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Education in general and Education for All (EFA) in particular, is one of the top priorities of government of Pakistan. After the Devolution plan, Punjab Government took many initiatives for enhancing students’ enrolment, and retention, at Primary level. This study focused on analyzing the effects of Punjab government’s educational initiatives (PGEIs) on students’ enrolment, retention, and achievement at primary level. The study was a cross-sectional survey design in nature. All the primary school teachers of district Mianwali were taken as population and sample of the study was taken in two stages, at first stage 21(40% proportional) out of 54 clusters from all three tehsils (Mianwali, Piplan and Isa Khal) were taken as sample of the study by using stratified cluster random sampling technique. At the second stage, 40 teachers (from each cluster) were selected as sample of the study by using convenient sampling technique. Validation of the instrument was carried out through expert opinions and pilot study. The internal consistency of instrument was found by using Cronbach Alpha, which was 0.804.The questionnaires were administered to 840 teachers and the response rate was 94% (392 male & 394 female teachers). The statistics such as percentage, mean scores, and standard deviation were used to analyze data. The findings of the study revealed that majority of PGEIs have positive and significant effects on pupils’ enrolment, retention, and achievement at primary level. It was recommended that effort of DSD for quality education may be continued and improved. Medium of curriculum may be optional. The research may also be conducted by using qualitative technique, so that some valuable subjective findings can be gained about the research topic