Islamabad, Dec. 26 -- The concluding year 2025 has been described as one of the most challenging periods for the education sector in Pakistan's Punjab province, with teachers' bodies and educationists claiming that the public education system remained largely paralysed amid protests, privatisation and policy uncertainty, The Express Tribune reported.

Throughout the year, teachers across the province, including in Rawalpindi, repeatedly took to the streets to protest government policies they said were detrimental to public education. According to education sector sources, nearly 5,800 schools and 71 colleges were handed over to the private sector in 2025, while the government continued a phased plan to outsource a total of 10,500 primary ...