Official raises some hackles by saying local units are unfit to handle school education

During grilling by a parliamentary panel over delay in federal education bill, the education secretary said local units don’t have capability and expertise to ensure quality of education.

Amid the backlash over the government’s failure to draft a federal education bill, the claim last week by the education secretary that it was a mistake to give authority to local governments to handle the educational affairs up to secondary level, has created quite a stir among officials.