Education
Nobel Laureate concerned over 26m out-of-school kids, shortage of teachers.
Updated 10 Apr, 2024 01:50pm
Eight of 11 divisions already have such schools, established by previous government.
Updated 06 Apr, 2024 08:35am
SIFC meeting recognises importance of innovative financing mechanisms to attract foreign and private investment in skill education.
Updated 29 Mar, 2024 11:12am
Govt asks vice chancellors to establish a transparent financial system in the institutions.
Updated 29 Mar, 2024 10:12am
Officials say new policy to focus on out-of-school kids, technology deficit; education emergency also on agenda.
Updated 28 Mar, 2024 11:14am
It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.
Updated 27 Mar, 2024 01:06pm
Govt, HEC "controlling" varsities through acting vice chancellors, ad hoc appointments, SC told.
Updated 27 Mar, 2024 10:28am
Pakistan’s existing education landscape often neglects our students’ individual development due to an almost complete absence of mentorship programmes.
Published 08 Oct, 2023 11:18am
Nearly four out of five children under the age of 10 in Pakistan struggle to read simple text. At the same time, only 51pc of students can solve a two-digit arithmetic problem.
Updated 27 Sep, 2023 12:59pm
Over the months, the crisis has gone from bad to worse. Many of the teachers and other employees have been living hand to mouth. Some, including professors, are unable to send their children to school as they cannot afford the fees.
Published 01 Sep, 2023 12:44pm
Poor governance and self-serving elites have deprived Pakistan of the chance of becoming an upper-middle income country.
Updated 13 Apr, 2023 10:10pm
My mom's story is a metaphor, and it represents the apartheid and discrimination that girls face at larger levels in society.
Published 18 Mar, 2023 03:09pm
“The safe reopening of schools must be considered an utmost priority for all governments,” says Unicef report.
Published 09 Sep, 2021 01:33pm
A narrative that suggests children dropout because they are not learning is not supported by the data.
Updated 25 Nov, 2021 10:16am
The govt has decided not to enroll transgender persons in regular schools due to reservations about behaviour of other students.
Published 06 Jul, 2021 07:37pm
Insists govt managed to improve standard of education in the province.
Updated 27 Dec, 2017 03:05pm
Ethical discussions will stay with students longer if connected to the sources that give meaning to their lives.
Updated 30 Jul, 2019 04:24pm
Two men have been arrested for physically and verbally abusing children with special needs over a petty matter.
Published 15 Oct, 2017 12:47am
AIOU will offer education from matriculation to PhD, as well as vocational training to transgenders across the country.
Updated 04 Oct, 2017 09:30am
Students must be allowed to tell their stories over and over again, spamming the world with their voices.
Updated 30 Jul, 2019 04:24pm
Research programmes at public universities in the country are highly dubious and purely a mockery of research.
Updated 18 Sep, 2022 08:20am
