District Education Authority

Responsibilities

Major responsibilities of District Education Authority are mentioned as below:

• Boys Schools, Girls Schools, Technical Schools, Colleges (other than professional), Sports (Education) and Special Education
• Elementary, Secondary and college education except professional education
• Grant of scholarship
• Education of handicapped children, especially deaf, dumb, blind and with low vision
• Promotion of scientific research
• Production and distribution of educational and scientific films
• Promotion of sports and co-curricular activities
• Service matters except those entrusted to the services and general administration department attached departments and the administrative departments
• Adult education
• Purchase of stores and capital goods for schools and colleges
• Establishment of new schools and up-gradation of existing schools
• Universal primary education and eradication drop outs
• Conducting of 5th and 8th class examination
• Identification and formulation of development schemes
• Formulation of District education budget (development and non-development) reconciliation of expenditure and audit matters
• Technical and surprise inspections of educational institutes
• Development of District data base and its up-dating
• Matters related to school councils
• Periodic and regular reporting to the heads of attached department and the administrative department
• Postings and transfers within the District, except those falling in the preview of S & GAD, attached Departments and administrative Department (Education Department).

The stats for schools operating in the district of Sheikhupura are as below: