LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister announced new winter 2025 timings for schools, across the province.
According to the details, the Punjab Education Minister shared the new school timings on the official Facebook and X (Twitter) account.
The new school timings will be from 8:45 am to 1:30 pm.
Punjab Schools Timing for Winter 2025:
Punjab Education Minister announced the new winter 2025 timings for all schools across the province. The new schedule will be from 8:45 am to 1:30 pm.
The official notification for the new winter timings has not been issued yet but is expected soon by the Punjab School Education Department. Once issued, the new schedule will be applied immediately.
The Punjab Education Minister has been sharing updates about school matters and reforms on social media to keep parents and teachers informed.
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The change in school timings is similar to previous years when hours were adjusted to protect students from cold mornings.
On the other hand, Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat has enrolled his son in a government school in Kasur, where he studies alongside the children of school staff and teachers, showing a strong commitment to public education reforms.
Sharing the decision on X, Hayat emphasized the importance of equality in education. The announcement received wide appreciation on social media, with many praising it as an example of “leading by example.”
“I am proud that my son studies alongside the children of our Naib Qasids and teachers,” Hayat wrote.
The move aligns with Punjab’s broader efforts to strengthen public education. The provincial government has allocated Rs661 billion for education, accounting for 24.4% of total non-development expenditures. An additional Rs148 billion has been earmarked for development in the coming fiscal year, marking a 127% increase over 2024-25.
Earlier, a special inspection squad deputed by Minister Hayat uncovered widespread manipulation in school enrollment records. The investigation revealed 1.8 million ‘ghost students,’ inflating figures and costing the government an estimated Rs50 billion annually.
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Led by School Education Secretary Khalid Nazir Wattoo and Education Task Force Chairman Mazammil Mehmood, unannounced inspections across Okara, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, and Mianwali exposed false data, missing facilities, misdeployed teachers, and administrative lapses.
Officials involved in misreporting were reprimanded, suspended, or dismissed, and principals have been warned that falsifying records will no longer be tolerated.
In response, the Punjab government has launched major reforms, including Rs10 billion worth of missing facilities to be provided within 90 days, repairs of nearly 600 damaged school buildings, construction of thousands of new classrooms within a year, and the enrollment of 1.1 million out-of-school children under the Punjab Education Foundation’s campaign.
Policy experts and education officials noted that past failures were not due to lack of funds but systemic data manipulation. “As long as the system survives on fake numbers, the children of Punjab will continue to suffer,” said one official, stressing the need for transparency and accountability in the education sector.
