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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…

Automation, E-marking Planned in Sindh’s Education Boards

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking…

Terrorists Bomb Girls’ School, Torch Another in Lakki Marwat

Terrorists struck again at the right to education in Lakki Marwat district, destroying a girls’ primary school in Ghazni Khel tehsil. Fortunately, there were no casualties, though the school building sustained heavy damage. The explosion occurred on the night of September 30 in Pahar Khel Paka village, where unidentified attackers…

CM’s Vision of Women Safety, Empowerment: Adolescent Girls’ Health Project to be Launched

LAHORE: A four-member delegation of education sector leaders visited the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on September 30 and agreed with the university to launch a pilot project on adolescent girls’ health in Lahore schools, in line with the Chief Minister’s vision of women safety and empowerment. The delegation, led…

CM Vows to Bring Education Revolution in Punjab

CHAKWAL: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on September 30 vowed to bring an educational revolution in the province claiming that robotics and artificial intelligence would be introduced in the government schools. She was addressing a ceremony held at the University of Chakwal here on Wednesday in connection with laptops…

Govt Launches Initiative to Standardise Sign Language

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on September 30 said the absence of a standardised Pakistan Sign Language (PSL) has long limited access to education, employment, justice and public services for special persons. Addressing the National Consultation on the Standardisation of PSL, he…

Pakistan, India on US Watch List for Human Trafficking

WASHINGTON: The US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2025 has placed both Pakistan and India among the countries that do not fully meet minimum standards for eliminating trafficking but are making “significant efforts” to do so. The annual report, released in Washington, reviews efforts by governments worldwide to combat…

MORA Announces Scholarships for Minority Students

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has invited online scholarship applications for students from minority communities enrolled in government institutions, with the submission deadline set for October 28. Eligible applicants must be Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, or from other minority communities, enrolled as regular students in government institutions…

Minor Student’s Death Seminary Teacher, Son Detained by Police

GUJRAT: Police have reportedly detained both nominated suspects– a teacher and his son– who allegedly tortured a five-year-old student to death at a seminary at Karariwala Kalan village in Kharian Saddar police precincts. The suspects — a seminary teacher, Hafiz Qari Arfan of Miana Gondal village of Mandi Bahauddin and…

IHC Seeks Report on Compliance of Elite Private Schools in Capital with Free Education Obligation

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought a detailed report from the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira) on whether elite private schools in the capital are complying with their statutory obligation to provide free education to underprivileged children. The court issued the directive during the hearing of a…

Second Attack on HPV Vaccination Team in 3 Days Leaves Mandi Bahauddin’s Health Workers in Fear

A team of female health workers was attacked on September 27 while administering vaccines against the human papillomavirus (HPV) in Punjab’s Mandi Bahauddin district, the second such incident in three days. The HPV vaccine, first launched in Pakistan in 2022, has now been rolled out nationwide as part of the routine immunisation…

AJK Warns Private Schools Against Closure, Involvement in Protests

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has warned private educational institutions against announcing holidays or suspending classes on any date — a warning seen as a veiled reference to the September 29 lockdown call by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC). “It has been brought to…