October 16, 2026
Technical teams must inspect roofs, walls, beams and foundations at every government school in the province and report district by district by 26 October, classifying each building safe, in need of repair, or unsafe.
September 19, 2026
Sindh's first gender equality report records 4.08 million girls aged five to 16 out of school, female literacy at 47 percent against 68 for men, and rural female literacy at 27.52 percent.
September 14, 2026
A Population Council study says Punjab will need about 19,000 additional public primary schools by 2040 and Pakistan 57,000, with nearly 10 million children aged five to 16 already out of school in the province.
September 9, 2026
Punjab's literacy department says it needs Rs135 billion by 2035 to reach a 90 percent literacy rate, against a rate stagnant at 60 percent, 9.6 million out-of-school children and 26.8 million illiterate adults.
September 4, 2026
Los Angeles Unified has barred all students from generative AI on district devices for the 2026-27 year — a wider restriction than New York's, announced the same day, and covering high schoolers who previously had approved access.
September 3, 2026
New York City has imposed a one-year moratorium on generative AI for public school students below ninth grade, affecting nearly 600,000 children — about two-thirds of enrolment — in what the mayor's office calls the country's most expansive such limit.
August 12, 2026
The prime minister has launched Pakistan's first National Youth Employment Policy, announcing a 35 per cent quota for women in the labour force and a 10 per cent annual quota for young startups, along with a Danish University in Islamabad.
August 11, 2026
More than 100,000 students from over 850 schools in Pakistan sat Cambridge exams this year. AS and A Level results were released on Tuesday, with IGCSE and O Level results due on August 18.
August 9, 2026
Pakistan took a gold and two silver medals at the third International Nuclear Science Olympiad in Jeddah, where 19 countries competed. Pakistan has been announced as host of the fourth edition in 2027.
August 8, 2026
The Sindh School Education Department has issued revised timings for government primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary schools, with separate schedules for single and double shifts and for the summer and winter periods.
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