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

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking system in educational boards to improve the quality of education in the province. The announcement was made by the Minister for Universities and Boards Muhammad Ismail Rahoo at a ceremony organised by the All Sindh Private Schools and Colleges Association at Bahria Auditorium, Karsaz, Karachi, to mark World…

Education Boards All Set For E-marking

KARACHI: Preparations are underway in Sindh for the introduction of e-marking in the 2025 annual matriculation and intermediate exams. Both the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) and the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) have finalised plans to embrace this digital assessment method, which will be applied to the…

Senate Panel Pushes For Stronger Educational Reforms

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training on 07-July-2025 pushed for stronger educational reforms, and put under scrutiny the Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design (PIFD) amendments, free milk initiative, and special education policy. The committee meeting, presided by its chairperson Senator Bushra Anjum Butt at the…
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Over 1.6m Children in Sindh Trapped In Child Labour, Survey Finds

KARACHI: Over 1.6 million children, between five and 17 years of age, in Sindh have been found to be trapped in child labour, revealed the Sindh Child Labour Survey 2022–2024. Conducted by the provincial labour department with technical support from Unicef and the Bureau of Statistics Sindh, the survey also…
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No Education

WE just saw the release of the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 and the presentation of the budget for 2025-26. There is a lot that can be said about the economy and the budget, but in this article I want to focus on education and what the Survey and the budget…
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Summer Camps Set Up For School Children In Kohistan

MANSEHRA: The education department has established summer camps for schoolchildren who have migrated to the mountainous Spat Valley in Upper Kohistan district. “We have set up five camps where children from 10 schools can continue learning during the summer season,” deputy commissioner Tariq Ali Khan told a meeting in his…
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First Kalash Marriage Bill Cleared By Law Department

Legislation aims to protect and formalise the marital customs of the community Peshawar. In a landmark step toward preserving cultural heritage, Pakistan’s first indigenous Kalash Marriage Bill has successfully passed vetting by the Law Department and will soon be presented to the cabinet before being tabled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
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HRCP Records Rise In Violence Against Women, Children

PESHAWAR: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on 30th June released its annual report on the human rights situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reporting a “significant” increase in violence against women and children, sectarian strife and tribal feuds. The report, which was released by provincial chief of the HRCP Akbar Khan…
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Day Marked To Support Torture Victims

HARIPUR: The Human Development Organisation (HDO) organised a function at the central prison here the other day to highlight the importance of practices for good hygiene in jails. The activity was part of the celebration of the International Day in Support of Torture Victims. The prisoners admitted to the Drug…
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Civil Society For Sustainable Strategy To End Child Labour

LAHORE: Civil society organisations, academic institutions and the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) called on the Punjab government to adopt a comprehensive and sustainable child labour eradication strategy to uphold children’s rights and protect them from economic exploitation. This call to action was made during the Provincial Policy Dialogue…
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