Tag: Education
IT university to further accelerate socio-economic uplift: President
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said that the establishment of IT university in Rawalpindi would further accelerate the process of social and economic...
Education critical for thriving Pakistan: Thomas Drew
ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew on Thursday said that education remains critical for a vibrant and thriving Pakistan, and the United Kingdom...
Provision of quality education, health services priorities of govt: CM
HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the provincial government has set the provision of quality education and health...
Interior minister hails philanthropists working for cause of education
KARACHI: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal here on Tuesday appreciated local philanthropists working for the cause of education among marginalised sections of the society.
During...
Govt to ensure youth do not fall prey to extremism: interior...
KARACHI: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday expressed dismay at the trend of educated, university graduates joining terrorist organisations and said the media, government,...
Student enrollment drive kicks off in FATA
PESHAWAR: The Directorate of Education in the Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) Friday announced commencing of students enrollment drive in schools from Friday.
The enrollment drive...
Survey suggests 1.5m children out of school in KP: report
According to the initial results of a latest survey, around 1.5 million children are not going to school in KP.
According to a report published in...
Shehbaz forms committee to address school fee hike
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday constituted a special committee to address the complaints about the unlawful annual increase in tuition fee by...
Optimism must for progress: Ahsan Iqbal
Federal Minister for Planning Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said on Saturday that optimistic approach is a must for turning the hope of progress...
Quality education key to progress, says Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday lauded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for its efforts to improve the standard of education in...
Quality education indispensable for development of society: Naval chief
KARACHI: Education is indispensable for the progress and development of a society and is a basic right of every child.
These views were expressed by...
36,000 seminaries providing education to children in Pakistan
KHAIRPUR: Due to acute shortage of formal schools in public sector more than 36,000 seminaries are providing free of cost education, mainly to children...
Govt to outsource 5500 middle schools in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi: The Punjab government has decided to outsource 5500 middle schools located in Rawalpindi Division.
The decision was taken after the move of privatisation of...
HEC to discontinue two-year bachelor’s, four-year master’s degree programmes
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has agreed upon discontinuing the two-year bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes from 2018 and 2020 onwards respectively.
In a...
Dahar hails missionary schools
KARACHI: Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Thursday said that the missionary schools have been playing a positive role in...
Govt determined to achieve 100pc literacy rate by 2020: PA told
Punjab Minister for Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education, Dr Farrukh Javed, told the Punjab Assembly Thursday that the government was making all-out efforts to...
Missing facilities in educational institutions belie govt’s claims of education reform
-- According to data collected from 13 UCs, all schools need new furniture for classrooms, 2,200 teaching staff is also required
-- FDE DG Ayesha...
