PUNJAB EDUCATION INITIATIVES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ACT 2018

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THE PUNJAB EDUCATION INITIATIVES MANAGEMENT 
AUTHORITY ACT 2018 
(I of 2018) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Establishment of the Authority 
4. The Authority 
5. Meetings 
6. Functions of the Authority 
7. Delegation of powers 
8. Chief Executive Officer 
9. Committees 
10. Employees 
11. Advisors, Consultants and Technical Experts 
12. Fund 
13. Budget and accounts 
14. Bank accounts 
15. Audit 
16. Annual report 
17. Rules 
18. Regulations 
19. Directions of the Government 
20. Public servants 
21. Indemnity 
22. Succession and Validation 
23. Removal of difficulties 
24. Repeal 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB EDUCATION INITIATIVES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY 
ACT 2018 
(I of 2018) 
[13 February, 2018] 
An 
Act 
to provide for the establishment of Punjab Education Initiatives Management 
Authority. 
It is necessary to devise, implement and manage reformatory and dynamic 
initiatives in the education sector in partnership with the private sector, to establish 
an Authority for the purpose and to provide for matters ancillary thereto. 
Be it enacted by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the  
Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority Act 2018.  
(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. 
(3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act: 
(a) “Act” means the Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority 
Act 2018; 
(b) “Authority‟‟ means Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority; 
(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority; 
(d) “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority; 
(e) “educational institution” means a public sector institution providing 
education up to higher secondary level;  
(f) “financial assistance” includes grants, loans , scholarships, stipends 
and rewards; 
(g) “fund” means the fund established under the Act; 
(h) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; 
(i) “member” means a member of the Authority and, where the context so 
requires, includes the Chairperson; 
(j) “non-governmental org anization” means a non -commercial or not -for-
profit body or organization, by whatever name called, in the private 
sector and registered under the relevant law; 
                                                 
1This Act was passed by the Prov incial Assembly of the Punjab on 07 February 2018; assented to by the Governor of the 
Punjab on 13 February 2018; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13 February 2018, pp. 5749-
5754. 
(k) “non-official member” means a member, other than an ex-officio 
member, of the Authority; 
(l) “public-private partnership arrangement‟‟ means  an agreement 
between the Government or an agency established by it and a non -
governmental organization for operation, administration and 
management of an educational institution for purposes of achieving the 
objectives of the Act; 
(m) “regulations” means the regulations framed by the Authority under the 
Act; and 
(n) “rules” mean the rules made by the Government under the Act. 
3. Establishment of the Authority .– (1) The Government shall  establish 
Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority.  
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession 
and a common seal, with powers to enter into contracts, acquire or, subject to 
subsection (3), dispose of both movable and immovable property, and may, by the  
said name, sue or be sued. 
(3) The Authority shall not dispose of any immovable property without prior 
approval of the Government. 
(4) The Authority shall have the headquarters at Lahore and may, with the 
prior approval of the Government, establish region al offices at such places as may 
be necessary. 
4. The Authority.– (1) The Authority shall consist of the Chairperson who shall 
be nominated by the Government and the following members: 
(a) Secretary to the Government, School Education Department; 
(b) Secretary to the Government, Literacy and Non -Formal Basic 
Education Department; 
(c) Secretary to the Government, Finance Department; 
(d) Secretary to the Government, Planning and Development Department; 
(e) Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board; 
(f) Chairman, Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board; 
(g) Chairman, Punjab Education Foundation; 
(h) eight non -official members, including at least three women, from 
amongst the members of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, non -
governmental organizations, philanthropists, technocrats and 
academicians; and 
(i) Chief Executive Officer (member/secretary).  
(2) The members mentioned in clauses (a) to ( f) may be represented by 
their nominees not below the rank of an Additional Secretary or equivalent.  
(3) The Chairperson and non -official members shall hol d office for a term 
of three years and may, subject to the performance, be appointed for a second term 
but the Chairperson or a non -official member shall not be appointed for more than 
two terms. 
(4) A non-official member may resign by writing under his hand. 
(5) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid merely by reason 
of any vacancy or any defect in the constitution of the Authority. 
(6) The Government may fill a vacancy of a non -official member by 
appointing an eligible person in the prescribed manner. 
5. Meetings.– (1) The Authority shall meet at least once in every quarter. 
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall convene a meeting of the Authority 
on the direction of the Chairperson or on a requisition in writing of not less than six 
members. 
(3) The Chairperson shall preside over a meeting of the Authority and in 
his absence the meeting shall be presided over by the member duly nominated by 
the Chairperson from amongst the non-official members. 
(4) Six members, including at least three non -official members, shall 
constitute the quorum for a meeting. 
(5) The Authority shall take decisions by the majority of its members 
present and voting, and in case of a tie, the person presiding the meeting shall have 
a casting vote. 
(6) The decisions of th e Authority shall be recorded in writing and signed 
by the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer. 
(7) The Chief Executive Officer shall maintain a complete record of the 
minutes and the decisions of the Authority in the prescribed manner. 
6. Functions of the Authority.– (1) The Authority shall: 
(a) design, implement and manage reformatory and dynamic initiatives in 
the education sector in respect of the educational institutions, including 
Public School Support Program under the Punjab Education 
Foundation, for achieving the objectives of the Act; 
(b) establish and maintain an effective system for monitoring, supervision 
and control of its functions under the Act; 
(c) boost and support efficient utilization of public sector facilities including 
capacity bui lding of the existing public sector facilities and designing 
innovative solutions in consultation with, and support of, the other key 
stakeholders;  
(d) channelize efforts of the private sector in providing quality education 
and improving service delivery in the education sector; 
(e) support Government in improving access to education while 
addressing regional and gender imbalances and  ensuring equitable 
distribution of cost-effective and quality education; 
(f) enter into contract, agreement and memorandum of understanding with  
non-governmental organizations, any public or private, institution, 
person, authority, body, association, society, corporation, having 
objects common with the functions of the Authority; 
(g) promote and enter into public -private partnership arrangement relating 
to education in carrying out any of its functions and activities; 
(h) harness the capacities of the private sector in achieving education 
goals of the Government and filling in gaps in the education system; 
(i) provide financi al assistance for improvement, management  and 
expansion of educational institutions and allied projects; 
(j) provide incentives to students, teachers, and educational institutions; 
(k) provide technical assistance to the educational institutions for testin g 
policy interventions and innovative programmes for replication; 
(l) conduct ranking of educational institutions based on educational 
standards for purposes of the Act; 
(m) monitor the standards of education within and across various initiatives;  
(n) lay down criteria for appointment of qualified teachers in educational 
institutions; 
(o) raise and accept funds through donations, grants, contributions, 
subscriptions from any organization with the approval of the 
Government; and 
(p) perform such other funct ions as are incidental to the functions of the 
Authority either by itself or in partnership with any other person or 
institution. 
 (2) The Authority shall perform its functions in accordance with the 
international best practices and in a fair, just and tra nsparent manner and, where 
required, shall observe the processes which are open, transparent, competitive and 
equitable. 
7. Delegation of powers .– The Authority may, subject to such conditions and 
limitations as it may deem fit to impose, delegate any of its powers or functions to the 
Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, a committee constituted by it, a member or 
employee, except the powers to: 
(a) frame, amend or repeal regulations; 
(b) approve policy decisions, guidelines or procedures for the operation of 
the fund; 
(c) determine the terms and conditions of service of the employees of the 
Authority; 
(d) constitute committees; 
(e) approve the annual budget, audited accounts and annual reports of the 
Authority; and 
(f) consider audit reports of the Authority.  
8. Chief Executive Officer .– (1) The Government shall appoint the Chief 
Executive Officer on such terms and conditions as it may determine. 
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for day to day 
administration of the affairs of the Authori ty and shall exercise such powers and 
functions as are mentioned in the Act or as may be prescribed or assigned to him by 
the Authority. 
9. Committees.– (1) The Authority may constitute such committees as it may 
deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
(2) The composition and functions of the committees shall be such as the 
Authority may determine. 
10. Employees.– The Authority may appoint such persons in its service as it 
considers necessary for the performance of its functions under the Act, on such 
terms and conditions as may be prescribed. 
11. Advisors, Consultants and Technical Experts .– The Authority may engage 
Advisors, Consultants and Technical Experts as it may consider necessary for the 
performance of its functions under the Act, on  such terms and conditions as may be 
prescribed. 
12. Fund.– (1) There shall be established a fund to be known as the „Punjab 
Education Initiative Authority Fund‟ which shall vest in the Authority. 
(2) The Fund shall consist of: 
(a) the grants received from the Government; 
(b) the grants received from any other authority or agency; 
(c) donations made to the Authority; and 
(d) income of the Authority from any other source. 
(3) The fund shall be maintained in such form and manner as may be 
prescribed. 
(4) The Authority shall prudently and frugally utilize the fund to meet 
expenses of the Authority in connection with the discharge of its functions under the 
Act. 
13. Budget and accounts .– (1) The Chief Executive Officer shall, before the 
commencement of a financi al year, prepare a statement of the estimated receipts 
and expenditure for that financial year and submit it to the Authority for approval. 
(2) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other records relating 
to its financial affairs including its i ncome and expenditure and its assets and 
liabilities in such form and manner as may be prescribed. 
(3) As soon as may be, after the end of each financial year, the Authority 
shall, for that financial year, prepare and approve in the manner prescribed, 
statements of account of the Authority which shall include a balance -sheet and an 
account of income and expenditure. 
14. Bank accounts .– (1) The Authority may open and maintain its accounts in 
such scheduled banks as may be prescribed and, until so prescribed,  as the 
Government may determine. 
 (2) The Authority shall maintain proper books of accounts and other record 
relating to its financial affairs, assets and liabilities in such form and manner as may 
be prescribed. 
15. Audit.– (1) The Auditor General of Pak istan shall annually audit the accounts 
of the Authority. 
(2) The Government may, in addition to the audit under subsection (1), cause 
the annual accounts of the Authority audited by a Chartered Accountant or a firm of 
Chartered Accountants. 
(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall, at the close of each financial year, 
submit to the Authority duly audited accounts of the Authority together with the report 
of the Auditor. 
16. Annual report .– The Authority shall, within three months of the close of a 
financial year, submit an annual report to the Government which shall include: 
(a) a comprehensive statement of the work and activities of the Authority 
during the preceding financial year; 
(b) a statement of accounts and audit report;  
(c) the plans and goals for the future; and 
(d) such other matters as may be prescribed or as the Authority may 
consider appropriate.  
17. Rules.– The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make 
rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
18. Regulations.– Subject to the Act and the rules, the Authority may, with the 
previous approval of the Government, frame regulations. 
19. Directions of the Government .– In the performance of its functions, the 
Authority shall be bound by, and shall give effect to, the directions  of the 
Government. 
20. Public servants .– The Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, members, 
officers, employees and other persons authorized to perform or exercise any 
functions or powers under this Act shall be deemed to be public servant within the 
meanings of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (XLV of 1860). 
21. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against 
the Authority, Chairperson, members, officers or employees of the Authority or any 
other person exercising a ny power or performing any function under this Act or the 
rules or regulations made there under for anything done in good faith. 
22. Succession and Validation.– (1) On the establishment of the Authority: 
(a) Public School Support Program of Punjab Educatio n Foundation shall 
stand transferred to the Authority; 
(b) the handing over of operational management of low performing public 
schools commenced under the Public School Support Program of 
Punjab Education Foundation shall be deemed to have been made 
under the Act; 
(c)  all employees, regular or on contract basis, serving the 
Directorate/Wing of Public School Support Program of the Punjab 
Education Foundation immediately before coming into force of the Act, 
shall be considered to be on deputation with the Au thority without 
entitlement to any deputation allowance; provided that such employees 
may, within three hundred and sixty five days from the date of 
commencement of this Act, opt for absorption in the service of the 
Authority as one time option; and 
(d) all the posts sanctioned for Public School Support Program under 
Punjab Education Foundation shall stand transferred to the Authority.  
(2)  Save as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in the Act shall affect 
or be deemed to affect anything done, action  taken, proceedings commenced, 
orders, rules, regulations, appointments, agreements made, directions given or 
instruments executed or issued in relation to Public School Support Program, under 
or in pursuance of Punjab Education Foundation Act, 2004 (XII o f 2004)  and any 
such thing, action, proceedings, orders, rules, regulations, appointments, 
agreements, directions or instruments shall, if in force at the commencement of the 
Act and not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force 
and have effect as if they were respectively done, taken, commenced, made, 
directed, given, executed or issued under the Act. 
23. Removal of difficulties.– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to or applying 
the provisions of the Act, the Gove rnment may make such order, not inconsistent 
with the Act, as may be necessary for removing the difficulty. 
24. Repeal.– The Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority Ordinance 
2017 (XIV of 2017) is hereby repealed.