Tag: Education

Sindh earmarks Rs 10.7b for education

The Sindh government has earmarked Rs 10.7 billion for education sector in its Annual Development Program of the current financial year. According to Radio Pakistan...

Education and health main focus of attention: Ziaratwal

Balochistan Information Minister Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal has said that the provincial government was spending allocated amount on different sectors, including education and health to...

Punjab ahead of all provinces but education still in bleak state

Children’s Global Network CEO says Punjab’s high rank must not be mistaken with province anywhere near ensuring 100 percent enrollment An assessment of the state...

Islam not against female’ education: QAU VC

Dr Ahmed motivates graduated girls to serve nation in future Quaid-e-Azam University Vice Chancellor Dr Aitzaz Ahmad on Wednesday said Islam does not prohibit girls'...

Open up! Education is coming

BISP secretary says programme aims at enrolling five- to 12-year-old children of BISP beneficiaries in Punjab Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Secretary Rab Nawaz said...

Education Department to restart ‘rationalisation’ in schools

Punjab Education Department has decided to restart implementation of “rationalisation policy” on schools. The number of teachers required in a school will be decided...

UN study shows cellphones improving literacy in developing world including Pakistan,...

A research report by U.N. education agency says cell phones are getting more and more people to read in developing countries, including Pakistan, ...

US college entrance test, SAT, gets a revamp

Getting into college in the United States will no longer hinge so much on a high school student's grasp of arcane vocabulary or obtuse...

Adult literacy rises to 57 percent, Punjab tops, Balochistan at rock...

ISLAMABAD- According to the latest released findings of Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2012-13, by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the adult literacy rate...

72% Pakistanis believe imams should have worldly education

Majority of Pakistanis believe an Imam should be aware of other subjects including science, technology, English etc besides his religious knowledge. According to a Gilani...

Shahbaz wants education for all

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given approval to the establishment of the Provincial Higher Education Commission in the Punjab whereas it has also...

‘Army values development of education sector’

Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Khalid Rabbani on Thursday said the Pakistan Army attaches immense importance to the development of education sector and is...

Who will bell private education institutions?

No rules to regulate private educational institutions even after three decades According to a general review of the situation, Private educational institutions in the district...

If you can’t be at work, stay home

Rawalpindi EDO suspends 10 teachers for being absent from work Rawalpindi Education EDO Qazi Zahoorul Haq conducted raids in Govt Boys High Chakri, Govt Girls...

Education for all

 PEF plans to educate 2.2m out of school kids by 2019 “The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) shall arrange free school education of mostly out of...

Teachers’ role model for young generation: Baleegh-Ur-Rehman

Minister of State for Education‚ Baleegh-Ur-Rehman has said teachers are a role model for the young generation. Addressing a function in Islamabad‚ he reiterated that...

PM meets UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown

Education is top priority of the government United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown called on Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif...