Any school that fails to cooperate with audit committees during their visit will be held in contempt of court
The Sindh Education and Literacy Department has decided to conduct a complete audit of records, related to the implementation of the 10 percent freeship policy, in all private schools across the province. This decision has been taken in accordance with the Sindh High Court (SHC), Sukkur Bench, judgment delivered on October 9, 2025 on a Constitutional Petition No. 1592/2025.
The 10% freedom policy requires all private schools in Sindh to offer free education to at least 10 percent of their total students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring equal learning opportunities across the province.
In the first phase, all schools across the province with more than one department have been informed that district committees will visit the schools within 15 days to conduct a complete audit of the freedom quota, based on total student enrolments, and that the reports will be submitted to the SHC’s Sukkur Bench, according to a statement issued by Sindh Additional Director of the Directorate of Private Institutions, Rafia, Minister of Education in Sindh, Jasardh, Sindh, Education Minister Jasardh, Rafia. Abbasi.
Further, the SHC has summoned the Directorate of Private Institutions Sindh along with all relevant records on November 10. Schools that do not implement the freeship law will have their registrations suspended or cancelled. In addition, schools that have applied for registration or renewal but do not comply with the freedom act will be rejected.
Any school that fails to cooperate with the Audit Committees during their visit will be held in contempt of court. Therefore, all schools have been directed to keep their records ready and present them to the committees during the audit.
In the second phase, the committees will visit the remaining private schools to conduct similar revisions of the freeship quota. Guidelines and procedures for the process have already been sent to the schools, where strict action must be taken against institutions found to be in breach of the rules.
