Mahmood seeks ETEA restructuring

Bureau Report

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan, Tuesday stressing the need of capacity enhancement of Education Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA) has directed the concerned authorities to come up with a feasible plan for strengthening and restructuring the agency.
He said ETEA’s restructuring was imperative in order to enable it effectively cope the ever increasing needs of educational testing and evaluation.
He said ETEA being a sole and responsible testing agency of the provincial Government was playing vital role in fast track testing and evaluation as well as in the recruitment of staff in transparent manners. He also directed to speed up the recruitment process of staff for provincial departments and assured that the provincial government would extend every possible support to strengthen the agency.
Advisor to Chief Minister for Higher Education Khaleeq ur Rehman, Secretary Higher Education, Executive Director ETEA and other attended the meeting. The meeting was briefed about the administrative structure of ETEA, its functions and responsibilities, reforms, overall progress made so far, issues and other matters related to the capacity of ETEA.