School regulatory authority lacks building expertise in KP
Officials say the school regulatory authority in KP cannot inspect buildings or close violators after 30 students and a teacher died in a Peshawar roof collapse.
Thirty students and a woman teacher died when a private school classroom roof collapsed in Afridiabad, Peshawar.
Official sources say the Private Schools Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has no civil engineers and cannot judge building fitness.
Tehsil municipal administrations and the Peshawar Development Authority approve private school building plans.
A PSRA official said the authority cannot seal schools that break the rules; sealing power was later withdrawn, the official claimed.
On Friday the education department ordered PSRA to draft building-safety and student-accommodation rules within a week.