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PM launches uniform curriculum to end class-based system in education sector

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PM launches uniform curriculum to end class-based system in education sector

Prime Minister Imran Khan launched a uniform curriculum to end the class-based system in the education sector across Pakistan. Addressing a function in Islamabad, Prime Minister Imran Khan paid tribute to Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood and his team for the initiative. The Prime Minister said that the uniform curriculum is to improve the moral values … Read more

Education Ministers Will Meet To Discuss The Covid-19 Situation Today

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Today, Education Ministers Will Meet To Discuss The Covid-19 Situation

Islamabad: The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) will be held today (Wednesday) to discuss the COVID-19 situation in schools after the resumption of in-person learning in Islamabad and Punjab on Monday.

Shafqat Mahmood, the Federal Minister of Education and Vocational Training, will preside over the meeting.

The participants will address the commencement of the new academic year, reopening of schools in light of the current COVID-19 outbreak, and vaccination of schoolteachers and other staff members, according to the federal education ministry. Actions to improve inclusive and responsive education performance, as well as funding, collaboration, and reporting, will be discussed.

Last week, the government decided not to extend school summer vacation and said all schools would reopen on August 2. It was decided that the examinations for the grade 9 and 10 would be held as per schedule.

Meanwhile, in Sindh, all exams were suspended after the lockdown was imposed in the province on July 31. The education department will now announce new dates after the restrictions are lifted.

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Religious minorities to be taught their own values: Shafqat Mahmood

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'Board exams to begin after June 15 in Pakistan,' announces Shafqat Mahmood

Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood said on Monday that for the first time in the history of the country, religious minorities will be taught values and content from their own religion. In a meeting with British High Commissioner Christian Turner in Islamabad, the federal minister stated that students from Hindu, Sikh, Christian, … Read more

Inter-provincial education ministers conference will be held tomorrow

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Budget 2021 HEC budget

Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference has been convened tomorrow (Wednesday).

According to the details, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair the meeting. The meeting will take a final decision on board examinations.

On the other hand, the meeting will also take an important decision regarding the opening of all educational institutions across Pakistan.

It should be mentioned here that the meeting will be attended by all provincial education ministers.

Earlier, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) on 22nd May, had directed provinces not to open educational institutions in the districts with high coronavirus rates.

According to the details, NCOC had sent a letter to the provinces, in which it said that schools should not reopen on May 24th where the COVID-19 positivity ratio is high.

They must instead remain closed till June 6.

“The districts where the infection rate is less — below 5% — can reopen educational institutions (on May 24),” NCOC said in a notification sent to the provinces.

A decision on whether or not educational institutes can reopen on June 7 will be taken on June 3, the letter added.

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Government makes final decision to conduct examinations this year

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Budget 2021 HEC budget

A meeting of the inter-provincial education ministers was held under the chairmanship of Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, in which the government decided not to promote anyone without conducting examinations this year. According to sources, it was decided in the meeting that examinations of all classes would be held in any case. The government has decided … Read more

Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference To Be Held Tomorrow

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Schools

Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference is scheduled to be held tomorrow (Monday).

According to the details, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood will chair the meeting.

The meeting will be attended by the education ministers of the four provinces, Gilgit and Azad Kashmir

The meeting is expected to take a final decision on the examinations. Summer vacations at educational institutions will also be decided.

On the other hand, the issue of vaccination of teachers and staff members will also be discussed in the meeting.

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Pakistan: Final Dates For Board Exams 2021 Announced

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Matric, inter exams 2024: Punjab board takes important decisions

The government has on Monday announced a final decision regarding the board exams’ schedule, which has been changed following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across Pakistan.

According to the details, the students of classes 10 and 12 will reportedly give their matric and intermediate exams first. The education ministers of all the provinces agreed that no student, including those of classes 9 and 11, will be promoted without exams this year.

However, the exams of class 9 and 11 will take place later as the government has changed the order of examinations.

The final dates for the exams are as follows:

  1. Exams for class 10 will start on June 19.
  2. Exams for class 12 will start on July 6.
  3. Exams for class 9 will start on July 20.
  4. Exams for class 11 will start on August 5.

There will be no matriculation and intermediate practicals, 50% marks in practicals will be given to all students while the remaining 50% marks will be given in connecting to the average of the marks of part-second theory.

The publication reported that no student of matric and intermediate Part II will get as many marks in Part II.

Earlier, Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood had said that government will give priority to exams for grades 12 and 10 followed by grades 11 and 9.

In his tweet, the Education Minister had said, “Interprovincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) took place yesterday. It was decided that Board exams would begin after June 15. Intermediate and Matric exams would be given priority so that results can come in before university admissions.”

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Pakistan & Japan Eye Deepen Ties, Development In Field Of Education

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Pakistan Japan Ties In Education Sector

Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mahmood has on Thursday held talks with the Japanese ambassador to Pakistan Kuninori Matsuda. During their meeting in Islamabad, both the leaders agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation on the exchange programme of Pakistan’s highly skilled workers through the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission. While in the discussion, Shafqat Mahmood … Read more

Government announces new eligibility criteria for promotion of Civil Servants

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O, A, AS level Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday announced various reforms in civil services to improve performance of government employees and departments. While addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Shafqat Mahmood who also heads Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms, said that the reforms have been introduced in promotion, premature retirement, efficiency and discipline, appointment in … Read more

Shafqat Mehmood Trends On Twitter After Breaking Students’ Heart

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'Board exams to begin after June 15 in Pakistan,' announces Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has announced the gradual reopening of educational institutions across the country from January 18 after reviewing the cases of the global coronavirus. The decision was announced by Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood after a meeting of provincial education ministers in Islamabad. Shafqat Mehmood said that educational institutions for ninth to … Read more

Shafqat Mahmood wants to reopen schools as soon as possible

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O, A, AS level Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has said that he would like to reopen all educational institutions from the coming month as he is much concerned about the loss of studies, especially at the primary level.

In a tweet on Friday night, Shafqat Mahmood said that the final decision regarding schools opening will be made on health grounds. Students well being comes first.

He, in another tweet, informed that the Inter-provincial Education Ministers conference will take place on Jan 4, 2021. Among other agenda points, the most important would be an analysis of the health situation to determine the re-opening of educational institutions.

Earlier, the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) had earlier decided to shut all schools, colleges, and universities from November 26 and announced that a review meeting will held in the first week of January.

“The IPEMC would meet on January 4 to review the pandemic situation in the country and make a decision about reopening of educational institutions,” the minister said.

Saeed Ghani had on Wednesday said that after evaluating the coronavirus situation, it did not seem possible that educational institutions would reopen in January 2021.

Ghani had reiterated his stance that unlike the last academic year, no student would be promoted to the next year without taking the examination this year.

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Shafqat Mahmood to announce final decision about schools closure tomorrow

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Budget 2021 HEC budget

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has on Sunday said the provincial and federal ministers will sit together tomorrow (Monday) to take decision on the closure of educational institutions.

In the wake of second wave of Coronavirus pandemic, the minister, Shafqat said the important meeting regarding schools closure will take place on Monday.

“The meeting would be attended by all provincial education ministers,” he said, adding that he will hold a press conference tomorrow at 12:30 pm and announce the final decision.

Earlier this week, the federal government sent recommendations regarding closures of schools to the provinces. According to the recommendations, primary schools may be closed from November 24.

According to the first suggestion, all primary schools in the country should close on November 24, all middle schools should be closed on December 2 while all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions should be closed on December 15.

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No compromise on the health of children says Shafqat Mehmood

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'Board exams to begin after June 15 in Pakistan,' announces Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood has said that the decision regarding schools will be taken in the meeting next week, no compromise will be made on the health of children. Shafqat Mehmood said that it was proposed during the meeting to either reduce the syllabus, end the summer vacations or extend the academic year … Read more

Shafqat Mehmood refutes reports of schools closure from Oct. 15

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'Board exams to begin after June 15 in Pakistan,' announces Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday denied rumours circulating that schools and educational institutes would be closed once again over the growing number of coronavirus cases.

In a tweet, the federal minister said: “Fake news being circulated on social media that educational institutions will be closed on October 15. No truth in this.”

Similarly, denying reports of schools closure again, Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas said that all public and private schools of Punjab will remain open as scheduled.

“Schools closing on October 15 is completely false. Please strictly follow SOPs,” he said in a tweet.

Statements from the lawmakers came as rumours circulated about the closure of educational institutions after coronavirus cases were reported among pupils and teachers at many schools.

Earlier, the education minister had announced the resumption of educational activities from September 15 in a phased manner after new virus cases recorded a steady decline.

The government had in March decided to shut all education institutions to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Any hasty decision to close institutions will destroy education, says Shafqat Mahmood

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Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said that any quick decision to close educational institutions will “destroy education”. In a recent tweet, he said on Saturday that any decision taken will be “guided by the advice of Health Ministry”. “Health of students is our first priority and any decision we make will be guided by … Read more

‘It’s our priority to ensure every child’s safety at schools’, says PM Imran

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Federal Cabinet

As government has announced the reopening of schools with strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Prime Minister PM Imran Khan also welcome the children back to school.

In a tweet on Monday, PM Imran said that the government has fully worked on the school operation to ensure every child’s safety.

The tweet read: “Tomorrow we welcome millions of children back to school. It is our priority & collective responsibility to ensure that every child can go to school safely to learn. We have worked to ensure that school operations are aligned with public health safety rules on COVID-19.”

Earlier, Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab had urged the government officials and educational departments to reconsider their decision of reopening schools, stating that the “situation is still not certain”.

In a tweet, Murtaza Wahab stressed that children may not be able to follow the COVID-19 SOPs and that the infection has still not been eliminated across the country.

On September 7, Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood had said that educational institutions will reopen across the country in phases starting September 15, as COVID-19 infections continue to decline.

“All universities, Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) institutes, and colleges will be reopened from September 15,” said Mahmood. “[The government] has allowed for classes of grades IX, X, and XI to be conducted [from September 15] as well.”

The minister had thanked parents for “patiently waiting” for the past six months, stating that the country is now able to reopen colleges and universities from September 15.

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Murtaza Wahab says, the situation is still not certain to reopen schools

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Murtaza Wahab Sindh

Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab on Saturday has urged the government officials and educational departments to reconsider their decision of reopening schools, stating that the “situation is still not certain”.

In a tweet, Murtaza Wahab stressed that children may not be able to follow the COVID-19 SOPs and that the infection has still not been eliminated across the country.

“The situation is still not certain and children may not be able to follow the [standard operating procedures] SOPs,” he said in a tweet.

Earlier on September 7, Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood had said that educational institutions will reopen across the country in phases starting September 15, as COVID-19 infections continue to decline.

“All universities, Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) institutes, and colleges will be reopened from September 15,” said Mahmood. “[The government] has allowed for classes of grades IX, X, and XI to be conducted [from September 15] as well.”

The minister had thanked parents for “patiently waiting” for the past six months, stating that the country is now able to reopen colleges and universities from September 15.

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KP announces opening of educational institutions from September 15

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Schools

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed preparations to open government schools from September 15. Director Education Ibrahim said that in view of the decision of the federal government, schools under SOPs would be temporarily reopened from September 15. It may be recalled that on August 16, the provincial government had permitted to open colleges under … Read more

Punjab education department finalizes strict SOPs for schools reopening

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strict SOPs Punjab

School Education Department in Punjab has finalized Coronavirus SOPs regarding the reopening of schools across the province following prevention of the virus spread among students and staff members.

Under the SOPs, the temperature of every student and staff member will be checked before allowing them to enter the school premises.

Schools will be responsible for ensuring the availability of hand sanitizers for all students and staff members.

All sorts of functions, ceremonies, and breaks will be prohibited under the SOPs as well.

Moreover, only 20 students will be permitted to sit in one classroom while only 2 students will be allowed to share a desk.

As per the SOPs, schools that are unable to ensure the previously mentioned SOP will be required to operate in two shifts.

Earlier on July 9, Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood had announced the reopening of all educational institutions in Pakistan under strict precautionary measures from 15 September.

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Schools will reopen only after the coronavirus pandemic is over: Shafqat Mahmood

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Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood tested positive for COVID-19

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said that the federal government will review its decision to reopen schools in the first week of September.

Talking to a private news channel, Shafqat Mahmood said private educational institutions could only call their teachers and administration staff on duty before September 15 but the government schools can not allow to call their students before a final decision, as there could be no compromise on the health of students.

“Schools and colleges across the country will reopen only after the coronavirus pandemic is over,” he added.

However,  he said strict SOPs, including spaced-out seating arrangements, division of classes into further sections and change in timings could be some of the measures that schools will have to adopt whenever they were reopened.

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No decision has been made to reopen educational institutions by July 15, Shafqat Mahmood

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No decision has been made to reopen educational institutions by July 15, Shafqat Mahmood

Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said that no decision has been taken to reopen educational institutions by July 15. Shafqat Mahmood mentioned in his tweet that an inter-provincial ministerial meeting will be held on 2nd July and the decision will be taken after discussion with all the provinces. He had said this in reply … Read more

Govt. considers reopening of schools under strict SOPs: Education Minister

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Schools Reopening guidelines during COVID-19

Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Monday said the government was considering reopening of schools under the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as COVID-19 cases continue to spike up across the country. The minister said suggestions had been sought from the seminaries (Madaris) and private institutions of all provinces. Mahmood said a meeting had also been scheduled … Read more

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