PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Friday accorded approval to the restructuring of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Elementary Education Foundation (EEF).

He directed the concerned authorities to submit a summary to make necessary amendments to the EEF Act through an ordinance.

The summary will suggest the re-composition of the BoD and then to table the same in the upcoming session of the provincial assembly for its formal legislation.

According to the proposed re-composition the number of the private sector members of the BoD will be raised to two third of the total strength of the BoD members whereas the managing director of the foundation will also be hired from private sector to minimise government influence in the foundation and make it more vibrant and strong.

A decision to this effect was taken at the 14th meeting of the board of the EEF held at CM Secretariat here.

The meeting also approved the procedure for the appointment of new management for EEF. According to the approved procedure the managing director will be appointed from private sector on competitive basis through hiring a ‘head hunting firm’ to ensure merit and transparency in the process.

It also approved hiring of head hunting firm for the purpose, and the selection committees for hiring other managerial staff of various cadres of the foundation.

Besides, approvals were also accorded in principle to the newly framed EEF Contract Employment Rules/Regulations 2013 subject to vetting from law department, proposed ‘Adopt a School Programme’ of the EEF and enhancement in the allowances of the existing staff of the EEF.

The participants were briefed about the overall performance of the EEF, implementation status of the decisions taken in the last meeting of the BoD, various aspects of ‘Adopt a School Programme’ and the ongoing ‘Rokhana Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taleem Programme’.

It was informed that under the “Adopt a School Programme” missing facilities in public sector schools of the province would be catered for while under the Rokhana Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taleem Programme, the provincial government would pay the fees of students in private schools in areas where government middle and high level schools didn’t exist.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that promotion of education sector ranked at top of the provincial government agenda.

He vowed to make EEF a vibrant and dynamic institution and said that all available resources would be utilised for the purpose.