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School Principal Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Teachers, Students

SHEIKHUPURA: A school principal has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing several teachers and students in the Mirza Virkan area of Sheikhupura, reported Ary News. The case came to light after videos of the victims went viral on social media and WhatsApp groups. Following the emergence of the videos, the B-division station police conducted a raid on complaints of…

PAKISTAN EDUCATION STATISTICS 2022 – 2023

Pakistan’s education system spans multiple levels, including compulsory education for children aged 5-16, covering pre-primary to higher secondary education, with 349,909 institutions serving over 56 million students as of 2022-23. Despite improvements, around 26 million children remain out of school, with girls making up a significant portion. The out-of-school crisis…

Transport For Schooling

A JUDGE at the Lahore High Court recently ordered that schools should arrange for…

Closure of 86 Schools Extended In Flood-hit Areas Of Chiniot

CHINIOT: The administration has extended the closure of 86 schools for three…

Pindi Schools Lead in Rainwater Recycling

RAWALPINDI: The Education Department has successfully completed a project to harvest and recycle rainwater for reuse in 18 high and higher secondary schools across the Rawalpindi district. In the next phase, the initiative will be expanded to an additional 100 schools. The project was executed with the financial and technical…

Private Schools Trouble Residents of Congested Areas

PESHAWAR: Private schools functioning in congested residential areas are creating multiple problems for the people residing in urban localities of the provincial capital. The residents of such areas say that they face disturbance in the morning and departure time of students as vans many schools and vehicles of parents cause…

Floods Worsen Girls Education Crisis

PESHAWAR: The devastating floods that struck Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) in August 2025 have not only claimed lives and crippled the economy, but have also severely impacted girls’ education in a province long burdened by conflict, extremism, and poverty. According to official data, nearly 4.9 million children in K-P are currently out…

Residents Demand Girls School in Dir Village

LOWER DIR: Residents of Malakand Bala here have complained about lack of a girls’ primary school in the village, forcing pupils to study at the boys’ school. Talking to reporters, Malik Abdul Mustaan, Farhad and others said the boys’ school was also without a boundary wall, making it unsafe for…

Sindh Launches Digital Platform to Monitor Attendance in Schools

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on November 6 launched the Student Attendance Monitoring and Redress System (SAMRS), describing it as a “pioneering, transformative, and nationally replicable model” that puts technology and evidence-based planning at the core of education reform. Speaking at the provincial launch ceremony held at…

Shortage of Teachers Hampers Enrolment of Girls in Khyber

KHYBER: A long delay by the education department in addressing the shortage of female teachers in public schools is hampering enrolment of out-of-school girl students in the Khyber tribal district. Official sources in Bara and Landi Kotal said that at present, only one female teacher was available for over 100…

Lakki Girls School Reopens After Eight Years

LAKKI MARWAT: A government girls high school was reopened in the Dallokhel area here the other day after eight years of closure. A ceremony to this effect was attended among others by deputy commissioner Hamidullh Khan, district police officer Nazir Khan, district education officer Nargis Jabeen, teachers, students and their…

Punitive Action against Three over Dance Party at Chiniot School

CHINIOT: A school guard has been terminated from service while the head teacher, as well as a teacher, had been given major penalties of seizure of service and increment stoppage, respectively, over a dance party at a girls school. District Education Officer (Elementary/Women) Khadeeja Bukhari has terminated the service of…

Rawalpindi Revises School Timings Amid Kachehri Chowk Development Work

The Rawalpindi district administration has revised school timings across the city and cantonment areas to help manage traffic flow, affected by the ongoing Kachehri Chowk development work including the construction of an underpass and an overhead bridge. According to a notification issued by Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema, all government…

Kohistan Girls Suffer as 60pc Schools Closed Due to Teachers Shortage

MANSEHRA: Girls in Upper Kohistan continue to suffer the consequences of government neglect as nearly 60 percent of primary and middle schools remain closed due to a shortage of teachers, absenteeism and administrative failures. “I paid a surprise visit to the office of the district education officer (women) and found…