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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…

Bandits in Kandhkot-Kashmore kill teacher who defied their ‘rule’

Dacoits gunned down a primary schoolteacher, when he was driving to his school on a motorcycle along Hazaro Shakh (water channel) on Magsi-Karampur road near Tangwani town, Kandhkot-Kashomre district, on Monday. The teacher Allah Rakhiyo Nandwani, a resident of Khando Khan Nandwani, taught at a cluster primary school in Nasrullah…
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Minister directs early provision of textbooks to students

Minister for elementary and secondary education Faisal Khan Tarakai on 18 March 2024 directed the provision of textbooks to the students in all the public sector schools by the beginning of the new academic year so that their education wasn’t affected. He issued the directives while chairing a meeting of…
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The Case for Teaching Punjabi in Schools

THE chief minister of Punjab, Ms Maryam Nawaz, has said that Punjabi will be taught across schools in the province. This was announced at the Punjab Culture Day ceremony last week. It is a welcome announcement. Some 80 million people speak Punjabi in Pakistan and, worldwide, Punjabi speakers number around…
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Annual Status of Education Pakistan 2023 National Report – Urban and Rural

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan 2023 presents findings from the national household-based learning assessment conducted across both rural and urban areas of Pakistan. Methodology: Rural survey covered 151 districts, with 30 villages sampled per district and 20 households surveyed in each village. Urban survey covered 123 districts…
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Annual Status of Education Pakistan 2023 – Provisional

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is a survey of the quality of education. ASER seeks to identify gaps in educational data by looking to provide a reliable set of data at the national level, that is comprehensive and, at the same time, easy to understand. This year, ASER…
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Allocations versus Expenditures in Education Finance – Policy Note

The policy note titled “Falling Through the Cracks: Allocations versus Expenditures in Education Finance” highlights the issue of underspending in the education sector in Pakistan. Despite an increase in the total education budget, underspend remains a significant problem. Pakistan’s investment in education, at 1.7% of GDP, is below the international…
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Educational Exclusion of Children with Special Needs

The report “Educational Exclusion of Children with Special Needs” published by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) examines the challenges faced by children with special needs in accessing quality education in Pakistan using data from the Pakistan Social Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) 2019-20. It analyzes the various factors that…
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Ministry may finally prepare new education policy

According to a news report, the education ministry has finally shown interest in formulating a new education policy after years long delay. At present, the country is following an education policy framed back in 2009. ‘The first meeting of the National Advisory Committee to formulate the National Education Policy 2024…
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School children lack proficiency in mathematics and science

A new official report by Pakistan Institute of Education (PIE) released on 1st March 2024, Pakistan’s National Achievement Test (NAT) highlighted the low proficiency of students in grades 4 and 8 in mathematics and science subjects. The report pointed out the low proficiency of students in mathematics and sciences, the…
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