Tag: Education
Education crisis
This is with regards to the feature, “Who knows, who knows not” published yesterday. It is indeed a pity to note that Pakistan is...
Another PkSF-PSF clash at FUUAST
Academic activities at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) were suspended on Monday after a clash between the Pakhtun Students...
KP to employ eunuchs in Education Department
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government Monday has decided to appoint eunuchs in Education Department on the directives of Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan and sought...
Rebuilding still underway in the 2005 quake-hit AJK
There is no substitute for life and no financial assistance, no matter how great it is, can bring back a dear departed soul. Since...
Rahim Yar Khan to get AIOU regional campus
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has approved the project of a regional campus of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) at Rahim Yar Khan, the...
Free for students?
This is in reference to a news item in an English daily regarding denial of free travelling to students by LTC in Lahore. The...
The importance of debate
Asking the right questions vs Having the right answers
Writing is not something that comes naturally to most people. I confess I am one of...
CM takes notice of delay in scholarship to Naveed Asif
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday took notice of a news story about the scholarship to a position-holding student Naveed Asif being in...
Do not appoint a pro-JI VC at PU, ISO students demand
A large number of Punjab University Shia students under the banner of Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) protested against the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) on Friday....
Students protest against changed laptop scheme criterion
Keeping its tradition of ‘haste makes waste’ alive, the Punjab government has changed the criteria for distributing laptops amongst talented public sector university students...
Debate stirred in PU over ‘sexual prowess’ of blind
The sexual “strength” of the blind became the centre of debate at Punjab University on Friday, after blind students accused Special Education Department Head...
KU BCom exams start from 24th
The University of Karachi (KU)’s BCom Annual Examinations 2011 for regular candidates would commence from December 24, the university’s spokesman said on Friday.
The KU...
Plan to upgrade special education schools on cards
Federal Directorate of Special Education (FDSE) has planned to upgrade schools of special education working in the capital within a few months.
The high schools...
‘At KHS, it’s developing students’ talents that matters’
Just as academic life is characterised by a broad spectrum of opportunities and people, so is the life outside the classroom. And that is...
Please educate kids… it’s in the constitution
A petition was filed in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday, on behalf of civil society organisations, seeking the enforcement of the fundamental...
PU VC’s greatest rival is his own wife
Among the 30 candidates for the post of Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor, current VC Professor Dr Mujhaid Kamran’s wife is said to be...
Teachers’ training course concludes at UET
The National Academy of Higher Education’s 50th Professional Competency Enhancement Programme for Teachers (PCEPT) concluded at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila.
The...