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Grace Marks by Sindh Government

In a move as surprising as it is contentious, the Sindh provincial government has decreed a generous 15% grace mark for students who faltered in their class XI examinations last year. The decision, prompted by an investigative committee report on the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi’s controversial results, comes as a beacon of hope for the academically flailing youth of…

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments Authority (PECTAA) after merger of three departments -Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Quaid-i Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) and Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) with a view to reform school education. Earlier, the…

Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

KARACHI: Female students have grabbed first two positions in the Class XII…

Sindh Adopts New Grading System For Matric, Inter Exams

KARACHI: The Sindh government has formally adopted a new grading system for…

Free Cardiac Surgeries Performed on Hundreds of Kids from other Provinces: Salman

LAHORE: Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said that under the Chief Minister’s Children’s Heart Surgery Programme, more than 8,000 innocent children have been completely free-of-cost heart surgeries across the province at a cost of billions of rupees. Under the CM’s Children’s Heart Surgery Programme, hundreds of children from Khyber…

Citizens’ Health at Risk in Karachi as ‘Hazardous’ Clouds of Dust, Smog hang in the Air

• Hospitals report large number of chest infection cases, including pneumonia • People urged to wear face masks and avoid going out unnecessarily • Experts stress need for eating nutritious food to raise immunity levels KARACHI: With a significant drop in minimum temperature, Karachi has been experiencing what the Met…

Four more Dengue Deaths take Official Tally to 25 in Sindh

KARACHI: The health department declared on November 6 four more deaths — three of them children under 12 years — from dengue fever, raising the official tally to 25 in the province. According to the department’s data, two victims — a 30-year-old woman residing in district South and an 11-year-old…

Sindh Launches Digital Platform to Monitor Attendance in Schools

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on November 6 launched the Student Attendance Monitoring and Redress System (SAMRS), describing it as a “pioneering, transformative, and nationally replicable model” that puts technology and evidence-based planning at the core of education reform. Speaking at the provincial launch ceremony held at…

Parents Asked to Reject Rumours against Polio Vaccination

LAHORE: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health Dr Asif Khan has urged the parents not to pay heed to misinformation and rumours regarding polio vaccination. He emphasised that the fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) being administered to children aged four months to 15 years in 122 union councils of Lahore is…

Shortage of Teachers Hampers Enrolment of Girls in Khyber

KHYBER: A long delay by the education department in addressing the shortage of female teachers in public schools is hampering enrolment of out-of-school girl students in the Khyber tribal district. Official sources in Bara and Landi Kotal said that at present, only one female teacher was available for over 100…

Lakki Girls School Reopens After Eight Years

LAKKI MARWAT: A government girls high school was reopened in the Dallokhel area here the other day after eight years of closure. A ceremony to this effect was attended among others by deputy commissioner Hamidullh Khan, district police officer Nazir Khan, district education officer Nargis Jabeen, teachers, students and their…

Teacher Arrested for Torturing Student

BAHAWALPUR: The Vehari Gaggo police claimed to have arrested a teacher of a private school for allegedly torturing his student and his father. According to police sources, Muhammad Subhan, an eighth-class student of a private school village of Adda Shah Junaid near Gaggo city, had complained to his father that…

KP to Retain Control over Education Boards

PESHAWAR: Minister for Education Arshad Ayub Khan on November 4 said that the powers of education boards and the examination system would remain entirely under the jurisdiction of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “No decision will be made that could adversely affect the public or students,” he assured while presiding over a review…

Punitive Action against Three over Dance Party at Chiniot School

CHINIOT: A school guard has been terminated from service while the head teacher, as well as a teacher, had been given major penalties of seizure of service and increment stoppage, respectively, over a dance party at a girls school. District Education Officer (Elementary/Women) Khadeeja Bukhari has terminated the service of…

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