Students enrolled in private schools are not eligible to apply for the PM Chromebook scheme under the rules currently published on the official registration portal. The portal restricts applications to students in government schools, which has prompted private-school students to ask whether they can take part. The scheme aims to place devices with talented students across Pakistan, and the government says it is meant to widen access to digital education, modern technology and internet connectivity.
Who the portal covers
According to the Inter-Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), whose application website hosts the registration, only the best Grade 9 candidates from government schools are considered. Those candidates must come from Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab or Sindh, and eligibility is based on their Annual Examinations 2026 results. Candidates tied to the examination boards of Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the federal capital also fall under a rule that includes top Grade 10 students.
The portal's wording makes government-school enrolment the deciding condition, and no private-school category appears among the listed applicants.
Mixed messages from the launch
Some reports published around the launch described a wider arrangement, which included students from private schools supported by provincial education foundations and registered religious seminaries. The government's launch announcement also referred to devices for students from schools and madrassas. The current IBCC portal, however, treats attendance at a government school as the condition and does not list private-school pupils as applicants.
Students who are unsure about their position should not assume that enrolment in a particular institution is enough. The advice is to contact the relevant education authorities first and to read the portal's criteria carefully before applying. The registration portal is pmychromebooks.ibcc.edu.pk.
Aasan alfaaz mein
PM Chromebook scheme ke liye IBCC ki website par abhi sirf sarkari school ke students ko eligible likha gaya hai. Private school ke students ko apni position confirm karne ke liye education authority se rabta karna chahiye. Launch ke waqt schools aur madrassas ka zikr hua tha, lekin portal ke rules alag hain. Registration ke liye pmychromebooks.ibcc.edu.pk par criteria zaroor dekh lein.
