diff --git a/src/Database/Migrations/20260203134809-add-timestamps-in-program.js b/src/Database/Migrations/20260203134809-add-timestamps-in-program.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..323adf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Database/Migrations/20260203134809-add-timestamps-in-program.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/** @type {import('sequelize-cli').Migration} */
+export default{
+  async up (queryInterface, Sequelize) {
+    /**
+     * Add altering commands here.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     * await queryInterface.createTable('users', { id: Sequelize.INTEGER });
+     */
+
+    await queryInterface.addColumn('ProgramCourses', 'createdAt', {
+        allowNull: false,
+        type: Sequelize.DATE,
+        defaultValue: Sequelize.literal('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP')
+    });
+
+    await queryInterface.addColumn('ProgramCourses', 'updatedAt', {
+        allowNull: false,
+        type: Sequelize.DATE,
+        defaultValue: Sequelize.literal('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'),
+    });
+
+  },
+
+  async down (queryInterface, Sequelize) {
+    /**
+     * Add reverting commands here.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     * await queryInterface.dropTable('users');
+     */
+
+      await queryInterface.removeColumn('ProgramCourses','createdAt');
+      await queryInterface.removeColumn('ProgramCourses', 'updatedAt')
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/api/Models/programcourse.js b/src/api/Models/programcourse.js
index d269b95..9e09bbc 100644
--- a/src/api/Models/programcourse.js
+++ b/src/api/Models/programcourse.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default (sequelize) => {
     {
       sequelize,
       modelName: 'ProgramCourse',
-      timestamps: false,
+      timestamps: true,
     }
   );
 
diff --git a/src/api/Services/ProgramCourseServices.js b/src/api/Services/ProgramCourseServices.js
index c067073..7ce43ea 100644
--- a/src/api/Services/ProgramCourseServices.js
+++ b/src/api/Services/ProgramCourseServices.js
@@ -86,20 +86,15 @@ const updateProgram = async (programData) => {
 const SearchProgram = async (top,page,limit,search) => {
     try {
 
-      const queryOptions = {
-        where: { type: "PROGRAM" },
-        // order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]],
-      };
-
-      // Pagination
-      if (top) {
-        queryOptions.limit = parseInt(top, 10);
-      } else if (page && limit) {
-        page = parseInt(page, 10);
-        limit = parseInt(limit, 10);
-        queryOptions.limit = limit;
-          queryOptions.offset = (page - 1) * limit; // ✅ fixed parseDecimal
-        }
+        page = parseInt(page, 10) || 1;
+        limit = parseInt(limit, 10) || 10;
+
+        const queryOptions = {
+            where: { type: "PROGRAM" },
+            limit,
+            offset: (page - 1) * limit, // pagination
+            order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]], // optional ordering
+        };
 
       // Wildcard search
       if (search) {
@@ -120,7 +115,6 @@ const SearchProgram = async (top,page,limit,search) => {
         pagination: {
         page: page || null,
         limit: queryOptions.limit || null,
-        total: programs.length
         }
 };
     } catch (error) {