Punjab announces matric exam schedule for 2027

LAHORE: The Punjab Boards Committee of Chairmen has approved the schedule for the 2027 annual matric examinations, with Class 10 exams set to begin on March 16 next year.

According to a notification, the results of the annual examinations will be announced on July 20, 2027.

The committees said that students can submit their admission forms with a single fee until December 11, 2026.

Forms can be submitted with a double fee from December 12 to December 28, 2026, while the deadline for submitting forms with a triple fee is January 11, 2027.

The announcement comes months after girls outperformed boys in this year’s matric examinations held under various educational boards across Punjab.

However, the results of the Class 9 examinations raised serious concerns about the performance of government schools in the province.

According to data released by the Punjab Education Department, the pass rate in Class 9 remained below 20 per cent in around 2,200 government schools across the province, while not a single student passed in several schools.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz also took notice of the poor results and sought a performance report on outsourced schools.

She said that mere point scoring would not improve the situation in government schools, stressing that their academic performance must improve and that teachers’ efforts should be reflected in students’ results.