ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) is eyeing to get back the administrative control of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) and the National Educational Assessment Centre (NEAS) from the Ministry of Professional and Technical Training, it has been learnt.

The decision to move a summary in this regard came with the inception of Nazar Mohammad Gondal as the minister in-charge of CADD.

CADD was set up in April last year after the passage of 18th constitutional amendment to take over several departments that could no longer stay with the federal government but had a role to play in the capital territory.

Despite the fact that Cabinet Division had itself approved a summary in March 2011 that all the devolved subjects existing within the Islamabad capital territory would work under the administrative control of CADD, bureaucrats wanted to get control of the lucrative departments from the division.

The Ministry of Professional and Technical Training is headed by Riaz Pirzada of the PML-Q.

“The then federal secretary could have taken a stance against the Cabinet Division which shifted its attached departments to other ministries against the spirit of the 18th constitutional amendment,” said a senior official.

With no minister for CADD till this month, the bureaucracy went for internal division of the departments, he added.

The official said other departments like National Institute of Health, Federal Medical and Dental College, Academy for Education Planning and Management and the Environment Protection Agency were also part of Capital Administration and Development Division  but they were shifted to different divisions last year because there was no minister looking after the division.

After taking the charge, Minister Gondal directed CADD Secretary Imtiaz Inayat Elahi to move a summary to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for getting back the administrative control of the departments.

Another official of the education wing insisted that the transfer of FBISE was much needed because the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) was still working under CADD, adding division of the education department led to several administrative and technical issues.

He explained that FBISE and FDE were interlinked because both dealt with teachers and student affairs of the federal educational institutions, but they were put under different ministries.

An official of the Prime Minister Secretariat confirmed that they had received a summary in which CADD had sought transfer of FBISE and NEAS back.

A source added that with the addition of more departments in Capital Administration and Development Division , Mr Gondal of the PPP can also be able to dole out jobs to people from his constituency.

When contacted, the public relations officer of Mr Gondal said the federal minister had sent the summary on merit because the departments were previously working under CADD.

“They are our departments and we should get them back for better governance,” he quoted the minister as saying.

However, he said the final approval in this regard rested with the prime minister office.