Invited to the event were representatives of Government, school governing body associations, learners themselves, teacher trade unions, educational institution and academic think-tanks, collectively representing a wide variety of views and experiences.
They were concerned that where pupils or teachers disagreed with the idea that British values are shared, such disagreements would "be used" by the government and school governing bodies to exert compliance.
While the official line is that no pupil should be denied an education, regardless of the circumstances, provincial governments and school governing bodies have the prerogative to decide what to do with pregnant teenagers.
The intervention seeks to reach low caste girls and their families; adolescent boys; village communities; high school teachers and school governing committees; and local government officials.
Data were collected using an inventory/observation tool, Head of Department questionnaire, student questionnaire, teacher questionnaire, school governing body representative questionnaire, semi-structure School Leader interview, semi-structured grade 9 student focus group, semi-structured parent focus group and semi-structured teacher interview.
If salaries have been set aside for 20 teachers but only 15 are actually there, then the school governing board and community would be the government's biggest allies in rooting out corruption.
Parent governors are to be scrapped from school governing bodies in favour of professionals with the "right skills", the government has announced.
This includes action to promote and strengthen school governing bodies.
He found time, too, to serve on two school governing bodies.
So Ofsted concludes that 500 school governing bodies need "urgent external reviews" (Report, 20 November).
