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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…

Private Schools Offer Fee Relief To Children Of Martyred Policemen

KHYBER/BAJAUR: Police have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three more private schools for giving concessions in monthly fee, books and uniforms to the children of martyred policemen in the Khyber tribal district. The MoU was signed at the office of District Police Officer Rae Mazhar Iqbal with representatives of…

Probe Into Trans Child’s Expulsion

MUZAFFARGARH: The deputy commissioner has asked the Chief Executive Officer of Education Miss Mah Jabeen to look into reports that a government school for special children in Alipur has expelled a class five student for being transgender. DC Quratul Ain promised action against responsible officials if the transgender allegation was…

Swat’s Nobel Laureate Comes Home

Malala Yousafzai visits school, meets family in Shangla SHANGLA: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on March 5 visited her hometown Barkana in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla district for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. During her visit, Malala met family members and paid respects at…

Inter Exam Results Controversy Put On The Backburner

No action taken on fact-finding committee’s report on low pass percentage in Karachi KARACHI: The Government of Sindh has put the issue of low grades of thousands of intermediate students in Karachi on the backburner. After protests by students and voices raised by the opposition members in the Sindh Assembly…

KP Textbook Board Stopped From Executing Contracts With Publishers

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on 4th March temporarily stopped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board (KPTBB) from executing profit-sharing contracts with eight private publishers for publishing of textbooks for grade 9 to 12. A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Sabitullah Khan issued notices to the respondents including the KPTBB…

MoU Signed To Introduce Al-powered Tutor ‘Khanmigo’ In Schools

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Khan Academy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce personalised learning in schools through Khan Academy’s AI-powered tutor, Khanmigo. Khan Academy will train teachers of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to effectively utilise Khanmigo, ensuring a seamless integration of technology…

40 Schools In Residential Buildings Sealed

GUJRANWALA: A joint team of the district administration and Metropolitan Corporations (MC) on 3rd March sealed more than 40 private schools being run in residential buildings. The team was led by City Assistant Commissioner (AC) Iqra Mobeen Gondal, while MC Chief Officer Haider Chattha accompanied her. The AC said that…

Child-centred Approach In Judiciary Stressed

Islamabad: Child-centred approach in the judiciary was stressed at a high-level event titled “Promoting and Protecting Child Rights through Improved Legal Literacy and Education in Pakistan” hosted by Group Development Pakistan (GDP). The initiative was part of a wider ‘Reimagine Justice for Children in Pakistan’ programme, and was launched in…

Govt Launches Crackdown On Ghost Teachers

Biometric monitoring department finds 3,033 teachers absent UMERKOT: The Sindh education department is tightening noose around ghost teachers who have been consistently absent from their duties. The chief monitoring officer for biometric attendance, acting on the orders of Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, found 3,033 teachers of various…

Kohat Villagers Demand Facilities In Schools

KOHAT: Elders from a far-flung village in Ghorazai Payan area here have demanded basic facilities in the local girls and boys schools and an end to unannounced power loadshedding and gas outages and low pressure. In a joint message on March 1, retired Subedar Zahoor Khan, Haji Ikhtiar Khan, Khudai…