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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…

Six Daanish Schools For Balochistan, AJK Okayed

ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on 3rd July approved six Daanish school projects — in regions of Balochistan and one in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) — with a total estimated cost of Rs19.25 billion. The meeting, chaired by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, was convened…

Summer Camps Set Up For School Children In Kohistan

MANSEHRA: The education department has established summer camps for schoolchildren who have migrated to the mountainous Spat Valley in Upper Kohistan district. “We have set up five camps where children from 10 schools can continue learning during the summer season,” deputy commissioner Tariq Ali Khan told a meeting in his…

34,000 Public Schools To Be Granted Financial Autonomy: Sharjeel

Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has announced that in the next financial quarter the recruitment of 4,400 new teachers, the establishment of four new IBA community colleges, and the granting of financial autonomy to 34,000 public schools would begin in the province. In a statement issued to the press on…

65% Permanent Teaching Posts Vacant

Punjab government schools face a shortage of 100k teachers LAHORE: Around 65 percent permanent posts of government schoolteachers across Punjab are vacant. The posts include thousands in grade 17 to 20, among them a large number of headmasters and headmistresses as well as senior teachers. An official said the percentage…

Sindh Completes Country’s Largest Hiring Of Teachers

Sardar Shah informed that offer letters were issued to 93,118 teachers KARACHI: The Sindh Education Department has completed Pakistan’s largest-ever recruitment process, hiring over 93,000 Primary School Teachers (PST) and Junior Elementary School Teachers (JEST). Sindh’s Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah congratulated the successful candidates, expressing hope that the…

Madrassa Cleric Arrested For Assaulting Minor Boy In Kuchlak

QUETTA: A madrassa cleric in Kuchlak, a suburban area of Quetta, was arrested on 30 June 2025 for sexually assaulting a young boy aged between four and five years, police confirmed. According to law enforcement officials, they received a complaint that a cleric at a local religious seminary had assaulted…

Bisham Seminary Teacher Held For Assaulting Student

SHANGLA: Police arrested a seminary teacher for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old boy studying at the madressah in Bisham city of Shangla district on 29th June evening. The victim told Bisham police that he had been learning the Holy Quran from Qari Abdur Rahim for the last three months. He said…

British Council, Sindh Govt Partner To Enhance English Teaching In Public Schools

The British Council and the School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) of the Sindh government signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on 27-June-2025 to initiate a new phase of collaboration aimed at transforming English language instruction in public schools across the province. This strategic partnership, to be formalised through an…

Ministry Plans To Start Construction Of Autism Resource Centre

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education is planning to start work on the establishment of an autism resource centre at H-8/4 as its PC-I worth Rs1.34 billion has been approved. Once launched, the project will be completed in two years. It will be a rehabilitation centre for children with developmental…

Govt Schools, Colleges In Capital Also To Get Eight Padel, Futsal Courts

ISLAMABAD: Students of Islamabad-based government colleges and schools will have eight padel courts and five futsal fields in their institutions. Padel Tennis, which is a combination of tennis and squash, is gaining rapid popularity in Pakistan. The Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) has been developing various sports facilities in Islamabad’s…