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state of education in Pakistan

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…

Swat Police Arrest 11 In Seminary Student Murder Case

SWAT: District police officer Mohammad Umar Khan on 23rd July announced the arrest of 11 individuals, including administrator of an unregistered seminary, in connection with the brutal killing of a 12-year-old student and the systematic abuse of children at the institution located in the Chaliyar area of Khwazakhela here. Addressing…

Obun2 Launches ‘Child Nexus Pakistan’ to Strengthen Child Rights Monitoring

In an important development towards enhancing evidence-based policy and advocacy for children in Pakistan, Obun2, in partnership with the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC), has developed a comprehensive dataset on child rights across the country. This initiative responds to the urgent need for structured, reliable, and regularly updated…

Fatal Corporal Punishment

The savage beating to death of a madrassa student in a Swat village, followed by a ridiculous attempt at covering it up, is a reminder of the pathetic state of education in much of the country, as unqualified teachers sadistically punish children for common negative behaviors. In the Swat incident,…

Parliamentary Body Calls For Reviewing Rs60,000 Fee For Each Cambridge Exam In Pakistan

The National Standing Committee on Education comprising members of the Senate and National Assembly has called for the Ministry of Federal Education and Cambridge International Education to review and rationalise Rs60,000 fee per Cambridge exam paper in Pakistan. The fee must take into account students’ affordability, operational costs and global…

Pindi Board Introduces Online System To Facilitate Students

Rawalpindi: Under the leadership of the Chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rawalpindi, Muhammad Adnan Khan, the board has launched a comprehensive online system for students to submit correction requests regarding their name, father’s name, date of birth, and other essential information. This revolutionary step has…

Boy Tortured To Death By Teachers In Swat Madrassa

MINGORA: A 14-year-old boy was allegedly tortured to death by three teachers at an unregistered madrasa in Chaliyar area of Khwazakhela tehsil in Swat district. It was learnt that the young student identified as Farhan Ayaz was subjected to severe physical abuse allegedly for absenteeism. The beating, carried out by…

Schools To Be Upgraded With Rs937m, Within 90 Days

Rawalpindi: District Education Officer (Secondary Education) Dr. Gul Ahmad has said that, under the revolutionary educational initiatives of CM Maryam Nawaz, the upgradation of all schools in Rawalpindi district will be completed before the 90-day deadline with an allocation of Rs937.0 million. Renovation, new furniture, clean drinking water, and state-of-the-art…

CM Punjab Directs Launch Of School on Wheels

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed to start “School on Wheels”, “Library on Wheels” and “Mobile Library” projects to promote education in Punjab. “If you study, you will grow,” said Maryam Nawaz while directing the authorities concerned to start “School on Wheels”, “Library on Wheels” and “Mobile Library”…

Teachers Reluctant To Take Management Posts

3,795 apply for over 5k vacancies of headmasters, headmistresses LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department is facing an administrative challenge as government schoolteachers are showing little interest in taking up the role of headmaster and headmistress. According to official sources, only 3,795 teachers have applied against 5,051 vacant positions to…

Education Divide

THE adage ‘desperate times call for desperate measures’ seems apt for the state of Pakistan’s worsening rural-urban education divide. In a country where the education budget is lower than the minimum global standard of 4 per cent of GDP, where 23 million children remain out of school and where the…