Pakistan School polls on Dec 5
The Pakistan School Board of Management elections will be held on December 5, DT News has learnt.
Elections for the seven- member board of management will be conducted through secret ballot on school premises from 9am to 6pm while a special representative of the Education Ministry will supervise the elections.
Any graduate parent of a child studying in the Pakistan School with at least two years’ stay in Bahrain can contest the elections while the parents constitute the electorate. If any eligible member is unable to come for casting his vote with the valid reason, his wife, son and daughter above 18, can cast his vote by showing the member’s original CPR.
As many as 21 candidates had filed their nominations for the elections till last Thursday, the deadline for submitting the papers. Preliminary list of the candidates will be displayed by 10am, on Tuesday. Parents can file any objection against any candidate by Thursday, afterwards no objection will be entertained. The final list will be displayed by 5pm on November 30.
The names of some of the candidates who have submitted their papers are: Chaudhry Rafaqat Hussain, Arif Aziz, Ilyas Khan, Majid Hussain, Mohammed Naeem, Fareed Khan, Ejaz Yousaf, Afzaal Yousaf, Khalil Khan, Ghulam Jilani, Manzoor Ahmed, Maqbool, Hayat, Kashif, Qari Samiurehman, Shahjehan, Naseer, Abdul Qayyum and Qaiser Mahmood.
The Pakistan School is a community school run by the Board of Management elected by the vote of the parents of the students.
Speaking to DT News, community member Nafees Al Hassan said the future of thousands of students depended on the policies of the board. The parents must cast their vote only to the men of integrity and avoid electing any member with doubtful past because it was going to affect directly the destiny of their children, he said.
“Greatest responsibility lies on the shoulders of the parents so they must cast their votes to the competent and reliable candidates and not to those who promise to help them get discounts in the fees,” he urges.
This is the fourth election in the history of the Pakistan School. The Board of Management is elected for three years term and the elected board acts as the governing body of the school. The first three elections were held in 2006, 2009 and 2012 consecutively. Shaikh Ahmed Khan was the first elected chairman of the board while Arif Aziz and Ahmed Asif have also served as the chairmen. Muhammad Ilyas Khan is the current chairman.
Photo Caption : This is the fourth election in the history of the Pakistan School
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