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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 government had constituted a five-member committee to integrate the three…

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…

Khyber Teachers Complain about ‘Forced’ Survey Duty

KHYBER: Teachers of government primary schools here have complained about plans to force them into carrying out primary student assessment surveys by the Directorate of Elementary and Secondary Education. Sources in the education department told Dawn that that the directorate of elementary and secondary department had sent pro formas to…
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Minister Orders Probe into Printing of Additional Textbooks

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Arshad Ayub Khan has ordered an investigation into the alleged printing of additional textbooks worth Rs130 million by KP Textbook Board and said that legal action be taken against those involved. He was presiding over a briefing session regarding KP Textbook…
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Punjab’s E-learning Project Misses Promised Goals

LAHORE: The Punjab government continues to promote the idea of digitalising health, education, and other basic services, yet many initiatives have failed to achieve their intended impact due to logistical limitations. One such initiative was the E-Learning Project. Labelled as a “digital revolution”, the project aimed to improve the quality…
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Punjab Issues Winter Vacation Schedule for Schools

The Punjab School Education Department has officially confirmed the schedule for winter vacations across all public and private schools in the province. The announcement comes after directives from Provincial Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat. In a formal notification, the department revealed that winter vacations will begin from December 22, 2025,…
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Forced Conversion’ at Sindh School being Probed

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Religious Affairs Kesoo Mal Kheal Das on December 4 informed the Senate that the Sindh government had taken prompt notice of the reported incident at Mirpur Sakro Girls High School involving allegations of pressuring non-Muslim students to convert to Islam. Responding to a calling attention…
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Publishers Oppose Change in School Curriculum in Punjab

LAHORE: The Punjab government’s decision to change the school curriculum has triggered strong opposition from publishers, who warned that the move would financially damage the publishing industry and disrupt the supply of textbooks for the upcoming academic session. The Punjab government had formed the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments…
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Tackling Rapid Population Growth has never been a Govt Priority: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Experts at the concluding session of the Population Summit on December 2 said rampant population growth has remained a least priority issue of successive governments as they always focused on their own projection and opposition bashing. Former information and culture minister Mushahid Hussain Sayed, in his keynote address, said…
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Over Rs189m Released for Schools Repair in Pindi

RAWALPINDI: Punjab government has released Rs189.132 million for the repair of 98 educational institutions in the district. District Education Authority Chief Executive Officer Tariq Mehmood told Dawn that the provincial government has released the first installment of funds worth Rs189.132 million for construction and repair works including additional rooms, new…
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Prayer Leader Booked for Torturing Students

SAHIWAL: A prayer leader in Farid Town has been booked for allegedly torturing two of his students after they failed to memorise their Quranic lesson. The case was registered on the complaint of Robina Bibi, the mother of victims Ali Raza (12) and Ali Abbas (10) who were real brothers,…
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