Tag: Education

Report studies media content in Pakistan

The Uks Research Centre on Tuesday launched ‘Talking back - II: From Passive to Proactive’, a report based on the outcomes of the project...

Medical college being moved to NIH

While inflicting a huge loss to the national exchequer, the management of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has shifted the Federal Medical College...

Sold! 800 posts in CDGK’s Edu Dept auctioned off

In its last days of administration, the now-defunct City District Government Karachi (CDGK) appointed at least 800 people – half of them on backdate...

State-run schools lack basics

A good student-to-teacher ratio was observed in 103 out of 147 state-run girls’ primary schools monitored nationwide in October but these institutions continue to...

Our flawed syllabi

What are we teaching our children? While curriculum and quality of education issues have especially been highlighted since 9/11, albeit from a rather narrow perspective,...

Traditional education is not enough

Education plays extraordinary role in making an individual perfect in every field of life. It enhances inner strengths of mind and polishes the hidden...

It’s an era of knowledge-based economy, says governor

Today’s era is of a knowledge-based economy and students must strive to serve the community and nation, Punjab Governor Latif Khosa said on Saturday. He...

A college exclusively for general practitioners

The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) announced the launch of the Pakistan College of General Practitioners (PCGP) on Saturday. “The college plans to teach...

Garage schooling in Clifton since ’99

The small, well-equipped classroom in Karachi is filled with colour and life. A group of four-year-olds, dressed in matching green uniforms, listens attentively as...

Quality education top priority: OPF MD

Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Managing Director Israr Khan Jamali has said that provision of standard education to children of overseas Pakistanis was the top...

Roots School System celebrates ‘Save our Mother Earth’

Roots School System’s students celebrated ‘Save our Mother Earth’ day in E-11/4 Campus on Saturday. The students were wearing headgears and holding placards and banners...

IRM-Centre launches diploma in English proficiency

IRM-Centre for Executive Education (CEE) has initiated its specialised Executive Diploma for English Language Proficiency (EDELP) from 14th November, 2011. The classes began formally...

Knowledge exchange trainings held for HEC, universities

The Higher Education Commission (HEC), in collaboration with the British Council, organised training and awareness activities under the new initiative of Knowledge Exchange Programme....

End of the university?

It’s a school, not an assembly line Simone Weil once wrote that we should be skeptical of unrealistic ideals but she forgot to add that...

Lack of literacy in Pakistan

The importance of education in the process of nation building and economic prosperity cannot be denied. Education is the key to prosperity in a...

SC orders continuation of community schools project

The Supreme Court on Friday said the government’s proposed decision of winding up the Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) project was unlawful and in...

Corruption in education

Corruption in Pakistan is a well-established phenomenon. The country has had a consistently poor ranking in the corruption perception index, being 143rd with a...