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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…

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

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

NA Body Wants Modern Education Facilities In Capital’s Rural Areas

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Friday stressed the need for modern educational facilities in the rural areas of the federal capital. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training at a meeting chaired by Dr Azimuddin Zahid Lakhvi discussed various agenda items, including the ongoing face-lifting and…

Sindh Kicks Off Drive For Over 800,000 Govt School Admissions

The Sindh government, in a move to strengthen the education system in the province, has set a target of 0.8 million new students in government schools. Moreover, Minister for Education and Mines & Minerals Development Syed Sardar Ali Shah has stated that the monitoring system regarding teacher attendance in Sindh…

Flooded Schools Greet Students

Heavy monsoon rains have left many campuses underwater, turning them into ponds RAWALPINDI: After a two-and-a-half-month summer vacation, all public and private educational institutions in Rawalpindi will reopen on 15 August. However, heavy monsoon rains over the past week have turned many schools, colleges, and universities across the city into…

Private Schools Demand Removal Of Taxes

RAWALPINDI: The All-Pakistan Private Schools Management Association has raised serious concerns about the country’s state of education, calling for the removal of taxes on private schools. They emphasised that 60 percent of children who are receiving an education are enrolled in private schools. The association urged all political parties to…

Teacher Arrested For Beating Up Student

SWAT: The Mingora police on August 13 booked a teacher and later arrested him after a resident complained that his nine-year-old son was beaten up by the accused in the school, leaving him injured. Asad, a resident of Mingora, reported that his son, who is in grade four, was severely…

Skills and Success

Someweeks ago, the Federal Directorate of Education and Professional Training organised a wonderful summer fiesta for schoolchildren, with a wide range of skill-based workshops, seminars, lectures and activities. This kind of immersive experience with creative writing, financial literacy, digital technology, and so forth, is the urgent need for students who…

Online System For Intermediate Admissions Failing Miserably

Severe flaws have emerged in the online procedure for Intermediate admissions in Karachi. The online system has messed up the admissions procedure as DJ Science College, one of the most prestigious colleges in Karachi, is presently trailing in terms of merit behind a college that has been closed. Simultaneously, the…

KP Govt To Launch Taleem Card

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch the ‘Taleem Card’ Project, with the pilot phase set to commence from Upper Chitral. This decision was made during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur at the Chief Minister’s House here on 10 August, said a handout.…

STBB Claims Distributing 700,000 Book Sets In Karachi Govt Schools

KARACHI: With approximately 700,000 book sets distributed, the Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) has claimed to have “successfully” completed the delivery of textbooks to government schools in the Karachi region. The move came almost a week after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the education department to ensure the…

300 Microschools Planned To Enroll Out-of-school Children

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 8 August directed the Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) to establish 300 digital ‘microschools’ to enroll 300,000 out-of-school children and hire over 600 female learning facilitators and approved Rs800 million for the purpose. He gave these directives to the SEF while presiding over…