{
  "id": 2377427,
  "title": "FDE Upgrades 9 Islamabad Schools to Colleges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/fde-upgrades-9-islamabad-schools-to-colleges",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:44:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/21/fde-upgrades-9-islamabad-schools-to-colleges/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has upgraded nine secondary schools in Islamabad Capital Territory to higher secondary level colleges, effective from the 2026-27 academic session. The upgraded institutions will offer intermediate programs in technical education, science, humanities, and computer science, thereby expanding access to higher secondary education in the capital. Among the upgraded schools, Islamabad Model School for Boys (VI-X), G-10/3; Islamabad Model School for Boys (I-X), I-14; and Islamabad Model School for Boys (I-X), Chattar have been renamed Islamabad Model Colleges and will offer the Inter Tech stream.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}