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Chapter 12

SCHOOL EDUCATION

With the exception of a few government high schools for boys and girls the
recognized educational institutes of all kinds in Muzaffargarh were
maintained and administered by the Local Bodies, e.g. the District Council,
Municipal Committees, Town Committees and their precursors, since
establishment of Pakistan, and even prior to that. The control of the Primary
Education was taken over by the Government with effect from July 1, 1962.
Consequent upon this change over, all the institutes in the district, except 6
High Schools, which were under the control of the District Council
Muzaffargarh, and 1 High School, which was maintained by Municipal
Committees Layyah, were placed under the control of a District Primary
Education Committee set up by the Government. The administration and
control of the educational institutes up to 8 class, which was previously in
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the hand of Chairman, District Council was later also entrusted to the
District Education Committee.
The affairs of education were looked after by a District Inspector at the
district headquarters with the assistance of Assistant Inspectors at tehsil
level up to June 30, 1973. Meanwhile, the District Council schools were
supervised by the Divisional Inspector of Schools, Multan.

The posts of District Education Officers at the headquarters and Deputy
District Education Officers (Male and Female) at the tehsil level were created
in on July 1, 1973. Later, in 1993, the department was reorganized in the
District and posts of District Education Officer (Secondary Education),
District Education Officer (Male-Elementary Education) and District
Education Officer (Women-Elementary Education) were introduced.

With the promulgation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 the
Executive District Officer (Education) was appointed as the head of the
department in the district who used to function under the over-all control of
the District Coordination Officer (DCO). On January 1, 2017 the department
was re-designated as District Education Authority with the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) as its head and the Deputy Commissioner as the Administrator.
The District Education Authority also looks after the Literacy Department as
well as the Special Education.

The CEO is assisted by 3 District Education Officers, i.e. District Education
Officer (Secondary Education), District Education Officer (Male-Elementary
Education) and District Education Officer (Women-Elementary Education).
Under these District Education Officers, 9 Deputy District Education Officers

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