WHEN fuel prices rose sharply in March, the government closed schools for two weeks, moved universities online and placed public offices on a four-day…
IN less than three years, Punjab has transferred the management of roughly thirteen thousand government schools to private operators, non-governmental organizations and individual licensees.…
THIS summer, Punjab established 6,060 learning camps across 3,030 selected schools in twelve districts. The eight-week initiative, notified under the Taleem Programme, targeted foundational…
PAKISTAN declared an education emergency on 8 May 2024, the Prime Minister undertaking to supervise it personally and to bring some 26 million out-of-school…
THE Higher Education Commission issued its notification in February 2026 and confirmed it at its 47th Commission meeting in July: from this autumn, every…
KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa has introduced an artificial-intelligence teaching model for grades six to twelve. Developed by the Elementary and Secondary Education Foundation, the Global Virtual…
PAKISTAN’S education emergency is measured through attendance: out-of-school numbers dominate every plan. The Economic Survey 2025-26 reports that the proportion of out-of-school children fell…
PAKISTAN’S universities produce thousands of graduates each year, but for too many, graduation marks the beginning of unemployment rather than of a career. Instruction…
SUMMER vacations were once declared to shield children from extreme heat. Schools still keep that calendar, yet the notification closing them makes no provision…
A ten-year-old sits in a Pakistani classroom, five years into her schooling, unable to read the sentence written on the board. She is enrolled, counted…
