CEO (District Education Authority) Faisalabad is the Head of this Department who has been assigned following responsibilities:
- Elementary, secondary and college education except professional education
- Education of handicapped children, especially deaf, dumb, blind and with low vision
- Production and distribution of educational and scientific films
- Promotion of sports and co-curricular activities
- Service matters except those entrusted to the services and general administration department attached departments and the administrative departments
- Establishment of new schools and upgradation of existing schools
- Identification and formulation of development schemes
- Formulation of District Education Budget (development and non-development), reconciliation of expenditure and audit matters
- Technical and surprise inspections of educational institutes
- Matters related to school councils
- Periodic and regular reporting to the heads of attached departments and the administrative department
Number of Government Schools
| Category | Boys | Girls | Total |
| HSS | 24 | 37 | 61 |
| High | 207 | 254 | 461 |
| Elementary | 171 | 308 | 479 |
| Primary | 680 | 527 | 1,207 |
| Total | 1,082 | 1,126 | 2,208 |
Number of Registered Private Schools
| Category | Boys | Girls | Total |
| HSS | 39 | 67 | 106 |
| High | 683 | 813 | 1,496 |
| Elementary | 672 | 778 | 1,450 |
| Primary | - | - | 1,464 |
| Total | 1,394 | 1,658 | 4,516 |