or otherwise, after making such inquiry or inspection as deemed fit, is satisfied 
that there is a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act, the rules or terms or condition of the 
certificate of registration or any order passed or instruction issued by the Authority, it may after 
giving an opportunity to the person concerned of being heard, suspend or cancel the certificate of 
registration: 
 
Provided that where the default can be remedied no order shall be made unless an opportunity 
is provided to the person concerned to rectify such default within the specified period. 
 
(2) On the cancellation or suspension of the certificate of registration, the Authority may 
make such orders and take such action with respect to the completion of the current education 
term as may be considered necessary. 
  (3) On the cancellation of the certificate of registration under this section, the institution 
shall be closed down by the Authority. 
17. Appeal.⸺Where the Authority rejects an application for registration or suspends or 
cancels the certificate of registration the aggrieved person may, within thirty days from the date 
of the order of the Authority, prefer an appeal to the Secretary, Ministry of Capital 
Administration and Development and the order passed by him shall be final and given effect to 
by the Authority.  
 18. Annual reports.⸺(1) The institutions shall furnish to the Authority each year a 
report on annual audit accounts report on the activity of the institution during the preceding year 
 
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and such information relating to its activities as may be required by the Authority. 
  (2) The Authority may, from time to time, give such instructions as it considers necessary 
for compliance by the institutions. 
  (3) The Authority shall submit to the Government, as soon as possible after the end of 
every financial year but before the 30th September, a report on the conduct of its affairs for the 
year. 
19. Penalty.⸺Subject to the provisions of section 13, whoever runs an institution in 
contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules made there under shall be punished with 
imprisonment which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to five thousands 
rupees for each day during the period the offence continues, or with both.  
 
20. Cognizance of offence.⸺No court shall take cognizance of an offence under this Act 
except upon a complaint in writing made by the Authority or any other authorized by it in this 
behalf and no court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any such offence. 
 
21. Indemnity.⸺No suit or legal proceedings shall lie against the Government, the 
Authority or any person acting under this Act for anything which is done in good faith or 
intended to be done under this Act.  
 
22. Power to make rules.⸺The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, 
make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.  
 
23. Power to make regulation.⸺A board may, with the prior approval in writing of the 
Government, make such regulations as appear to it to be necessary for carrying out the purposes of 
this Act.  
 
24. Removal of difficulties.⸺If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any provisions of 
this Act, the Government may make such order, not inconsistent with the express provisions of 
this Act, as may appear to it necessary or expedient for the purpose of removal of the difficulty. 
 
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