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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…

K-P Launches Revival Plan for Model Schools

PESHAWAR: In a significant move to revitalize the province’s education sector, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi presided over an important meeting of the Elementary and Secondary Education Department at the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar. The session conducted a detailed review of the overall condition of model schools and…
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Schools Promised Non-Salary Budget Hike

CHINIOT: The Punjab government plans to enhance the annual Non-Salary Budget (NSB) for schools from Rs16 billion to over Rs20 billion after revision of existing formula indicators. Chairing a meeting, School Education Department Project Management and Implementation Unit (PMIU) Programme Officer Syed Azeem Naqvi said the department was planning to…
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Up to 50,000 New Renal Disease Cases May Emerge This Year, PMA Warns

KARACHI: Pakistan faces an escalating crisis of kidney failure, largely driven by consumption of contaminated water. The country is projected to see nearly 25,000 to 50,000 new end-stage renal disease patients this year alone who will require life-saving dialysis or transplantation. These concerns were raised by Pakistan Medical Association (PMA)…
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Punjab Rolls Out New School Rules

RAWALPINDI: A key meeting of district education authorities regarding improvements in teaching and academic standards for the 2026-27 academic session concluded on Thursday with the approval of a comprehensive set of administrative and academic measures across Punjab. Under decisions taken at the meeting, all government schools will be required to…
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Punjab Schools Get Rs3.27b Boost

RAWALPINDI: The Secretary for Schools Punjab has released funds totalling Rs3.271 billion for government schools across the province to meet routine expenditures, including utility bills, furniture repairs, and the salaries of security guards and sweepers. According to official sources, the allocated funds will be transferred to the respective District Education…
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HPV Campaign Reaches only 53pc of Target Girls: Survey

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first large scale campaign to vaccinate adolescent girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) reached only slightly more than half of the target population, with an independent post campaign survey estimating coverage at 53.4 per cent and identifying weak awareness, parental refusals and reporting gaps as key factors limiting the…
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Spending on Education Faces Decline over past Six Years, Says Seport

ISLAMABAD: The country continues to face critical challenges in financing and ensuring access to education, revealed a government report released on Thursday. With an alarming number of out-of-school children and 77 per cent of ten-year-olds unable to read and understand a simple text, the urgency of aligning financing priorities with…
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Child Marriage Awareness Campaign Launched

KARACHI: SOC Films and the Legal Aid Society (LAS) have signed a two-year agreement to launch a comprehensive child marriage awareness and advocacy campaign, beginning in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, founder and CEO of SOC Films, said, “Child marriage persists where silence and…
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Over 150 More Schools to Switch to Double-shift System

PESHAWAR: The elementary and secondary education department is going to shift 158 more schools, including 114 girl schools, to the double-shift system. Currently, 1,007 double-shift schools are fully functional in the province. Likewise, 100 schools will be upgraded, including primary, middle, and high schools. Minister for elementary and secondary education…
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First Wild Polio Case of 2026 Confirmed in Sindh

KARACHI: The National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) on Mar 5 confirmed Pakistan’s first wild polio case of 2026 in a four-year-old child from Sujawal district in Sindh. The case was reported through the polio surveillance network and confirmed by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at…
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