PM Youth Chromebook Scheme: Who Gets One and How

Written by the SchemesPK editorial team · Updated 28 Oct 2026

PM Youth Chromebook Scheme at a glance

Figures and rules on this page are taken from the IBCC registration portal, a Ministry of Federal Education proforma published by BISE Multan, and notices on the Multan, Mardan and Peshawar board websites. Where a number comes from news reporting rather than an official document, this page says so.

Why you cannot simply apply

Most pages about this scheme tell you to go to a portal and apply online. That is not how it works, and the difference matters: a student who waits for an application form to open will miss their board's deadline.

BISE Peshawar states that the board "has already submitted data of the eligible students of class 9th" to IBCC Islamabad, and instructs heads of public sector affiliated schools to check the List of Eligible Students for their institution, complete the proforma with verified information and send a signed hard copy to the IBCC office. BISE Mardan's 20 October 2026 notice asks eligible candidates "whose names are included in the given list" to complete registration. BISE Multan published its own candidate list for the 9th Annual 2026 examination and set 19 October 2026 as the date by which registration had to be completed.

In other words, the selection happens inside your board, from marks it already holds. The portal is where a shortlisted student confirms their identity and uploads documents. It is not a place to put your name forward.

How your name travels, start to finish

1. 1

   Step 1

   Your board ranks the Class 9 results. Boards take the SSC-I Annual Examination 2026 marks they already hold and forward the eligible students' data to IBCC Islamabad. Nothing is required from you at this stage.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Your board publishes a list of eligible students. It appears on the board's own website, usually as a PDF attached to a notice. This is the only place to find out whether you are in the scheme.

3. 3

   Step 3

   You register on the IBCC portal. At pmychromebooks.ibcc.edu.pk you select your board, then enter your B-Form or CNIC number, or your roll or registration number, plus your date of birth. Enter numbers only, with no dashes.

4. 4

   Step 4

   You check the record and upload four documents. Your name, school and marks are shown from your board's list. Each upload is capped at 300 KB. Read the review screen carefully, because you cannot change the form yourself after submitting.

5. 5

   Step 5

   You submit and save the slip. The portal issues a reference number and a downloadable slip. One application per student.

6. 6

   Step 6 · Final step

   Your school verifies you on paper, and the device is logged to you. The head of your institution endorses the Ministry's Student Eligibility and Distribution Proforma against school records and stamps it. At handover, a Distribution Committee writes the Chromebook's serial number and the date of issue on that form.

The portal screens, the four uploads and the fixes for a record that will not load are walked through in Chromebook Scheme Registration: Portal Steps.

Who is eligible, and who is not

The portal's eligibility note is short and unambiguous: in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan it covers top-performing Class 9 (SSC-I) students from government schools on the 2026 annual examinations, and in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad Capital Territory and Gilgit-Baltistan it covers top performers in Class 9 and Class 10. No minimum percentage appears on the portal.

Which boards are live, and which are not

The portal's board menu is the practical test of whether your region has opened. As read on 28 October 2026 it lists:

Read from the live portal on 28 October 2026. Boards are added as their results clear, so check the menu again rather than assuming a region is excluded.

What you upload, and the 300 KB trap

Four files, and every one of them is capped at 300 KB. A phone photograph of a mark sheet is usually two to five megabytes, so most students have to compress before they can submit.

• A recent colour photograph, front-facing, plain background, JPG or PNG
• Your SSC-I or SSC-II mark sheet, JPG, PNG or PDF
• An attested copy of your B-Form, or CNIC if you hold one
• An attested copy of your father's or guardian's CNIC

Get the attestations done before you open the portal. Unattested copies are the predictable reason a file comes back, and you cannot edit the form yourself once it is submitted.

The deadline is your board's, not the portal's

The IBCC portal publishes no closing date. Each board sets its own and announces it in its own notice, which is why a single national deadline does not exist and why any page quoting one should be treated with suspicion.

Note what the Multan date means. Its registration window closed on 19 October, six days before the scheme was publicly launched on 25 October. A student who first heard about the scheme from the launch coverage, and who went looking for an application form, was already past their board's date. That is the clearest reason to watch your own board's notice board rather than the national news.

What has been reported but not published

A detailed set of numbers circulates in news coverage and on aggregator sites. None of it appears on the IBCC portal or in the Ministry proforma, and in one respect it contradicts the portal. It is set out here so you can recognise it, not so you can rely on it.

The quota table, the 50 per cent floor and both splits are reported by Daily Pakistan, 27 October 2026, which presents them as a proposed arrangement and attributes them to no named body.

Where a reported rule and the portal disagree, the portal decides whether you can register. That is the system that actually holds your record.

What the scheme hands over

Each selected student receives a Chromebook, a MiFi portable internet device and a bag. The Prime Minister said at the launch that the 500,000 devices would be distributed within two years, and the chairman of the Prime Minister's Youth Programme said high-speed connections would be provided to 500,000 students, with the government carrying the connectivity cost.

The devices come from the Tokyo Technology Care Foundation, which signed a memorandum with the government; the Prime Minister thanked its founder, the overseas Pakistani Rashid Minhas. The Federal Education Minister said each MiFi connection could serve about five people, which is where the figure of 2.5 million beneficiaries comes from. That number counts people reached by a shared connection, not Chromebooks handed out.

Some coverage describes the Chromebooks as refurbished, and a banner at the launch ceremony was reported to use that word. Neither the Business Recorder nor The News account of the ceremony uses it, and no official document seen here mentions the condition of the devices. Treat it as unresolved.

What is still unclear

• When Sindh opens. The portal says registration begins once every Sindh board has declared its Class 9 result. No date has been given, and no Sindh board appears in the menu.
• Whether Gilgit-Baltistan has a route. It is named in the eligibility rules and in the reported quota table, but it has no board in the portal menu.
• How madrassa students register. Officials say seminary students are included. The portal admits only government school students and lists no seminary route, so the mechanism is undocumented.
• The merit cut-off. No board has published the marks at which its list stopped.
• Closing dates for most boards. Only Multan has published one. The rest say "as soon as possible" or say nothing.
• Whether a missed board deadline can be reopened. Nothing in the official material addresses it.
• Whether the devices are new or refurbished. Reported both ways, confirmed neither way.

This page is updated as boards publish notices. Each change is dated on the page.

There is already a look-alike site

A site at pmychromebooks.pk is live and uses "Apply Online" language. The registration portal named in every board notice is pmychromebooks.ibcc.edu.pk, a subdomain of the Inter Boards Coordination Commission. The two addresses are deliberately easy to confuse.

• No official channel asks for a fee. Nothing in the portal or the proforma mentions payment of any kind.
• Your board's own website is the place to check whether you are on the list. Not a third-party site, and not a WhatsApp forward.
• If the portal cannot find your record, try your roll or registration number instead of your B-Form. If it still cannot, the portal's own instruction is to contact your board.
• The portal gives no helpline number and no email address. Anyone presenting a Chromebook scheme helpline is not quoting an official source.

The portal's own warning reads: "False information cancels the Chromebook allocation and may lead to further action." The Ministry proforma carries a matching declaration and requires that the device be used only for educational purposes.

Common questions

Can I apply if I am in Class 10 in Punjab?

No. In Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan the scheme covers Class 9 (SSC-I) students on the 2026 annual examinations. Class 10 is covered only in Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Is this the same as the PM Youth Laptop Scheme?

No. The laptop scheme runs through laptop.pmyp.gov.pk and is for university students; it makes no mention of Chromebooks. This scheme runs through IBCC and is for school board students.

Is this the Punjab Chief Minister's Chromebook scheme?

No. A separate Punjab provincial scheme exists and is frequently confused with this one. This page covers the federal scheme only.

Do I pay anything?

No fee appears anywhere in the official material: not on the portal, not in the Ministry proforma, not in any board notice.

My school says it has the list. What do I do?

Ask the head of your institution to confirm your entry, then register on the portal yourself. Your school also has to complete and stamp the Ministry's eligibility and distribution proforma for you.

Can I fix a mistake after submitting?

Not yourself. The portal states that the form cannot be changed after submission, which is why the review screen matters. Raise an error with your board.

Sources

Sources. Official: pmychromebooks.ibcc.edu.pk (the registration portal: eligibility, board menu, upload rules, Sindh notice, fraud warning; read 28 Oct 2026); Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training: Student Eligibility and Distribution Proforma (PDF, published by BISE Multan, 15 Oct 2026); BISE Multan notice, 17 Oct 2026 (candidate list and the 19 October date); BISE Mardan, 20 Oct 2026 (eligible students list); BISE Peshawar (data submitted to IBCC; school head verification). News: Business Recorder, 26 Oct 2026 (launch, two-year distribution, Tokyo Care Foundation, 2.5 million figure); The News, 26 Oct 2026 (Tokyo Technology Care Foundation memorandum, merit basis, madaris); Daily Pakistan, 27 Oct 2026 (the reported quota table, 50 per cent floor and both splits); Eduvision, 20 Oct 2026 (boards forward shortlists to IBCC; deadlines vary by board).

SchemesPK is an independent guide and is not affiliated with the Inter Boards Coordination Commission, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, the Prime Minister's Youth Programme or any education board.