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Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

KARACHI: Female students have grabbed first two positions in the Class XII (Science General Group) annual examinations 2024, according to the results announced by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Tuesday. BIEK Chairman Prof Amir Hussain Qadri said that Maniha Noor Rifat, a student of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, clinched the first position, securing 998 marks out…

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…

Sindh to have Uniform Exam Standards

KARACHI: The Sindh government has introduced a uniform examination standard for all boards in the province. Under the new framework, exams for key subjects like English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology will now be conducted based on a unified syllabus. Provincial Minister for Education Syed Sardar Ali Shah hailed this…
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Quality Education, Innovation Roadmap Unveiled for Islamabad Schools, Colleges

ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has launched FDE quality education and innovation roadmap for Islamabad schools and colleges. According to a press release issued by education ministry on Wednesday, Secretary Education Nadeem Mahbub, Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), Director General Syed Junaid Akhlaq and senior officials from…
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Handwriting, Calligraphy Training in Schools on Cards

RAWALPINDI: A project aimed at improving students’ handwriting has been finalised and approved, followed by a formal agreement between the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) and Educational National Services (CNS). Under the agreement, the students in PEF-affiliated schools will receive specialised training in handwriting, writing skills and calligraphy. The agreement was…
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TCF to Run 21 Municipal Schools

KARACHI: A meeting chaired by CM Murad Ali Shah on December 30 decided to put 21 schools of three town municipal corporations under the management of The Citizen Foundation for a period of 25 years to provide free quality education. The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, advisers, special assistants,…
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Govt Approves 38 Bullet-Proof Vehicles for Balochistan Schoolchildren

ISLAMABAD: On December 30, the government approved an additional budget for the military to procure bulletproof vehicles for the transportation of schoolchildren in Balochistan, according to an official handout released by the Ministry of Finance. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Finance Minister…
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Govt approves 2,800 Posts of School Watchmen

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formally approved recruitment of 2,800 watchmen for government schools in 28 districts of the province. According to a statement issued by finance department on Monday, the recruitment process to fill vacant positions in schools will be carried out with complete transparency. All appointments will…
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MPA shocks treasury: Punjab’s literacy rate below Afghanistan’s

LAHORE: To the embarrassment of the treasury, the Punjab Assembly session was adjourned due to a lack of quorum on December 29. The proceedings were marred by protests, heated exchanges between treasury and opposition members, and a boycott by press gallery members over, what they termed, anti-media and derogatory remarks…
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K-P Approves Hiring of 10,000 School teachers

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has approved the recruitment of 10,000 teachers on a temporary basis in boys’ and girls’ primary schools under the Parent-Teacher Council (PTC) framework, while the Finance Department has also granted permission for the hiring of 2,802 chowkidars to address staff shortages in government schools across…
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