School Education Department Punjab Lahore

The school education department punjab lahore has approved new positions in the education department as part of a strategy plan to maximize personnel in the public education system of the province.

In a policy change dated May 16, 2025, the Finance Department approved the elimination of 43,960 redundant posts associated with previously outsourced institutions and the establishment of 26,898 new positions across 1,961 renovated and newly constructed schools.

Reallocation of Resources Without Hiring New Personnel

One important requirement of the permission, as stated in the formal notification, is that no additional financial burden be placed on the provincial budget. Internal reassignments will be used to fill new positions in the education department rather than hiring new employees.

School Education Department Punjab Lahore

The School Education Department will relocate existing teaching and support staff from surplus to understaffed schools, with decisions guided by student-teacher ratios and the availability of personnel from closed outsourced schools.

Officials emphasized that no new recruitment will occur under this scheme. The goal is to rationalize current human resources within the department by distributing them more efficiently across educational institutions that lack adequate staffing.

Breakdown of Approved Positions

The newly sanctioned posts span multiple tiers of the public education system. The structure includes:

Newly Constructed Schools:

47 primary schools (423 posts)

1 elementary school (19 posts)

5 high schools (135 posts)

School-Based Cadre (SBC) Enhancements:

1,181 institutions from elementary to high level (14,172 posts)

Upgrades via ADP & SBC Initiatives:

375 schools upgraded from primary to elementary (5,250 posts)

245 schools elevated from elementary to high (2,940 posts)

107 institutions upgraded from high to higher secondary level (3,959 posts)