The Department of Examinations has announced strict prohibitions on conducting tuition classes and related activities during the upcoming 2026 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination and the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination.

For the Advanced Level Examination, scheduled from August 10 to September 5 at 2,532 centres, all tuition classes, subject‑related lectures, seminars, workshops, and the printing or distribution of model question papers were banned from midnight yesterday (04) until the end of the exam. 

According to the Commissioner General of Examinations, publishing or possessing posters, banners, handbills, or media claiming to provide similar questions is also prohibited.

Similarly, for the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, which will be held on August 9 at 2,723 centres, the same restrictions apply from midnight today (05) until the exam concludes. 

The Department said that any individual, institution, or party violating these orders will be guilty under the Public Examinations Act No. 25 of 1968. 

Complaints regarding violations can be lodged with the nearest police station, Police Headquarters, or the Department of Examinations via the following telephone numbers;

• Police Headquarters: 011‑2421111
• Police Emergency: 119
• Department of Examinations Hotline: 1911
• School Examinations Organization & Results Branch: 011‑2784208 / 011‑2784537 (Newswire)

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At least 14 schoolchildren have been killed after the roof of a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed, according to officials.

A teacher and eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, while police said the owner of the centre and another person had been arrested.

Medical sources said the children killed in the collapse were aged between around four and 12, according to the AFP news agency.

Senior police official Faisal Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris, the Reuters news agency reported.

He added the centre was housed in an ageing building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality.

‘Precious lives’

Workers had been repairing tiles on the building when the roof gave way and crushed the youngsters, a witness told AFP.

Broadcaster Geo News aired images of uniformed rescuers and civilians using shovels and their hands to dig through dirt and rubble in the partially collapsed building.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his “grief over the loss of precious lives in the collapse of a tuition centre roof in Lahore’s Kahna area”.

Sharif “prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured and directed the authorities to provide them with every possible medical assistance”, according to a statement released by his office.

Khan said in a statement that “those responsible for the incident will be found through a transparent, unbiased and immediate investigation”.

Roof and building collapses are common across Pakistan, mainly due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials. (Al Jazeera/ AFP)

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All tuition classes and workshops held in preparation for the GCE Ordinary Level Examinations 2023 (2024) will be prohibited from April 30 until the conclusion of the examinations. 

According to the Department of Examinations, tuition classes and workshops will be prohibited from midnight on April 30.

The department warned that stringent action will be taken against those acting in violation of the prohibition. 

The GCE Ordinary Level Examinations 2023 (2024) is scheduled to be held from 06-15 May 2024. (Newswire)

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