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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…

Developing Education to Mitigate Climate Change: Experts’ Take

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Country Representative Unicef Sharmeela Rasool on 12th September 2024 said the world was in the climate crisis mode as the problem was no longer of the future, but of the present. She was speaking at a roundtable discussion on ‘Climate-Compatible Education’ held at the Institute of Regional Studies…

Punjab Teachers Announce Lockdown Of Schools From 27th

RAWALPINDI: The Grand Teachers Alliance, a coalition of Punjab teachers’ unions, on September 11 announced that teachers from the entire province would converge on Lahore on Sept 26 to protest the government’s plan to outsource educational institutions. They would also shut down schools on Sept 27. Teachers in Rawalpindi division,…

UNICEF Raises Red Flag On Sindh Education

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on 11-September-2024 said that monsoon floods in Sindh had forced thousands of children out of school, as Pakistan struggled with recurring extreme weather events disrupting education and putting young lives at risk. “Children in Sindh are facing serious setbacks in their education…

10m Children Aged 5-9 Years Do Not Go To Schools, NA Told

ISLAMABAD: The number of out-of-school children across the country remained above 26 million despite several initiatives by the government in recent years as well as the commitments to bring these children back to schools. The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training informed the National Assembly that there were over…

Schoolteacher Rapes Minor Student

NAROWAL: A teacher of a private school at Shakargarh allegedly raped a minor boy, a Class VI student, and fled away. The victim’s uncle, Umar Daraz, a resident of Shakargarh, in his written complaint to the police, said his 12-year-old nephew, is a student of Class VI at a private…

3,500 Balochistan Schools Shut Due To Teacher Shortage

QUETTA: More than 3,500 schools in Balochistan are non-functional due to a shortage of teachers, the provincial education department has disclosed. In a written reply to a query posed by a Balochistan Assembly member, the department revealed that 542 schools have been closed since the new government took power in…

Govt Pledges To Put 26 Million Kids Back In School

ISLAMABAD: In their messages on International Literacy Day, the president and prime minister have highlighted the challenge of millions of out-of-school children and vowed to increase the literacy rate to “transform” Pakistan. According to the detailed results of the 7th Population and Housing Census conducted last year, around 25.37m children…

3,000 Centres For Non-formal Education Will Be Established In Sindh

KARACHI: Representatives from global and local institutions working for the advancement of education, social figures, scholars, and others emphasised that efforts to increase education and literacy in Sindh should prioritise providing basic education in children’s mother tongue. Furthermore, steps to promote multilingual education should be strengthened so that future generations…

Govt Launches App To Strengthen School Infrastructure Resilience

ISLAMABAD: In a step towards safeguarding educational institutions across the country, the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) in partnership with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has launched the NatCat Safe School Application, a digital tool designed to enhance the safety and resilience of school infrastructures across…

Literacy Day Highlights Need For Multilingual Education

ISLAMABAD: International Literacy Day is being observed on September 8 to remind policy-makers, practitioners, and the public of the critical importance of literacy for creating a more literate, just, peaceful, and sustainable society. Unesco highlights that the lack of access to education remains a significant barrier, as three out of…