The Government of North-West Frontier Province has promulgated an Ordinance No: XXVII of 2001 on 15 th October 2001 to “streamline, supervise and regulate the functioning of the private educational institutions in the North West Frontier Province and to provide for the registration of such institutions”. The Ordinance is called the North West Frontier Province Registration and Functioning of Private Educational Institutions Ordinance 2001.

An authority called the “Regulatory Authority” was constituted under the said Ordinance which is required to examine and scrutinize applications for the establishment of educational institutions in the private sector. The Regulatory Authority appoints a Scrutiny Committee consisting of four members, as determined by it, and forwards all applications received by it to the said Committee for Scrutiny in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Higher Education Commission and Government and submit its reports to the Regulatory Authority with its final recommendation. If the Regulatory Authority favorably recommends the establishment of the university in the private sector the Management Committee, the Board of Governors or the Board of Trustees of the proposed private educational institution shall furnish a Charter to the Government in the form of a Bill after obtaining a No Objection certificate from the Higher Education Commission for further processing of the bill by Government.

When the bill is passed and enacted as an Act of the Provincial Assembly (provided that an Ordinance promulgated by the Governor of the Province in this behalf shall be deemed to be an Act passed by the Assembly), the Regulatory Authority shall on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, issue a registration certificate and the institution may start functioning as such.

In the case of colleges, the Regulatory Authority shall forward all applications received by it to the Scrutiny Committee appointed by it which shall examine and carry out inspections to see whether the proposed institution conforms to the requirement/ criteria prescribed by the Authority. On receipt of the recommendation of the scrutiny committee, the Regulatory Authority shall issue a registration certificate in respect of the college on payment of a registration fee prescribed by the Government.

Brief History

The Education Sector has recently shown an unrestrained growth and lack of discipline. It is therefore necessary that stringent criteria for both public and Private Sectors may be prescribed to bring in the much needed order for improving the quality of Higher Education:

It is realized that Public Sector alone is unable to cope with the surging demand of Higher Education from the student community and there is a need to encourage the private sector. However to put a check on the unbridled growth of institutions imparting Higher Education in the Private Sector and to regulate the functioning of such institutions, the Government of N.W.F.P has promulgated the Law through an Ordinance called “ The North West Frontier Province Registration and Functioning of Private Educational Institutions Ordinance 2001 Titled NWFP Ordinance No: XXVII of 2001 dated 15/10/2001”.

The ordinance

To Stream line, Supervise and regulate the functioning of the Private Educational Institutions in the North West Frontier Province Ordinance No: XXVII of 2001 was issued on 15 th October, 2001.