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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…

Five years on, Taxila’s Girls School Still Awaits Completion

TAXILA: The construction work worth Rs49.40 million on Government Girls School in the middle of the city has not been completed despite the passage of five years. The construction work on the school comprising 12 classrooms on 14 kanals was started in November 2021, during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government. The…

Sindh, Unicef To Develop Five-year Plan For Out-of-school Children

KARACHI: The Sindh government, in collaboration with Unicef, has decided to develop a five-year multi-sectoral roadmap aimed at addressing the education needs of out-of-school children and adolescents. Under this initiative, a strategy will be formulated to identify and eliminate barriers hindering access to education. A key meeting regarding the development…

Unicef Pledges Support For Young People Against Climate Crisis

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on 8th May pledged support and protection for Pakistan’s children against the climate crisis and its impacts on their economic and social lives. The pledge came when Unicef Representative in Pakistan, Abdullah Fadil, called on the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination,…

School Privatisation Postponed

RAWALPINDI. The School Education Department has extended till May 15, the deadline of submitting applications in the third phase of the privatization of public schools. Under this phase, an additional 7,500 government schools are set to be handed over to Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and major private school chains. The new…

Schools Asked To Prepare Emergency Evacuation Plans

RAWALPINDI. Amid ongoing military tensions with India, the Department of Education has instructed educational officers to coordinate with school administrations to formulate emergency evacuation plans to ensure the safety of students, teachers and non-teaching staff. These plans must include clear evacuation routes from every classroom to secure locations such as…

Govt To Launch 5-year Plan For Adolescent Education

Meeting also spoke about a range of socio-economic and environmental factors affecting children’s educational outcomes The Sindh government, in partnership with UNICEF, has announced the development of a five-year multi-sectoral roadmap which aims to identify and eliminate barriers to education while creating an inclusive and supportive environment for learning across…

Twin Cities Close Educational Institutions For Two Days

ISLAMABAD: After multiple Indian drones were shot down in Rawalpindi, the authorities in the twin cities closed all educational institutions till 12th May, whereas the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education postponed its matric and intermediate exams. In the capital, internal and external exams, including A and O level…

Education And Emergencies

TENSIONS between Pakistan and India have once again led to incursions and attacks. And there are real fears of escalation to a full-scale war between the two countries that have nuclear weapons. India attacked several places early on 7th May. Given the situation, the Islamabad and Punjab governments announced the closure of…

45 Schools Solarised In Rahim Yar Khan

RAHIM YAR KHAN: The District Education Authority (DEA) has so far solarised 45 public schools, while 100 others are under the process, by utilising non-salary budget and raising funds through community engagement, not only saving power costs, but also contributing towards green energy production. The initiative has been taken under…

PHC Moved Against Advance School Fee

The court after hearing the arguments issued a notice to the concerned authority and sought a response. PESHAWAR: A writ petition has been filed in Peshawar High Court (PHC) to stop private schools in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) from collecting summer vacations fee in advance and various types of fees from the…