{"id":86981,"date":"2025-09-26T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=86981"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:10:02","slug":"o-a-levels-to-be-introduced-in-govt-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/o-a-levels-to-be-introduced-in-govt-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"O\/A levels to be introduced in govt colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The government of Sindh has formally started talks with Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) to launch<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/cambridge-to-announce-igcse-o-a-level-results-tomorrow\/\"> O and A-Level courses<\/a> at public schools within the province.<\/p>\n<p>Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah received a delegation from CAIE, headed by Country Director for Pakistan Uzma Yousuf, at his office on Thursday. Key officers like School Education Secretary Zahid Ali Abbasi were also present.<\/p>\n<p>The talks emphasized the improvement of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pm-sharif-sharif-stronger-pak-china-cooperation-in-ai-education\/\">Sindh&#8217;s education system<\/a> through the development of curricula, teacher training, foundational learning, and assessment reform.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides agreed to form a joint working group responsible for developing practical strategies and offering long-term recommendations for action.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Shah reiterated the determination of the government to provide public school students with access to an international-standard education. He announced that there will be at least one school in each district which will be offering O and A-Level subjects, and guaranteed that registration and examination fees will be subsidized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No child should be denied an opportunity because of expenses. We want equal opportunities for all,&#8221; Shah said.<\/p>\n<p>CAIE country director Uzma Yousuf emphasized the need for teacher training and reforms in early education, noting that preparation for O-Level should start at the primary level.<\/p>\n<p>She committed CAIE&#8217;s complete support to reforms, capacity development, and advisory services, calling teacher development a sustainable long-term objective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The government of Sindh has formally started talks with Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) to launch O and A-Level courses at public schools within the province. Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah received a delegation from CAIE, headed by Country Director for Pakistan Uzma Yousuf, at his office on Thursday. Key officers like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":51978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[10406,31388],"class_list":["post-86981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-government-schools","tag-o-and-a-levels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86981","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=86981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86982,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86981\/revisions\/86982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}