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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…

SHC Wants High-level Committee To Check If Deserving Students Getting Free Education

Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the chief secretary to constitute a high-level committee to examine whether 10 percent inclusion of students/children coming from the lowest stratum of society is strictly followed and maintained in all such public schools and cadet colleges established through the public exchequer or…

Technological Facilities Missing In Govt Schools

KARACHI: At a time when Artificial Intelligence (AI) has started dominating all arenas of the global landscape including health and education, students enrolled at government schools in Karachi continue to remain deprived of even the most fundamental technology, computers, which are mandatory for learning and applying the skills of computer…

CPI Rescues 11 Girl Students From College Hostel After Abuse Complaints

Islamabad: Responding to reports of abuse and harassment against the CEO and commandant of a private cadet college in Hummak, the Child Protection Institute (CPI), in collaboration with the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, conducted a raid and recovered 11 female students from the college hostel. The raid was led…

College Rape Allegation Sparks Protest

LAHORE: Protests erupted across the campuses of a group of colleges on October 14 over reports of the rape of a first-year student by a security guard. The incident had taken place on October 11 at the Gulberg campus, where a college bus driver had allegedly tricked the victim into…

Micro Libraries Installed In Public Parks

GUJRAT: As many as 15 “micro libraries” (book boxes) have been installed in at least three different public and family parks of Wazirabad to promote book reading among the people. According to an official of local administration, the boxes and books for these “micro libraries” have been provided by the…

CPDM Aims To Educate Children On Emergencies

CDPM a subsidiary of Peshawar University, announced the launch of its flagship project RESCUE PESHAWAR: The Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management (CDPM), a subsidiary of Peshawar University, announced the launch of its flagship project “Resilient Education for School Children Understanding Emergencies (RESCUE)” on October 13, marking the International Day…

Educational Divide

WHILE basic education is a constitutional right of every child in Pakistan, millions of children and youth remain deprived of this fundamental means of living a quality life. The recently launched District Education Performance Index (DEPI) by the Ministry of Planning and Development represents a significant step towards comparing the…

Kaghan Valley Residents Stage Sit-in Over Shortage Of Teachers, Doctors

MANSEHRA: Residents of Kaghan valley staged a sit-in on 13-October-2024 to protest the ongoing shortage of teachers and doctors at the local schools and health facilities. Maulana Sher Zaman, the prayer leader of the central mosque in Kaghan town, while addressing the demonstrators, stated, “The government earns substantial revenue from…

Security Guard Arrested For Raping College Student In Lahore

LAHORE: Punjab police on October 13 arrested a security guard of a private college located in the Gulberg area of Lahore for allegedly raping a student, ARY News reported. As per the DIG Operations, the accused guard involved in the rape incident went into hiding after the news of the…

College For Special Children Okayed

MARDAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved establishment of inter college for special children in Mardan. Special Education Deputy Director Aneeq Ahmad said here on October 11 that the provincial government, while taking a historical step, approved the establishment of inter-college for special children in the district. He said that officials…