DIRPIS to take strict action against schools withholding Matric admit cards

Due to the non-payment of school fees, many private schools are withholding admission cards of Matriculation students, while hundreds of students have filed a complaint with the Director of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions Sindh (DIRPIS) in this regard.

To allow the students to take the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual Examinations 2021 that will commence on 5 July, the Board of Secondary Education Karachi has already sent their admit cards to the representatives of the private schools that they are enrolled in.

According to reports, the Board of Secondary Education Karachi has already sent the admit cards of students to their respective schools’ representatives for the examinations that are starting from today (July 5).

However, many private schools did not issue the cards to students as the majority of them has not paid the school tuition fees and are asked by the schools to first clear the dues. Without admit cards, the students will not be able to sit for the exam.

The DIRPIS Director, Mansoob Hussain Siddiqui, had avowed on Friday that private schools will have strict action taken against them if they fail the matter and will not handover the cards to students.

“No excuse would be acceptable. The owners of private schools should immediately issue admits cards to the students so that they can appear in the annual examinations,” he said.

Matriculation exams have started from today all over Sindh and after months of uncertainty around exams in the province due to spread of coronavirus.