Tag: School

LAHORE - During 2010, around 331 school teachers were removed from service by the Punjab School Education Department on various charges of corruption and misconduct, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The school education department also sent around 67 school teachers on compulsory retirement while salaries of around 1,614 school teachers were also deducted after disciplinary actions were initiated against them. Increments of around 296 school teachers were also stopped by the

KARACHI - It would come as a great shock to enthusiasts of colonial era heritage sites to see political graffiti on the 150-year-old historical building of the NJV (Narayan Jagannath Vaidya) High School.
Slogans of different political parties are chalked and spray painted on the walls and pillars of the main fa

PESHAWAR: Suspected militants on Friday bombed a boys' high school in the outskirt of the Peshawar city leaving two students and a teacher injured, police and rescue sources said. The bomb exploded near a school in Pelosi area. "One classroom was completely destroyed in the explosion," a security official told Pakistan Today.
The explosion took place when the students were having their lessons in the open while enjoying sun. Rescue 1122 (the emergency service) sources said the

Kate Moss is planning a new career once she retires from the runway - she wants to open a school for models. The beauty has been at the forefront of the modelling industry since the 1990s and has also found success designing for fashion chain Topshop, but she has set her sights on founding a special training academy for aspiring catwalk stars.
She's adamant posing for snaps isn't as easy as it looks and modelling is an art form which should be taught to young wannabes. She

DASKA - Students of Government MC Girls' primary School Daska shiver in fogy winter season. The 32-year-old school is being neglected by the authorities of the education department and that is causing the numbers of students to decrease to an extend that out of 1500 students, only 250 girls students are attending the classes in school.
The building has been declared dangerous and may collapse at any time. There is no wash room facility in the school. Due to the non-availability

KARACHI: The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) held the stone-laying ceremony of an educational facility in the impoverished hamlet of Goth Noor Muhammad, located on the outskirts of Karachi, on Tuesday.
The ceremony was performed by PPAF Chairman Hussain Dawood and the fund's outgoing CEO/MD Kamal Hyat, in-coming CEO/MD Qazi Azmat Isa, and PPAF Board of Directors members Zubyr Soomro, Dr Nuzhat Ahmad, Dr Rajab Ali Memon and Asif Qadir were also present on the occasion.

PESHAWAR: One person was killed and another five injured when a school bus hit a roadside explosive device in Bhana Mari area of Peshawar on Monday.
According to details, the explosives planted in the area went off when the school bus, carrying schoolchildren of Islamia Model School, was passing by. A passer-by was killed and five people, including two students were injured. The deceased was identified as 14-year-old Farooq. The injured were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, with

LAHORE: National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) Driving School has been declared as world best public-private road safety project and awarded the Gold Trophy by the Nestle council of Vevy Switzerland, IG NHMP Dr Wasim Kausar said in a press release issued on Sunday.
He said that a special ceremony has been held at PC Hotel, Lahore for the announcement of award. Inspector General NH&MP Dr Wasim Kauser, DIG Syed Ibne Hussain and MD Nestle Pakistan Ian J Donald attended the

LAHORE: Victoria Girls High School is a government girl's school inside the walled city of Lahore and is housed in a nineteenth century Sikh period haveli of Naunihal Singh, the son of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh.
The haveli is one of the few remaining royal residences from the Sikh period in Lahore. It is an intact structure of over forty rooms with most elements of its original ornamentation preserved on the two main elevations and the interior courtyard facades.
The most

PESHAWAR: A court on Thursday ordered a married pupil back to school, saying that tying the knot was no grounds for expulsion despite teachers' fears of gossip.
Ghairat Khan, a seventh grader with a beard, was thrown out of an elite English-language school in Peshawar seven months ago because teachers believed marital relations were inappropriate playground talk.
"The court reinstated Ghairat Khan and he will rejoin school tomorrow. The board of directors at the school has

LAHORE: A large portion of lands belonging to schools across Punjab have been illegally occupied by the land mafia while the Punjab government's School Education Department is under pressure to vacate the occupied lands, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The lands have been occupied by influential people from decades in almost all districts of the province including Lahore, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Mianwali, Kasur, Rahim Yar Khan and Faisalabad and due to influential personalities and

LAHORE: School Education Department Government of Punjab has launched its official website (www.schools.punjab.gov.pk) for online access to the information and policies pertaining to the department to facilitate the public and the government functions.
The data of around 62 thousands schools including male and female has been uploaded on the website. The department has uploaded information under the respective subject and category links for ease of searching.
Sources in the

LAHORE: The soaring prices of winter uniforms for provincial metropolis' schools and colleges have irked the parents. According to the information available with Pakistan Today, the prices of winter uniforms have increased by at least 20%.
The prices of sweaters, blazers, coats and track suits have gone up considerably as compared to those of the last year. Uniform shops owners have claimed that the prices are going up due to the overall rising inflation rate.
A student of

Event to mark group's 35 years in education sector
Kasuri flays successive governments for ignoring education's development
LAHORE
The Beaconhouse School System (BSS) on Thursday arranged a press conference to announce that the institution would hold an event titled, "School of Tomorrow: Freedom to Learn Conference" at a local hotel, on November 3, to mark its 35th anniversary. Beaconhouse Group Chairperson Nasreen M Kasuri, addressing the press conference, said that 35