ON World Teachers’ Day, Pakistan paid tribute to the people entrusted with educating its children. In his October 5 message, the prime minister emphasised…
IMAGINE a student who can reproduce a polished essay on water scarcity, complete with quotations, causes and recommendations. Ask the same student why a…
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…
