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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…

Tutor Rapes Minor Boy In Lodhran

BAHAWALPUR: A tutor allegedly raped his 13-year-old student at Basti Baghwala of village Khanpur Ghalwan in the limits of the Qureshiwala Police Station in district Lodhran. According to Ladhran police spokesperson Bahadur Khan, the tutor called his student from his house and took him to nearby fields on the pretext…

Blast Near Police Van on Security Duty Of Polio Team Kills 9 in Mastung

QUETTA: A bomb blast near a girls’ high school in Mastung, Balochistan, claimed the lives of nine people, including six schoolchildren, a police officer, and two passers-by. Thirty others were injured. The explosive device, planted on a motorcycle, exploded with great force, damaging several cars. Following the blast, eleven of…

AJK to Launch New Education Policy In Collaboration with Unicef

MUZAFFARABAD: Designed to foster the growth of the younger generation and address future challenges, Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Education Policy 2024-2040 will soon be launched in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). This was announced by Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Deevan Ali Khan Chughtai at…

Mastung Bombing

INSTABILITY continues to haunt Balochistan, as Friday morning’s bombing in Mastung has shown. At least nine fatalities have been confirmed — mostly children — while at the time of writing no group had claimed responsibility for this atrocity. Considering Balochistan’s complex vortex of violence, both separatist militants or religiously inspired…

Parents Opt For Tent Schools Over Privatised Education

Residents have set up a temporary school with volunteer teachers RAWALPINDI: Families in Sumbul Syedan village, Murree, have withdrawn their daughters from schools recently handed over to NGOs, opting instead to educate them in makeshift tent schools. Unhappy with the former Government Primary Girls School’s privatisation, residents set up a…

Female Teachers of Bara College Awaiting Salary for 10 months

KHYBER: Nine female teachers of the recently established Government Girls Degree College in Bara are awaiting payment of their salaries for the last 10 months. The aggrieved staff told Dawn during a visit to the college in Alamgudar area in Bara that they were faced with serious financial issues as they…

Mingora Students Attend Classes In Rented Shops, Garages

SWAT: Residents have complained the Government Primary School Rahimabad No 2 in Mingora’s Rahimabad area doesn’t have a permanent building, forcing more than 900 students both boys and girls to attend classes in rented shops and garages. They said the school, established years ago, never had a proper structure, raising…

Three-day School Closure Possible in Lahore Amid Worsening Smog

Lahore schools considering schedule changes to prioritise the health of children Lahore: A three-day school closure and potential schedule adjustments in Lahore is being considered as the city grapples with deteriorating air quality, local officials announced. Amid severe smog conditions, schools could close on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays to reduce…

65 Absentee Schoolteachers Sacked

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has sacked 65 ‘habitual absentee schoolteachers’ from service with immediate effect. Officials of the directorate of education of Balochistan said on Monday the termination orders of services of the schoolteachers were given by Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti. They said the chief minister had taken serious notice…

80 AJK, GB Girls Schools To Get Latest IT Equipment

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development aimed at enhancing digital educational opportunities for marginalized girls, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in collaboration with Unesco Pakistan has announced the deployment of advanced IT equipment in 80 government girls’ schools across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The…