The parents would have to pay a fine of Rs 500 to Rs 1000 if their children remain constantly absent from school.
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 24th November, 2018) The Punjab government has made a new law for the parents of absent students in school.
According to media reports, the parents would have to pay a fine of Rs 500 to Rs 1000 if their children remain constantly absent from school. Along with the fine, they will be jailed for one week.
The summary for the approval of this new law has been sent to Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
There are close to 23 million children aged between 5 and 16 that remain out of school across Pakistan and repeated attempts to get them back to schools have failed at various instances.
In view of this, the Punjab government is now planning to get the school truancy act passed from provincial assembly and implement it with effect from January 1, 2018.
On the other hand, the subsidy given on Compulsory education Act 2014 won’t be ended.
