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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…

New Grading Policy For Matric Inter Deferred

Recently concluded 2025 annual examinations for SSC, HSC will follow the old grading system KARACHI: The implementation of the new grading policy at the matriculation and intermediate levels across Sindh and the rest of Pakistan has been postponed for one year. As a result, the recently concluded 2025 annual examinations…
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Pakistan Not Among Countries With Best Education Systems

The ranking of 10 countries with the best education systems in 2025 has been released. According to the Global Intelligence Unit’s Education Report 2025, the United States ranks first, the United Kingdom second and Australia third. These three countries spend five to six per cent of their GDP on education.…
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Non-formal Education Policy In Works To End Out-of-school Crisis

Islamabad: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on 10-July-2025 announced that the Federal Non-Formal Education Policy 2025 was currently in development, with the ambitious objective of achieving a ‘zero out-of-school children’ target. He also declared that the National Action Plan for Non-Formal Education 2025 was…
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Minister Orders Increasing Number Of Daanish Schools

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Education Rana Sikandar Hayat directed to increase the number of Daanish Schools and provide proper facilities in these schools located in Mianwali, Attock, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Vehari. The minister issued these directions while chairing the 37th meeting of the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centre…
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Girls Outshine Boys In Matric General Group Exam Results

KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced the results of the annual examinations of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC), 10th grade, General Group (regular and private) students for the year 2025. According to the results, Sana Muhammad Idrees of Al-Badr Girls Higher Secondary School secured the first…
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Why Health Education Belongs in Our Classrooms

ISLAMABAD: Across Pakistan, children are growing up with questions they don’t know how to ask — and when they do ask, they’re often met with silence, nervous laughter, or a quick change of subject. Some questions are whispered among friends in school corridors. Some are typed quietly into search bars…
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CM Launches First-ever School Bus Service Across Punjab

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz has announced introducing school van/bus service and on-wheel Montessori school in the province. She presided over a special meeting of the School Education Department on 09-July-2025 in which outsourced schools, school meal programme and other projects were reviewed. In the meeting, it was decided…
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