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...