Tag: Education

Education bill

Free, compulsory education bill passed

National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday unanimously passed "The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill‚ 2012" moved by Yasmeen Rehman. The bill provides for free...

USAID to provide $15m for education sector across Pakistan

Over the next two years, USAID will provide $15 million for the construction and rehabilitation of seven Faculties of Education buildings across Pakistan. More than...

United States breaks ground on new teacher education building

The United States reinforced its long-term commitment to advancing education in Pakistan at the groundbreaking for a new, $1.5 million Faculty of Education building...

Daanish schools to bring rich and poor on equal footing: Punjab...

Punjab Minister for Education Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said the government was implementing a comprehensive programme for providing modern educational facilities to impoverished children and...

Education must not be made victim of militancy: Bakhtawar

Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has said that Pakistan needs world attention for its courage against the forces of extremism. Bakhtawar in a message on her Twitter...

Pakistani schools win ‘Education Buildings Honour’ award

International Design-Build Institute of America awarded this year’s Education Buildings Honour Award to the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded earthquake reconstruction...

TEF and USAID complete school infrastructure project

Tareen Education Foundation (TEF) on Thusrday successfully completed a project with USAID on school infrastructure TEF, in collaboration with USAID’s Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund...

‘Standup for Malala’: Education moot in Paris on Dec 10

UNESCO and Government of Pakistan will co-host a high-level advocacy event called “Standup for Malala– Stand up for Girls’ Right to Education” to be...

Capital’s health, education sectors find a place online

With the intention to provide maximum information to people regarding the federal capital’s education, health and tourism sectors, the federal Ministry for Capital Administration...

Billions spent on improving education in the province: education minister

Punjab Minister for Education Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said the provincial government was pursuing a comprehensive policy for the promotion and up-gradation of school education. He...

In US, students and lawmakers pledge to back Malala’s education cause

Columns of candles lit Washington’s Georgetown university as international students joined in voicing their support for Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani, who is recovering...

UNESCO, UNGEI reaffirm commitment to Girls’ education in Pakistan

The United Nations agencies, Government and Civil society representatives on Tuesday praised the Malala Yousufzai's brevity and services for the promoting education in Pakistan. United...

JICA to support AIOU to strengthen education system in Pakistan

The Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) assured its support to Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) to strengthen education system in Pakistan and ensure availability...

UN special education envoy to visit Pakistan over Malala incident

UN special education envoy Gordon Brown was likely to visit Pakistan any time during next month for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari after...

Denying girls school entrenches poverty

Millions of girls worldwide are not going to school, an education gap that condemns them to lives of hardship and entrenches broader extreme poverty,...

Malala punished over her love for education: KPK minister

Khyber Pakhtukhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that Malala Yousufzai has been punished over her love for education. Addressing a news conference here...