ONE of the issues that has been mentioned, though we do not have any details or the draft of the proposed amendments yet, is that the 27th constitutional amendment will ‘take back’ education to the federation again.
Since we do not have any details, it is not clear what ‘taking back’ education means but we need to have clarity on what it should or should not mean.
Before the 18th Constitutional Amendment, education was a shared responsibility between the federation and the provinces. Will the 27th amendment take it back to sharing or will education be solely the centre’s domain?
Teacher recruitment, posting, transfer, teacher training and teacher management have always been a provincial subject. As have been school management and administration. Textbook publishing has also been a provincial subject.
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