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Punjab to hold English proficiency test of all primary school teachers

The School Education Department (SED) Punjab has announced to hold an English language proficiency test for all primary school English teachers. According...

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In a first, private students allowed to take matric exam in science subjects

The Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), a meeting of heads of education boards in Pakistan, permitted private students all over Pakistan...

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to have 1,000 more girls community schools

The establishment of 1,000 more girls’ community schools in the upcoming academic year has been decided by the Elementary and Secondary Education...

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First transgender school to be opened in Lahore

The Punjab government is looking forward to opening a transgender school in the Barkat Market of Lahore, the Punjab School Education Department...

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19% children in Pakistan remained out of school in 2021

About 19% of children did not go to school last year in the country while the contribution of private ones dropped down...

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School Khana programme launched to feed 25,000 students in 100 Islamabad schools

The government has launched an initiative named the School Khana Programme with the aim to give free lunch meals to students of government schools in Islamabad, trying...

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Winter vacations in schools to begin from January 3

National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has decided the rescheduling of winter vacations of education institutes on Friday and now winter vacations...

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Punjab education boards not to declare position holders

This time, all boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) of Punjab have unanimously decided to not announce the names of position...

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Insaf Afternoon Program approved funds for 3965 primary schools in Punjab

A grant of Rs 3,275,568 has been approved for 3965 primary schools in Punjab under Insaf Afternoon Program for the development period...

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Education ministers agree to pass all matriculation, intermediate students

All the matriculation and intermediate students will be promoted due to the existing situation of coronavirus, as the fourth wave of the...

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New app launched to let parents track children’s school buses

Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) has released an app that allows parents to track their children’s school buses. In Sharjah, a new...

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Punjab govt to recruit 4,000 headteachers for schools

A new step in the educational sector, the government of Punjab has officially approved to hire 4,000 headteachers against vacant posts all over the province’s schools as...

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Sindh govt to begin vaccination for school, college students tomorrow

The Sindh government has become first in the country to initiate Covid-19 vaccination campaign for school and college students. According to the...

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Schools in Sindh with 100% vaccinated staff reopen for in-person learning

Public and private schools in Sindh including Karachi that have vaccinated their teachers and other members of staff reopened for in-person learning...

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World Bank grants $130 million for primary education in Sindh

The World Bank has granted worth $129.99 million to the federal government in order to help improve the education system in Sindh. ...

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Sindh announces to keep educational institutes closed till Aug 19

The Sindh government has decided not to open educational institutes of the province, will remain closed till August 19 in view of the Delta variant’s...

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Govt issues exams promotion policy for all Punjab boards

The policy for Intermediate and Matriculation Exams 2021 has been issued by the Punjab Higher Education Department (HED). Earlier, the notification regarding policy...

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Punjab govt to hire intern teachers on 13,736 vacant seats

The Punjab government is going to hire intern teachers for only one academic year instead of recruiting permanent or contractual teachers on...

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KP to launch Education Card Scheme for poor yet talented students

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced the start of the Education Card Scheme to enroll deserving students from financially poor families in the country’s...

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Project to upgrade 8,360 schools of Punjab launched

In order to upgrade 8,360 schools across the Punjab, Ministry of Education Punjab formally launched a project under the “Insaaf Afternoon Schools Programme”. In...

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Rickshaw driver from Peshawar gives free ride to school girls

Arab Shah, a 31-year-old rickshaw driver from Peshawar gives free pick and drop to school going girls in order to promote education...

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NCOC allows reopening of schools in districts with less than 5% positivity ratio

The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has issued new covid guidelines and allowed schools reopening in districts with less than a...

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Pakistan’s education system faces unprecedented crises amid third COVID wave

Pakistan’s education system has faced unprecedented crises in the past Covid-grappled year which is resulting in huge learning losses for the students....

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Private schools directed to slash monthly tuition fee by 20% amid Covid-19

Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira) has advised private schools and colleges to grant concession of 20 percent in monthly tuition fee...

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Government makes Holy Quran teaching compulsory in majority school systems

The government has made the Holy Quran teaching compulsory in all schools of the federal capital territory, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan,...

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Punjab announces exam schedule for classes 1 to 8

The Punjab Examination Commission has announced the final exam schedule for Classes 1 to 8. The provincial Minister for School Education, Murad...

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Schools in Pakistan to start 5-day regular classes from March 1: Shafqat Mehmood

All schools in Pakistan are going to have 5-day regular classes from the 1st March. According to Shafqat Mehmood, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training...

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Senate approves bill making Arabic language compulsory in educational institutions

Senate of Pakistan has approved the bill of making the teaching of the Arabic language compulsory in all educational institutions in the...

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Single National Curriculum to start for pre-1 to grade 5 students from August

Ministry of Federal Education has authorized private publishers to publish books for primary classes by following the single national curriculum (SNC). As...

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Govt decides to reopen schools in phases from Jan 18, universities from Feb 1

Schools will reopen starting January 18 as the federal government has agreed to extend the winter holidays for another ten days after...

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All educational institutions across Pakistan to close down from Nov 26 till Jan 10

All provincial ministers have mutually agreed for shutting down all educational institutions from 26th November till the 10th of January 2021 in...

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Education Minister rules out closure of educational institutions

The possibility of closure of educational institutions has been brushed aside by the Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, even though COVID-19 positive cases...

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No closure of educational institutions from Oct 15, says Shafqat

Shafqat Mehmood, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training denied the report that suggested that all educational institutions would be closed from...

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Classes below 8th grade in Sindh to resume from Sept 28: Saeed Ghani

On Friday, Saeed Ghani, education minister of Sindh announced that classes below the eighth grade will resume on September 28, no violation...

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81 students diagnosed with Covid-19 at Punjab schools

According to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, around 39,296 students were randomly tested for COVID-19 in 763 schools all over the...

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Shafqat Mahmood rejects ‘false news’ of schools remaining closed till October

On Friday, Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood rejected the rumors going on regarding the opening of schools in October, he calls...

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NCOC suggests reopening educational institutions on ‘top-down, rotational’ basis

On Thursday, NCOC suggested the reopening of the educational institutions in the country with the top to bottom approach, there would be...

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KP government open schools for admin, teaching staff

The KP government has reopened public and private sector schools for teaching and administrative staff members. The admin staff will make preparations...

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SOPs formulated for reopening schools in Punjab

New SOPs are formulated for both government and private schools in Punjab after it was decided that schools will reopen from September...

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Rahma Islamic Relief makes tent school an international standard school

Rahma Islamic Relief is playing a vital role in educating vulnerable and destitute children of society and recently they have converted a...

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Punjab bans 100 textbooks over ‘anti-Pakistan, anti-religious’ content

The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board banned the sale and printing of 100 textbooks on Thursday for having anti-Pakistan and anti-Islamic content....

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Matric results announced; Students promoted based on 9th grade results

FBISE announced results of the matric exams, students promoted to 11th grade on the basis of their 9th grade result. Matric examinations...

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Education ministry refuses to open school grounds

When asked regarding the utilization of school grounds in Islamabad for a public walk, the Education Ministry rejected the proposal and said...

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Schools, universities to reopen with SOPs from September 15: Shafqat Mahmood

The government plans to reopen schools, colleges, and universities after five months of a break from 15 September with SOPs. On Thursday,...

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Govt considering to reopen schools under SOPs: Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has said that the government is considering to reopen schools and other educational institutions under the...