Before any student could apply for the PM Youth Chromebook Scheme, their board had to do something quieter and more important: send its own list of shortlisted students to the Inter Boards Coordination Commission. That is why there is no single national merit list to search, and no single cut-off mark that applies everywhere. If you want to know whether you are in, the only list that matters is your own board’s list — and this guide explains how those lists work, what the published ones actually show, and how to check yours without falling for a forwarded copy.
The portal prints no fixed percentage
The scheme portal itself does not print a fixed percentage for selection. Each board sent its own list, built from its own Annual Examinations 2026 results, and that is why the published lists look so different from one another. Some boards printed a cut-off; others simply published long lists of eligible students with no cut-off stated. Neither shape is a mistake. It means a percentage that got a student listed under one board may not be the line under another board — and any post claiming one national cut-off is guessing.
What the published board lists show
Three published examples make the point clearly. BISE Bahawalpur’s list, dated 16 October 2026, shows a cut-off of 73.51 per cent for the Science group and 53.17 per cent for the Arts group. BISE Multan’s Class 9 list runs to 718 pages, and BISE Peshawar’s list of eligible students runs to 413 pages — long lists, published without a printed cut-off, which shows the scheme reaches far more students than position holders alone.
Behind those lists sat a school-level paper trail. BISE Peshawar wrote to heads of government schools on 14 October 2026, saying it had already sent its Class 9 data to IBCC, and told each head to fill and sign IBCC’s proforma and send the hard copy to the Director Equivalence at IBCC, G-10/4 Islamabad, by 16 October 2026. That letter refers to an IBCC letter dated 12 October 2026. If your school never completed that step properly, that — rather than your marks — may be why a record is hard to find.
One Peshawar figure needs careful handling. A Peshawar report mentions Science students with at least 424 marks and Arts students with 315 or more, but carries its own warning that these thresholds have not been independently confirmed as universal criteria, and advises schools to consult the published list. Treat those numbers the same way: a reported local figure, not a rule you can apply to another board or another student.
Which boards are covered
As checked 27 Oct 2026, the portal listed all nine Punjab boards (Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, DG Khan and Sahiwal), eight Khyber Pakhtunkhwa boards (Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Malakand, Abbottabad, Bannu, DI Khan and Kohat), BBISE Quetta, AJK BISE Mirpur and FBISE Islamabad. Sindh’s boards were not listed on the portal at that check. Sindh students should follow their own board’s announcements rather than searching a portal list that does not yet contain them.
How to check your own board’s list
- Open your own board’s official website — not a blog, video description, or WhatsApp forward.
- Find the Chromebook scheme notice or eligible-students list on that board’s site and open the PDF.
- Search inside the PDF for your roll number (most PDF readers search with Ctrl+F or the search icon). Try your registration number as well if the roll number finds nothing.
- If your record appears, cross-check the name, school, and marks against your own result card before doing anything else.
- If nothing appears, do not trust a list shared without a board link. Contact your school first, then your board — the portal can only search the data your board supplied.
Note, as of 28 Oct 2026: several boards set 19 Oct 2026 as a registration date (e.g. BISE Lahore, AJK, BISE Multan notice 17 Oct asking listed candidates to register by 19 Oct). Checking a board list is still useful, but do not assume registration is still open — check your board for any extension notice.
A note on privacy , because these lists carry children’s personal details: this guide deliberately reproduces no names and no roll numbers from any board list, and you should not forward screenshots of other students’ entries either. Check your own record, and leave everyone else’s alone.
For the full scheme picture, read our Chromebook scheme overview and our eligibility and documents guide.
Frequently asked questions
Is there one national cut-off for the Chromebook scheme?
No. The portal prints no fixed percentage. Each board sent its own list, and cut-offs differ by board — Bahawalpur’s published list, for example, shows 73.51 per cent for Science and 53.17 per cent for Arts, while other boards published long lists with no cut-off stated.
How do I search my board’s list?
Open the PDF on your own board’s official website and search it for your roll number (or registration number). Do not rely on lists shared on WhatsApp without a board link.
My record is not on the list. What should I do?
Check with your school first — schools handled verification proformas for their students — and then contact your board. A missing record usually means the board’s supplied data does not include you, not that the portal is broken.
Why is my Sindh board not listed?
Sindh boards were not on the portal as checked 27 Oct 2026, because Sindh registration opens only after all Sindh boards declare their Class 9 results. Follow your board’s announcements in the meantime.
A closing note: this site is an independent information resource — it is not affiliated with IBCC or any education board, and your board’s own notice is always the final word.