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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 government had constituted a five-member committee to integrate the three…

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…

Girls Clinch Top Two Slots In BSEK General Group Exams

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

Automation, E-marking Planned in Sindh’s Education Boards

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking…

Kundi Gives Away Scholarships To Students From Merged Districts

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Faisal Karim Kundi visited Edwards College on 6th December, where he distributed scholarships among students from the merged districts. The initiative is aimed at helping students from backward areas pursue higher education, ensuring they have access to resources for academic success. During his visit, he…

Details Of Missing Facilities In Schools Sought

RAWALPINDI: Punjab government has asked the district administration to compile details of missing facilities in educational institutions so that development projects would be launched to provide them to students. This was stated in a meeting with Commissioner Amir Khattak in the chair here on Tuesday. Lawmakers from Rawalpindi, Deputy Commissioner…

Quality Education Stressed For National Progress

LOWER DIR: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Malakand Chairman Mohammad Nasim Khan stated that no nation could develop and progress without providing quality education to its children. He was addressing a function after inaugurating a private educational institution at Shehzadi as chief guest here on Sunday. The function…

Education Dept Bans Cellphones In Schools

New guidelines ‘to ensure discipline and transparency’ RAWALPINDI: The Punjab School Education Department has introduced guidelines to ensure discipline and transparency in government schools. District and tehsil education officers and school heads have been instructed to enforce these measures strictly. According to a circular issued by the department, the use…

Less Than 5% Of Deaf Children Attend School

Less than 5% of deaf children of school age in Pakistan attend school ISLAMABAD: Less than 5% of deaf children of school age in Pakistan attend school, reflecting the significant barriers they face in accessing education. Globally, the situation is similarly dire, with the World Federation of the Deaf estimating…

One Million Teachers Required To Meet Growing Needs

Islamabad: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal called for public sector schools to be equipped with the necessary resources to teach essential skills, ensuring that the proposed reforms deliver broad societal benefits. During a meeting about the Teacher Training Institute, the minister underscored the urgent need for education reforms to…

Pleas Against Outsourcing Of Public Schools Dismissed

LAHORE: Dismissing a challenge to outsourcing the management of public sector schools through the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), the Lahore High Court has observed that the policy decisions require political judgment, not legal interpretation. “Functionality of the Foundation is governed and regulated by the Government. Petitioners in fact are seeking…

First Adolescent, Youth-friendly Space Inaugurated In Quetta

QUETTA: In a groundbreaking initiative, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Netherlands and the School of Leadership Foundation (SLF) inaugurated the first Adolescent and Youth Friendly Space (AYFS) in Quetta under the ‘Aghaaz’ project on 30th November. This four-year initiative aims to establish AYFS centres in Islamabad, Peshawar and…

Chess in Education Programme Launched In AJK Under PM’s Mind Sports Initiative

MUZAFFARABAD: The Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP) on 29th November launched the ‘FIDE In-Person Training’ in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) under the Prime Minister’s National Mind Sports Initiative for Schools (NMSI), in collaboration with the territory’s elementary and secondary education and sports, youth, and culture departments. FIDE, the International…

160,000 Youth To Be Trained In Marketable Skills: Ministry

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on 26 November said around 160,000 youth will be trained in Information Technology (IT) and other industrial skills under the Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Programme (PMYSDP), worth Rs15 billion, in the next three years. The ministry said the skill development…