School Education Department, Government of Punjab (Pakistan)

The functions performed by the School Education Department are:

Legislation, Policy Formulation and Planning

• Primary education
• Elementary education
• Secondary and Higher Secondary education

Maintaining Standards of Education

• Formulating the curricula and syllabi up to class XII.
• Production and publication of text books for class I to XII.

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

Promotion of Quality Education

• 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

Staff Development

• Pre-service and in-service teachers training
• Continuous professional development (CPD)

Other functions performed by the department apart from aforementioned are as follows:

• 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