School Education Department (Punjab, Pakistan)

Punjab School Education Department
HeadquartersLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Region served
Punjab
Secretary Schools
Khalid Nazir Wattoo
Websiteschools.punjab.gov.pk

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

References

  1. ^ "School Education Department". schools.punjab.gov.pk. School Education Department, Government of the Punjab. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ "The Punjab Education Curriculum Training and Assessment Authority Act 2025". Punjab laws. 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ Welcome to Punjab Education Foundation