School Education Department Punjab
Description
About
The School Education Department in Punjab, Pakistan, is a government department responsible for primary, middle, secondary, and higher secondary education. The functions performed by the School Education Department are:
1. Legislation, Policy Formulation and Planning
- Primary Education
- Elementary Education
- Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
2. Maintaining Standards of Education
- Formulating the curricula and syllabi up to class XII.
- Production and publication of text books for class I to XII.
3. Monitoring and Evaluation System
- Distribution of free textbooks
- Development schemes
- Presence of teaching and non-teaching staff
- Updation of online-access information
- Redressal of public complaints
4. Promotion of Quality Education through:
- Punjab education assessment system
- Student assessment and terminal examination of Grade-V and VIII elementary education through Punjab Examination Commission.
- Grant of scholarships
- Production and distribution of educational and scientific films
5. Staff Development
- Pre-service and in-service teacher training
- Continuous professional development (CPD)
6. Other Functions
- Regulatory policy concerning private sector schools
- Children libraries and libraries affiliated with Children Library Complex
- Promotion of sports in schools
- Provision of compulsory and free education to all of age 5-16 years
- The matters relating to the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centers of Excellence
- To promote quality education through public-private partnership through Punjab Education Foundation
- The matters relating the Punjab Teachers’ Foundation
- Budget, accounts and audit matters
- Purchase of stores and capital goods for the department
- Service matters except those entrusted to Services and General Administration Department
SECTOR
Education
Country
Pakistan
SDG
04 - Quality Education, 05 - Gender Equality, 10 - Reduced Inequalities, 13 - Climate Action
Organization Type
Government
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