School Education Department (Punjab, Pakistan)
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Headquarters | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
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Region served | Punjab |
Secretary Schools | Khalid Nazir Wattoo |
Website | schools |
The School Education Department is a division of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, legislating, formulating policy, and planning for primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary education and maintain standards of education in these fields.[1]
Autonomous Bodies
Punjab Education Curriculum Training and Assessment Authority (PECTAA)
In 2025, the Punjab government formed a unified regulatory body, PACTA, by merging three institutions, the Punjab Examination Commission, the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, and Quaid-e-Azam Academy of Educational Development.[2]
Punjab Education Foundation (PEF)
The Punjab Education Foundation was established in 1991 as an autonomous statutory body to encourage and promote education in the private sector operating on non-profit basis.[3]
Special Institutions
Punjab Daanish Schools
Sadiq Public School
Lawrence College Ghora Gali
See also
- Education in Pakistan
- Punjab Higher Education Commission
- Higher education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
- Special education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
- Literacy & non-formal basic education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
- Punjab Education Foundation
References
- ^ "School Education Department". schools.punjab.gov.pk. School Education Department, Government of the Punjab. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "The Punjab Education Curriculum Training and Assessment Authority Act 2025". Punjab laws. 29 January 2025.
- ^ Welcome to Punjab Education Foundation