{"id":101607,"date":"2026-02-20T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=101607"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:39:18","slug":"punjab-govt-ends-schools-of-eminence-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-govt-ends-schools-of-eminence-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt ends Schools of Eminence project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"input-output-section\" class=\"textarea-container\">\n<div id=\"outputText\" class=\"rephrase-synonyms-feat-container text-area output-area\">LAHORE: The Punjab Government has chosen to end the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/sindh-schools-collect-textbooks-after-exams-to-manage-inventory\/\"> Schools of Eminence<\/a> initiative, which aimed to deliver quality education to students in disadvantaged and rural regions through the use of current school facilities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"rephrase-synonyms-feat-container text-area output-area\">Sources reported that the program had a planned budget of PKR 5 billion and its operational period extended from January 1 until June 2026.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"rephrase-synonyms-feat-container text-area output-area\">However, during the 2025 26 fiscal year, no funds were released, and official documents confirmed that no financial advancement occurred.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"rephrase-synonyms-feat-container text-area output-area\">The senior minister approved the project approved its cancellation during a mid-year review meeting. The Planning and Development Board (P&amp;D) redirected the financial resources towards different development projects.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"rephrase-synonyms-feat-container text-area output-area\">Officials announced that the scheme&#8217;s termination will enable the government to utilize existing resources in a more effective manner for educational development projects, which will help students throughout Punjab achieve improved results.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab Government has chosen to end the Schools of Eminence initiative, which aimed to deliver quality education to students in disadvantaged and rural regions through the use of current school facilities. Sources reported that the program had a planned budget of PKR 5 billion and its operational period extended from January 1 until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":84501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,9],"tags":[467,36178],"class_list":["post-101607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-latest-news","tag-punjab-government","tag-schools-of-eminence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101610,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101607\/revisions\/101610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}