The School Education Department is a division of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, legislating, formulating policy, and planning for primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary education and maintain standards of education in these fields.
In 2025, the Punjab government formed a unified regulatory body, PACTA, by merging three institutions, the Punjab Examination Commission, the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, and Quaid-e-Azam Academy of Educational Development.
The Punjab Education Foundation was established in 1991 as an autonomous statutory body to encourage and promote education in the private sector operating on non-profit basis.