The School Education Department, Government of Balochistan, is the primary body responsible for planning, regulating, and improving school education (Primary to Grade 10) across the province. With a network of over 12,000 schools and 75,000+ teachers, we serve more than 2.5 million students in 36 districts.

Established with the vision of providing quality education to every child, we work tirelessly to improve learning outcomes, upgrade infrastructure, and empower our teaching workforce with modern tools and training.

Our Purpose

Our Mission

To achieve quality education for all by provision of infrastructure, missing facilities, relevant curriculum & instructional material, trained teachers and standardized assessment through good governance

Our Vision

To promote and ensure quality education and its effective delivery for all without any discrimination


Mandate of School Education Department

  1. Curriculum development, implementation of EFA, MDG (now SDG-4), free and compulsory education
  2. Administration and regulation:
    1. Early Childhood Education / Primary
    2. Elementary
    3. Secondary
    4. Technical & Vocational / Education Research
    5. Physical Education
  3. Education Policies and Planning
  4. Measures to eliminate drop-outs at Primary / Secondary / Elementary Colleges levels
  5. Grant of scholarship in consultation with Finance Department
  6. Promotion of literacy (male / female)
  7. Production and distribution of Educational and Scientific films
  8. Teacher Professional Development Pre-Service and In-Service
  9. Extra Curriculum activities in Educational Institutions
  10. Development and Review of Text Book upto Higher Secondary level
  11. All Service matters of the employees of the attached departments, which does not include employees of the Secretariat and except those matters entrusted to Services and General Administration Department or to any other Department.

Our Leadership

Mir Sarfraz Bugti

Mir Sarfraz Bugti

Chief Minister

Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani

Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani

Minister Education

Shakeel Qadir Khan

Shakeel Qadir Khan

Chief Secretary

Lal Jan Jaffar

Lal Jan Jaffar

Secretary School Education

Organizational Structure


Key Attach Departments

Policy, Planning & Implementation Unit

a specialized department unit for providing policy & planning support.

Balochistan Text Book Board

is responsible for regulating Text Books prepared on the approved curriculum of the province.

Bureau of Curriculum & Extension Centers

is responsible for the development of curriculum, review of Text Books, & setting of education standards.

Balochistan Education Foundation

supports the Department by providing education through public-private partnerships.

Provincial Institute for Teacher Education (PITE)

is responsible for the in-service training of teachers working in the public sector schools & staff working within the education sector in the province.

Balochistan Education Assessment & Examination Commission (BAEC)

is conducting diagnostic assessments for primary & middle levels students & large-scale examinations for Grade eight in the province.

Balochistan Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education

is conducting the province's secondary & higher secondary school certificate examinations. The Board is currently working under the administrative control of the Colleges, Higher, & Technical Education.

Director of Education

The Director of Education heads the Directorate of Education, responsible for managing all schools & their personnel in the province. Two Divisional Directors & the District Education Officers support the Director in the districts. The DEO is supported by the District Officer Education Male/female & other staff working under them in the district.

Director of Colleges

The Directorate of Colleges & Higher Education was established on 1979 with the important aims of promoting Higher Education in the Province both quantitatively & qualitatively. The Directorate ceased to exists on 2001 under the devolution plan. As all the Directorates were merged into a single Directorate of Education. It was however revived in January 2002 on account of ineffective administrative & supervisory control with college Directorate.

Balochistan Education Endowment Fund (BEEF)

Balochistan Education Endowment Fund (BEEF) is an Initiative of Government of Balochistan for creation of a talented pool of youth of Balochistan including the less privileged section of society; contributing towards economic & social development to realize the dream of a moderate, progressive & prosperous Pakistan by providing Need & Merit based Scholarships out of the “Endowment Fund” granted by Government of Balochistan.

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