Tag: Schools

Authorities direct schools to increase surveillance to counter drug sale

Authorities in the federal capital have directed educational institutes to increase surveillance at their respective campuses to combat in the rise in the sale...

Shafqat Mahmood directs FDE to bring 30, 000 students back to...

Education and Professional Training Minister Shafqat Mahmood gave directions to the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to make sure that the 30,000 students who...

Balochistan considering making Chinese language compulsory in matric

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government is considering teaching the Chinese language in government schools up to matric level keeping in view the mega development projects associated with...

HEC collaborates with CII for ‘Paigham-e-Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Tariq Banuri on Sunday met Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz and agreed to...

Schools for Palestinian refugees to open on time despite US cut:...

  GAZA: Schools teaching half a million Palestinian refugees will reopen across the Middle East as planned later this month, a UN agency said on...

Army deployed in GB district to counter terrorism

--Troops take control of exit, entry points in hilly areas of Ghizer district --Law-enforcement agencies, govt failed to provide security to people in GB: APC   ISLAMABAD:...

Burning of girls schools in GB absolutely unbearable: Senate body

ISLAMABAD: Special Senate Standing Committee on Interior asserted that incidents like burning down girls schools in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) are absolutely unbearable and sought fierce action...

Two girls’ schools set ablaze in Pishin

Days after at least 12 schools were burnt down in Gilgit-Baltistan's (GB) Diamer district, unknown assailants on Tuesday night allegedly set ablaze two girls'...

Malala urges rebuilding of girls’ schools torched in GB

Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has called for the rebuilding of 12 schools which were torched by suspected extremists in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)...

School heads with poor performances to be charged under PEEDA Act

LAHORE: The public school heads of those schools performed poorly in the recently-announced matriculation annual examinations will be charged under the Punjab Employees Efficiency,...

Private schools cannot charge summer break fees, SC rules

--CJP suggests nationalisation of private schools, says it's state's responsibility to give free education to children ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar...

Lahore’s private school suspends 1,200 students over fee issue

LAHORE: A private school on Friday sent suspension notices to at least 1,200 students enrolled in different campuses all over the city because the parents...

KP govt failed to reopen 346 closed schools during its tenure

PESHAWAR: A government report stated that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had failed to reopen as many as 346 closed schools in the last five years,...

Three decisions put private education sector in quandary

Dr Afzal Babur questions whether court orders would also be applicable on army institutions ISLAMABAD: Three different decisions given by three high courts pertaining to...

CDGP decides to move PSRA against ‘stubborn’ schools

PESHAWAR: City District Government Peshawar (CDGP) Wednesday decided to contact Private School Regulatory Authority (PSRA) against the school receiving the tuition fees and not...

Every fourth girl in KP is out of school: report

PESHAWAR: Despite the claims by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government of prioritising the education sector in the province, the government has remained unable to counter a...

SC halts shifting of schools from cantonment areas

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday passed a short order in which it stayed the shifting of schools and other educational institutes from the...