Professionalism, excellence & diversity In a country like ours, where State institutions are weak and unable to deliver their services efficiently, a human capital development approach is required to improve performance. Judiciary is a key public institution, not merely in itself. It is a vital building block in the edifice of the governance structure. The District Judiciary, which is the backbone of the judiciary, must be efficient, professionally sound and trustworthy.
Continuing judicial education is a sine qua non for capacity building of the District Judiciary, court staff, and all personnel concerned with the judicial system. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy has been established to achieve this cherished goal. The Academy that has kicked off its activities shall go a long way to address the gaps in the capacity building of the entire gamut of the administration of justice system. In addition to the mainstream District Judiciary, the Academy draws on a diverse mandate for training in various laws and laws-related areas, such as, to name a few, anti-terrorism, forensic, banking, trade and commerce, intellectual property, anti-corruption, labour, cyber crimes, environment, human rights, particularly of women and children and the interface between law and development, law and society.
Besides, the Academy is cognizant of easy access of all from the length and breadth of the province, to the fountain of judicial education through effective contemporary techniques, such as, distant learning. Moving in that direction, we plan to launch an FM radio and even a TV channel, albeit in due course of time.
Research on legal and judicial issues and links for research both inland and abroad, also fly high on the list of our ambitions. The Academy has a mandate for this objective. We will leave no stone unturned in making the Academy a success, in a short span of time, at least, in some key grey areas that warrants its intervention. We appreciate that while dispositional efficiency has improved significantly because of the 2009 National Judicial Policy, we will divert attention to training courses for improvement in quality. With the support of the UNDP, a comprehensive project has been launched to conduct an across the board training needs assessment of the judges, including those working in the ex-cadre and court staff.
Soon a training manual will be prepared and training-of-trainer designed. A committed and competent team has been appointed to work day in and day out on the infrastructural development and establishment of the faculty. We are committed to make the Academy an excellent judicial educational institute at the national as well as global level.