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Tough choices: Subjected to a dilemma
Lately, hordes of secondary school and college students have been approaching me with their parents to discuss the subjects they…
Self-learning: The path to exploration
Achild can benefit more from a stack of papers than from a room full of playthings, Swiss developmental psychologist and…
X-Square: Don’t expect!
The least you expect, the least disappointed and disillusioned you would stand a couple of years down the line. This…
Rat race: Rethinking grades
In our quest for excellence in education, we sometimes ignore the bigger picture. We ask ourselves what we must do…
X-Square: Inside out and upside down
THE lopsided election campaigns in Punjab and elsewhere did spend much time on how revolutions of all shades, hues and…
Teaching standards: Change means teacher quality
It is 2013 in the 21st Century, and Pakistan citizenry is in the throes of raising a hue and cry…
High achievers: The next generation of scientists
Compelled by present-day environmental issues, some young scientists here have proved the old adage, ‘necessity is the mother of invention’…
Supporting education: Making money and doing good
Making lots of money and doing good in the world at the same time are not contradictory concepts according to…
The democratic way
Voters’ education is vital for the sustainability of democracy and the democratic institutions. People’s ignorance about the unprecedented significance of…
Monsters in the making
If machines with Artificial Intelligence have the potential to turn into monsters, as the philosophers argue, don’t you think it…
Principles and traditions
Irecently happened to attend a function of the historic Islamia College, Peshawar, at one of its hostels named after the…
A charter of children’s recognition
Children learn best when they are respected, and this respect is every child’s right. If we take a look at…
Tech talk: Investing in hackathons
Hackathon is a combination of two words, “hack” and “marathon” — the word ‘hack’ as is used in the term…
X-Square: Connecting the dots
After having spent millions and millions of rupees through the once-revered-now-condemned Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the last decade or…
Matric exams: Cheating culture reigns supreme
Hundreds of candidates were caught red-handed to cheat at the recent Secondary School Certificate examinations.
It is sad to see…
Educationist: ‘Either go for revolution or evolution’
“Education is never wasted and for Pakistan to prosper, education must be the topmost priority of the government,” says Dr…
Professional realities: The best kept secret
While studying business management, students learn the intricacies of managing a business enterprise. Business schools teach them all those subjects…
X-Square: Artificial versus fake intelligence
The end may well be nigh. No, no no … this is not another doomsayer trying to churn out his…
School phobia: Who’s afraid of the big bad school?
Looking down memory lane, I can easily see myself sitting on my kindergarten teacher’s lap, crying and complaining of stomachache.…
Need for special education: Fighting obstacles with a will
Furrukh Mughal is a 17-year-old teenager who is interested in all the things boys of his age are into. He…
