Students entering the 9th class across Punjab have until May 10 to submit their registration forms with a single fee. The Punjab Boards Committee of Chairmen (PBCC) finalized the schedule this week, applying the timeline to all nine divisional boards including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Multan.
The registration window for the 2024-2026 academic session is tight. After the May 10 cutoff, the cost jumps. Students missing the first deadline can still register with a double fee until May 25. A final grace period with a triple fee remains open until June 10.
The base registration fee is Rs 1,000. However, the total bill for most students will sit closer to Rs 1,500 once processing charges, sports fees, and scholarship funds are tacked on. Private candidates should expect to pay an additional nominal fee compared to regular school-enrolled students.
Schools are responsible for the bulk of the paperwork. They must upload student data to their respective board’s online portal and submit physical copies of the enrollment returns. These hard copies, paired with the bank challan, have to hit the board offices by the deadline not just be in the mail.
Age remains a strict gatekeeper. No student can register if they are under 12 years old by the start of the session. For those coming from other boards or provinces, a No Objection Certificate (NOC) is mandatory to avoid a “withheld” status on their registration cards. Board officials have signaled there will be no extensions this year.
Missing the June 10 triple-fee cutoff means sitting out the session entirely. For over a million students across the province, the clock is now officially running on their secondary school journey.
