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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…

Annual Status of Education Pakistan 2023 – Provisional

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is a survey of the…

Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

KARACHI: Female students have grabbed first two positions in the Class XII…

MDCAT: A False Hope On The Horizon

The costs of depriving meritorious individuals of entry into the healthcare system manifest as healthcare breakdowns. Though the announcements of academic opportunities and exams in a transparent socioeconomic and political setting might elicit excitement among prospective aspirants, the same in our part of the world ignites cascades of desperation and…

Colleges Told To Admit 20% More Students

SAHIWAL: The Higher Education Department has asked public sector colleges across the province to ensure 20 percent more admissions in intermediate this year. Sahiwal Government College Principal Dr Mumtaz Ahmad confirmed receiving the HED direction. Sources close to the situation say the admission target last year was 600,000 but hardly…

FDE Under Fire Over Short Weekend For Educators

Islamabad: The Federal Directorate of Education has directed principals of the public sector schools and colleges in Islamabad Capital Territory to ensure that teachers hold remedial classes on Saturdays. As per the FDE notification, all public sector schools in the Islamabad Capital Territory will be open every Saturday starting August…

When Education Meets Land Grab

Imagine this: A bully enters a man’s dwelling and forces him to sign over ownership of a large piece of his land at gunpoint. To lend this theft the thinnest air of legitimacy, the bully throws the landowner a bone and puts a sale price on the papers that is…

Free Healthy Meals for Sindh Schoolchildren, Says Murad

KARACHI: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 31st July 2024 supported the Sindh government’s plan to offer free breakfast /lunch and milk to schoolchildren under its School Meal Programme (SMP). WFP Country Director Coco Ushiyama called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here at the CM House and…

MoU Signed To Promote Cricket In Educational Institutions

ISLAMABAD: Inter-Board Coordination Commission (IBCC), an umbrella organisation for educational boards, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), and Capital Development Authority (CDA) have joined hands to promote cricket in educational institutions and have signed Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) at CDA headquarters on Tuesday. According to the MOU, PCB…

What Next After Enrolment?

Twenty-six million. This figure has been doing the rounds in print and digital media for quite some time now. This is the total number of out-of-school children and adolescents (OOSCA) in Pakistan, the second highest in the world, according to the Pakistan Education Statistics. This number is 39 percent of…

Breathing Poison

How many of us would willingly put our children in a room with toxic air? Ideally, none. But in reality, we are guilty of, and perhaps blissfully unaware of, pushing our children towards harm’s way. The latest research shows the shocking impact of passive smoking on school-age children in Pakistan…

How To Fix The Textbook Problem

The extension of school vacations by a fortnight in Sindh – until August 14 – has triggered speculations about the actual reason behind the decision, beyond just the ongoing spell of hot weather. The media has pointed out the delay in the publication of textbooks as the prime factor behind…

Sindh Plans To Increase School Enrolment To Six Million

KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah has directed education authorities to increase school enrolment to six million, open 2,170 viable schools under the placement plan, and remove the biometrics of 1,700 teachers from non-viable schools. He issued these instructions while chairing a meeting on 29 July in Karachi.…