LAHORE – Punjab Higher Education Minister Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz on Thursday rejected the rumours that the provincial authorities had imposed a ban on co-education in private colleges.
Sarfraz issued the statement after social media users hit out at the government over reports of banning co-education.
“Higher Education Department has not issued any notification about co-education in colleges. Please stop spreading fake news on media,” the provincial minister wrote on Twitter.
Higher Education Department hasn't issued any notification about Co-Education in Colleges. Plz stop spreading fake news on Media.
— Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz (@RajaYassirHS) February 2, 2022
Meanwhile, the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) (Colleges) Punjab also clarified that it had not announced any condition of submitting a “no co-education” affidavit for private colleges to launch different academic programmes.
It said that the department has not issued any notification in this regard.
But, a checklist of DPI Colleges had a clause under which private colleges were required to file an affidavit of “no co-education” to launch intermediate, associate degree and postgraduate programmes.
A media report said that the checklist contains such a condition but it was not implemented.
