At least 30 percent of teachers in non-governmental educational institutions must be women, the
government has said in an order, local newspaper The Financial Express reported Wednesday.
The order dated Nov. 1 by the country's Ministry of Education said if the institutions failed to go by the order they would not be listed under the government's monthly pay order.
The order, however, said the decision would not be applicable to some specific posts such as principal, vice principal, headmaster, assistant headmaster, superintendent and assistant
superintendent in non-governmental schools, colleges, madrasahs and technical institutions.
The decision was made in 1999 to give a good share of the teaching posts to women candidates but it did not get through.
The ministry also said the order would not apply to the teachers of mathematics, physical education, Arabic, the Quran and the Hadith until Dec. 31, 2009 for now.
To implement the decision, the institutions have been asked to recruit only women candidates to any vacant post after a teacher resigns, dies or retires.