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      <title>Punjab announces schedule for academic year 2025-26</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Punjab Education Department has announced that the next academic year, with classes for 2025-26, is scheduled to start on April 1.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The annual exams for the current academic year (2024-25) are scheduled to take place from March 10 to March 20 in over 42,000 government schools across Punjab, with more than 6.5 million students expected to participate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Results are set to be announced in the last week of March. Changes have been made to the examination format for matriculation students.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board has updated the marking scheme for Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies, raising their total marks from 50 to 100 each.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the new policy, Islamic Studies will be tested in ninth grade, while Pakistan Studies will be evaluated in tenth grade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The PTBB has already published new textbooks according to the updated syllabus and initiated the printing process.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Punjab Education Department has announced that the next academic year, with classes for 2025-26, is scheduled to start on April 1.</strong></p>
<p>The annual exams for the current academic year (2024-25) are scheduled to take place from March 10 to March 20 in over 42,000 government schools across Punjab, with more than 6.5 million students expected to participate.</p>
<p>Results are set to be announced in the last week of March. Changes have been made to the examination format for matriculation students.</p>
<p>The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board has updated the marking scheme for Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies, raising their total marks from 50 to 100 each.</p>
<p>According to the new policy, Islamic Studies will be tested in ninth grade, while Pakistan Studies will be evaluated in tenth grade.</p>
<p>The PTBB has already published new textbooks according to the updated syllabus and initiated the printing process.</p>
<p><strong>Read more</strong></p>
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