FAISALABAD, May 20: The All-Pakistan Private Schools Management Association has announced that it will launch a protest campaign against the government's educational policies that are 'unfriendly' to students.

Speaking at a news conference, association president Adeeb Javedani, divisional head Malik Muhammad Iqbal and other office-bearers criticized the government's policies, especially restriction on private institution students from appearing in science subjects' examination.

They said the provincial education minister had imposed a ban on the private candidates of classes ninth and 10th to appear in physics, chemistry and biology. They said over 400,000 students would suffer due to this plan, adding that the private schools were under fire in that the boards of intermediate and secondary education had fixed Rs40,000 for a private secondary school to get affiliation.

Besides, these institutions were being charged huge amounts in the name of inspection fee and other charges. Teachers and students of the private institutions would stage demonstrations across the Punjab if the government did not withdraw the decision of disallowing private students to sit in examination of science subjects.