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Source transcription retained verbatim; legal completeness, OCR accuracy and current consolidation unverified.", "text_sha256": "e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37", "source_sha256": "e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37", "text_version_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37", "quality_flags": [], "encoding": "UTF-8", "text": "THE PUNJAB EDUCATION INITIATIVES MANAGEMENT \r\nAUTHORITY ACT 2018 \r\n(I of 2018) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Establishment of the Authority \r\n4. The Authority \r\n5. Meetings \r\n6. Functions of the Authority \r\n7. Delegation of powers \r\n8. Chief Executive Officer \r\n9. Committees \r\n10. Employees \r\n11. Advisors, Consultants and Technical Experts \r\n12. Fund \r\n13. Budget and accounts \r\n14. Bank accounts \r\n15. Audit \r\n16. Annual report \r\n17. Rules \r\n18. Regulations \r\n19. Directions of the Government \r\n20. Public servants \r\n21. Indemnity \r\n22. Succession and Validation \r\n23. Removal of difficulties \r\n24. Repeal \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB EDUCATION INITIATIVES MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY \r\nACT 2018 \r\n(I of 2018) \r\n[13 February, 2018] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the establishment of Punjab Education Initiatives Management \r\nAuthority. \r\nIt is necessary to devise, implement and manage reformatory and dynamic \r\ninitiatives in the education sector in partnership with the private sector, to establish \r\nan Authority for the purpose and to provide for matters ancillary thereto. \r\nBe it enacted by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the \r\nPunjab Education Initiatives Management Authority Act 2018. \r\n(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act: \r\n(a) “Act” means the Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority \r\nAct 2018; \r\n(b) “Authority‟‟ means Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority; \r\n(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority; \r\n(d) “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority; \r\n(e) “educational institution” means a public sector institution providing \r\neducation up to higher secondary level; \r\n(f) “financial assistance” includes grants, loans , scholarships, stipends \r\nand rewards; \r\n(g) “fund” means the fund established under the Act; \r\n(h) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(i) “member” means a member of the Authority and, where the context so \r\nrequires, includes the Chairperson; \r\n(j) “non-governmental org anization” means a non -commercial or not -for-\r\nprofit body or organization, by whatever name called, in the private \r\nsector and registered under the relevant law; \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by the Prov incial Assembly of the Punjab on 07 February 2018; assented to by the Governor of the \r\nPunjab on 13 February 2018; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 13 February 2018, pp. 5749-\r\n5754. \r\n(k) “non-official member” means a member, other than an ex-officio \r\nmember, of the Authority; \r\n(l) “public-private partnership arrangement‟‟ means an agreement \r\nbetween the Government or an agency established by it and a non -\r\ngovernmental organization for operation, administration and \r\nmanagement of an educational institution for purposes of achieving the \r\nobjectives of the Act; \r\n(m) “regulations” means the regulations framed by the Authority under the \r\nAct; and \r\n(n) “rules” mean the rules made by the Government under the Act. \r\n3. Establishment of the Authority .– (1) The Government shall establish \r\nPunjab Education Initiatives Management Authority. \r\n(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession \r\nand a common seal, with powers to enter into contracts, acquire or, subject to \r\nsubsection (3), dispose of both movable and immovable property, and may, by the \r\nsaid name, sue or be sued. \r\n(3) The Authority shall not dispose of any immovable property without prior \r\napproval of the Government. \r\n(4) The Authority shall have the headquarters at Lahore and may, with the \r\nprior approval of the Government, establish region al offices at such places as may \r\nbe necessary. \r\n4. The Authority.– (1) The Authority shall consist of the Chairperson who shall \r\nbe nominated by the Government and the following members: \r\n(a) Secretary to the Government, School Education Department; \r\n(b) Secretary to the Government, Literacy and Non -Formal Basic \r\nEducation Department; \r\n(c) Secretary to the Government, Finance Department; \r\n(d) Secretary to the Government, Planning and Development Department; \r\n(e) Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board; \r\n(f) Chairman, Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board; \r\n(g) Chairman, Punjab Education Foundation; \r\n(h) eight non -official members, including at least three women, from \r\namongst the members of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, non -\r\ngovernmental organizations, philanthropists, technocrats and \r\nacademicians; and \r\n(i) Chief Executive Officer (member/secretary). \r\n(2) The members mentioned in clauses (a) to ( f) may be represented by \r\ntheir nominees not below the rank of an Additional Secretary or equivalent. \r\n(3) The Chairperson and non -official members shall hol d office for a term \r\nof three years and may, subject to the performance, be appointed for a second term \r\nbut the Chairperson or a non -official member shall not be appointed for more than \r\ntwo terms. \r\n(4) A non-official member may resign by writing under his hand. \r\n(5) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid merely by reason \r\nof any vacancy or any defect in the constitution of the Authority. \r\n(6) The Government may fill a vacancy of a non -official member by \r\nappointing an eligible person in the prescribed manner. \r\n5. Meetings.– (1) The Authority shall meet at least once in every quarter. \r\n(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall convene a meeting of the Authority \r\non the direction of the Chairperson or on a requisition in writing of not less than six \r\nmembers. \r\n(3) The Chairperson shall preside over a meeting of the Authority and in \r\nhis absence the meeting shall be presided over by the member duly nominated by \r\nthe Chairperson from amongst the non-official members. \r\n(4) Six members, including at least three non -official members, shall \r\nconstitute the quorum for a meeting. \r\n(5) The Authority shall take decisions by the majority of its members \r\npresent and voting, and in case of a tie, the person presiding the meeting shall have \r\na casting vote. \r\n(6) The decisions of th e Authority shall be recorded in writing and signed \r\nby the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer. \r\n(7) The Chief Executive Officer shall maintain a complete record of the \r\nminutes and the decisions of the Authority in the prescribed manner. \r\n6. Functions of the Authority.– (1) The Authority shall: \r\n(a) design, implement and manage reformatory and dynamic initiatives in \r\nthe education sector in respect of the educational institutions, including \r\nPublic School Support Program under the Punjab Education \r\nFoundation, for achieving the objectives of the Act; \r\n(b) establish and maintain an effective system for monitoring, supervision \r\nand control of its functions under the Act; \r\n(c) boost and support efficient utilization of public sector facilities including \r\ncapacity bui lding of the existing public sector facilities and designing \r\ninnovative solutions in consultation with, and support of, the other key \r\nstakeholders; \r\n(d) channelize efforts of the private sector in providing quality education \r\nand improving service delivery in the education sector; \r\n(e) support Government in improving access to education while \r\naddressing regional and gender imbalances and ensuring equitable \r\ndistribution of cost-effective and quality education; \r\n(f) enter into contract, agreement and memorandum of understanding with \r\nnon-governmental organizations, any public or private, institution, \r\nperson, authority, body, association, society, corporation, having \r\nobjects common with the functions of the Authority; \r\n(g) promote and enter into public -private partnership arrangement relating \r\nto education in carrying out any of its functions and activities; \r\n(h) harness the capacities of the private sector in achieving education \r\ngoals of the Government and filling in gaps in the education system; \r\n(i) provide financi al assistance for improvement, management and \r\nexpansion of educational institutions and allied projects; \r\n(j) provide incentives to students, teachers, and educational institutions; \r\n(k) provide technical assistance to the educational institutions for testin g \r\npolicy interventions and innovative programmes for replication; \r\n(l) conduct ranking of educational institutions based on educational \r\nstandards for purposes of the Act; \r\n(m) monitor the standards of education within and across various initiatives; \r\n(n) lay down criteria for appointment of qualified teachers in educational \r\ninstitutions; \r\n(o) raise and accept funds through donations, grants, contributions, \r\nsubscriptions from any organization with the approval of the \r\nGovernment; and \r\n(p) perform such other funct ions as are incidental to the functions of the \r\nAuthority either by itself or in partnership with any other person or \r\ninstitution. \r\n (2) The Authority shall perform its functions in accordance with the \r\ninternational best practices and in a fair, just and tra nsparent manner and, where \r\nrequired, shall observe the processes which are open, transparent, competitive and \r\nequitable. \r\n7. Delegation of powers .– The Authority may, subject to such conditions and \r\nlimitations as it may deem fit to impose, delegate any of its powers or functions to the \r\nChairperson, Chief Executive Officer, a committee constituted by it, a member or \r\nemployee, except the powers to: \r\n(a) frame, amend or repeal regulations; \r\n(b) approve policy decisions, guidelines or procedures for the operation of \r\nthe fund; \r\n(c) determine the terms and conditions of service of the employees of the \r\nAuthority; \r\n(d) constitute committees; \r\n(e) approve the annual budget, audited accounts and annual reports of the \r\nAuthority; and \r\n(f) consider audit reports of the Authority. \r\n8. Chief Executive Officer .– (1) The Government shall appoint the Chief \r\nExecutive Officer on such terms and conditions as it may determine. \r\n(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for day to day \r\nadministration of the affairs of the Authori ty and shall exercise such powers and \r\nfunctions as are mentioned in the Act or as may be prescribed or assigned to him by \r\nthe Authority. \r\n9. Committees.– (1) The Authority may constitute such committees as it may \r\ndeem necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n(2) The composition and functions of the committees shall be such as the \r\nAuthority may determine. \r\n10. Employees.– The Authority may appoint such persons in its service as it \r\nconsiders necessary for the performance of its functions under the Act, on such \r\nterms and conditions as may be prescribed. \r\n11. Advisors, Consultants and Technical Experts .– The Authority may engage \r\nAdvisors, Consultants and Technical Experts as it may consider necessary for the \r\nperformance of its functions under the Act, on such terms and conditions as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n12. Fund.– (1) There shall be established a fund to be known as the „Punjab \r\nEducation Initiative Authority Fund‟ which shall vest in the Authority. \r\n(2) The Fund shall consist of: \r\n(a) the grants received from the Government; \r\n(b) the grants received from any other authority or agency; \r\n(c) donations made to the Authority; and \r\n(d) income of the Authority from any other source. \r\n(3) The fund shall be maintained in such form and manner as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n(4) The Authority shall prudently and frugally utilize the fund to meet \r\nexpenses of the Authority in connection with the discharge of its functions under the \r\nAct. \r\n13. Budget and accounts .– (1) The Chief Executive Officer shall, before the \r\ncommencement of a financi al year, prepare a statement of the estimated receipts \r\nand expenditure for that financial year and submit it to the Authority for approval. \r\n(2) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other records relating \r\nto its financial affairs including its i ncome and expenditure and its assets and \r\nliabilities in such form and manner as may be prescribed. \r\n(3) As soon as may be, after the end of each financial year, the Authority \r\nshall, for that financial year, prepare and approve in the manner prescribed, \r\nstatements of account of the Authority which shall include a balance -sheet and an \r\naccount of income and expenditure. \r\n14. Bank accounts .– (1) The Authority may open and maintain its accounts in \r\nsuch scheduled banks as may be prescribed and, until so prescribed, as the \r\nGovernment may determine. \r\n (2) The Authority shall maintain proper books of accounts and other record \r\nrelating to its financial affairs, assets and liabilities in such form and manner as may \r\nbe prescribed. \r\n15. Audit.– (1) The Auditor General of Pak istan shall annually audit the accounts \r\nof the Authority. \r\n(2) The Government may, in addition to the audit under subsection (1), cause \r\nthe annual accounts of the Authority audited by a Chartered Accountant or a firm of \r\nChartered Accountants. \r\n(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall, at the close of each financial year, \r\nsubmit to the Authority duly audited accounts of the Authority together with the report \r\nof the Auditor. \r\n16. Annual report .– The Authority shall, within three months of the close of a \r\nfinancial year, submit an annual report to the Government which shall include: \r\n(a) a comprehensive statement of the work and activities of the Authority \r\nduring the preceding financial year; \r\n(b) a statement of accounts and audit report; \r\n(c) the plans and goals for the future; and \r\n(d) such other matters as may be prescribed or as the Authority may \r\nconsider appropriate. \r\n17. Rules.– The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make \r\nrules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n18. Regulations.– Subject to the Act and the rules, the Authority may, with the \r\nprevious approval of the Government, frame regulations. \r\n19. Directions of the Government .– In the performance of its functions, the \r\nAuthority shall be bound by, and shall give effect to, the directions of the \r\nGovernment. \r\n20. Public servants .– The Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, members, \r\nofficers, employees and other persons authorized to perform or exercise any \r\nfunctions or powers under this Act shall be deemed to be public servant within the \r\nmeanings of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (XLV of 1860). \r\n21. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against \r\nthe Authority, Chairperson, members, officers or employees of the Authority or any \r\nother person exercising a ny power or performing any function under this Act or the \r\nrules or regulations made there under for anything done in good faith. \r\n22. Succession and Validation.– (1) On the establishment of the Authority: \r\n(a) Public School Support Program of Punjab Educatio n Foundation shall \r\nstand transferred to the Authority; \r\n(b) the handing over of operational management of low performing public \r\nschools commenced under the Public School Support Program of \r\nPunjab Education Foundation shall be deemed to have been made \r\nunder the Act; \r\n(c) all employees, regular or on contract basis, serving the \r\nDirectorate/Wing of Public School Support Program of the Punjab \r\nEducation Foundation immediately before coming into force of the Act, \r\nshall be considered to be on deputation with the Au thority without \r\nentitlement to any deputation allowance; provided that such employees \r\nmay, within three hundred and sixty five days from the date of \r\ncommencement of this Act, opt for absorption in the service of the \r\nAuthority as one time option; and \r\n(d) all the posts sanctioned for Public School Support Program under \r\nPunjab Education Foundation shall stand transferred to the Authority. \r\n(2) Save as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in the Act shall affect \r\nor be deemed to affect anything done, action taken, proceedings commenced, \r\norders, rules, regulations, appointments, agreements made, directions given or \r\ninstruments executed or issued in relation to Public School Support Program, under \r\nor in pursuance of Punjab Education Foundation Act, 2004 (XII o f 2004) and any \r\nsuch thing, action, proceedings, orders, rules, regulations, appointments, \r\nagreements, directions or instruments shall, if in force at the commencement of the \r\nAct and not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force \r\nand have effect as if they were respectively done, taken, commenced, made, \r\ndirected, given, executed or issued under the Act. \r\n23. Removal of difficulties.– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to or applying \r\nthe provisions of the Act, the Gove rnment may make such order, not inconsistent \r\nwith the Act, as may be necessary for removing the difficulty. \r\n24. Repeal.– The Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority Ordinance \r\n2017 (XIV of 2017) is hereby repealed.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-0-1728:8d457f28a6f444aeff702335a8944dbe16b9e5d0b2f8bbe4a4ffa4e2f5904bec", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1728, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1750, "passage_sha256": "8d457f28a6f444aeff702335a8944dbe16b9e5d0b2f8bbe4a4ffa4e2f5904bec", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1728-8d457f28a6f444ae" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-1728-3483:5d95e4bcee8260bfc4190c95acf8278eaca15d31f80c2f00c840c672032fbb6f", "character_start": 1728, "character_end": 3483, "utf8_byte_start": 1750, "utf8_byte_end": 3549, "passage_sha256": "5d95e4bcee8260bfc4190c95acf8278eaca15d31f80c2f00c840c672032fbb6f", "reader_fragment": "p-1728-3483-5d95e4bcee8260bf" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-3483-5205:41c22338bfca61aff47e8d72db5df31842f6cbf3f1aec6ddee997d58e0173ff1", "character_start": 3483, "character_end": 5205, "utf8_byte_start": 3549, "utf8_byte_end": 5273, "passage_sha256": "41c22338bfca61aff47e8d72db5df31842f6cbf3f1aec6ddee997d58e0173ff1", "reader_fragment": "p-3483-5205-41c22338bfca61af" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-5205-6956:8ad6cacc898207e7dd6d969094f973c92bd09488538cf9aedac79b58cd5d4058", "character_start": 5205, "character_end": 6956, "utf8_byte_start": 5273, "utf8_byte_end": 7028, "passage_sha256": "8ad6cacc898207e7dd6d969094f973c92bd09488538cf9aedac79b58cd5d4058", "reader_fragment": "p-5205-6956-8ad6cacc898207e7" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-6956-8727:2403091c18c15ac773f0beb74a214f181b1b309fde83949997207b0a3fbe265e", "character_start": 6956, "character_end": 8727, "utf8_byte_start": 7028, "utf8_byte_end": 8799, "passage_sha256": "2403091c18c15ac773f0beb74a214f181b1b309fde83949997207b0a3fbe265e", "reader_fragment": "p-6956-8727-2403091c18c15ac7" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-8727-10517:919f336fcebbfea97f019636b398019c74072ff4c9e314204b3c2a09d5eb21cc", "character_start": 8727, "character_end": 10517, "utf8_byte_start": 8799, "utf8_byte_end": 10595, "passage_sha256": "919f336fcebbfea97f019636b398019c74072ff4c9e314204b3c2a09d5eb21cc", "reader_fragment": "p-8727-10517-919f336fcebbfea9" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-10517-12275:cca2fb66a597c7f05e56f663d26ac1ca35edc3a1acdc984a556c5e956e30b5ae", "character_start": 10517, "character_end": 12275, "utf8_byte_start": 10595, "utf8_byte_end": 12365, "passage_sha256": "cca2fb66a597c7f05e56f663d26ac1ca35edc3a1acdc984a556c5e956e30b5ae", "reader_fragment": "p-10517-12275-cca2fb66a597c7f0" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-12275-14067:2f5a0c8d7a468bb06ccd282e3c646b6a41c78ddf0a195564ebad3af0c8d2a08c", "character_start": 12275, "character_end": 14067, "utf8_byte_start": 12365, "utf8_byte_end": 14167, "passage_sha256": "2f5a0c8d7a468bb06ccd282e3c646b6a41c78ddf0a195564ebad3af0c8d2a08c", "reader_fragment": "p-12275-14067-2f5a0c8d7a468bb0" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-14067-15800:f4fba0b0afff7a0b54cc28b1c6ceabe41c53c3b9e4fcaf7407d881624012e132", "character_start": 14067, "character_end": 15800, "utf8_byte_start": 14167, "utf8_byte_end": 15908, "passage_sha256": "f4fba0b0afff7a0b54cc28b1c6ceabe41c53c3b9e4fcaf7407d881624012e132", "reader_fragment": "p-14067-15800-f4fba0b0afff7a0b" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d158b9f4fe73e45d:sha256:e030c3cc1054c80c899c7bef199f34419fec51e8c4141792365174474399ff37:chars-15800-17089:146ccba1289c15990d41f48db05a01cc48519fbae3a925d080cc65b4d5ab251b", "character_start": 15800, "character_end": 17089, "utf8_byte_start": 15908, "utf8_byte_end": 17201, "passage_sha256": "146ccba1289c15990d41f48db05a01cc48519fbae3a925d080cc65b4d5ab251b", "reader_fragment": "p-15800-17089-146ccba1289c1599" } ] }