Tag: Students

KASUR - It has been observed that the teachers of private schools are in a better position in imparting education to their students as compared to the teachers of government schools. The teachers of government schools are burdened with many activities ordered by the federal, provincial or district governments. They spend most of their time in extracurricular and other activities.
Normally, the higher authorities ask the government schools' teachers to conduct census and prepare

LAHORE - Imperial College of Business Studies has launched a programme 'Reverse the Surroundings' in which a group of students have initiated the challenging task of spreading awareness about cleanliness in the society. The leader
of the group is Abdullah Arshad and included four other members Abdur Rehman Arshad, Ahmad Jahanzaib, Abid Mehmood and Fahad Shehzad. They have worked tirelessly on beautification of Main Saddar Market Sarwar Road through a practical approach, with

LONDON - Prince William's bride-to-be Kate Middleton will arrive at her wedding next month in the limousine attacked by students during riots in London three months ago, royal officials said. Middleton will travel to Westminster Abbey for the marriage service in the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI car which angry protesters targeted during protests in December while William's father Prince Charles and his second wife Camilla were on board. During the incident, the car was kicked, white paint

LAHORE - Final examinations of class nine started from Monday but students continued to face problems including load shedding of 10 hours, Pakistan Today has learnt. Students are still facing problems because of the online system and parents and students are still visiting the offices of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) to rectify the problems in the roll number slips. Students claim that with advent of summers, they will face extreme problems during the exams.

PESHAWAR - Tribesmen and students from various organisations on Saturday staged demonstrations here, endorsing the decision of a war on the United States to protest the US drone attack on a traditional jirga in the Data Khel area of North Waziristan. Students from different educational institutions staged demonstrations in front of Peshawar Press Club. They were followed by elders from North Waziristan. They also chanted slogans against the US and Pakistani authorities.
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LAHORE - Dozens of government school students walked to support the recent anti-encroachment campaign on Saturday. The protectors raised banners, held placards and chanted slogans to denounce the encroachments that had caused difficulty for traffic and constricted public space. The rally started from Government High School Chistia Road, Islampura and ended at Government High School Mozang Road where the rally was addressed by Government High School Mozang Road Headmaster Syed Riaz

FAISALABAD - Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Faisalabad Campus Regional Director Dr Arif Saleem Arif has claimed the varsity has one of the best distant learning systems in the world and is available at the most competitive fees. In his exclusive interview with Pakistan Today, he said the Faisalabad regional office was catering to the academic needs of more than 40,000 students of which 3,000 had been enrolled in postgraduate programmes. "In terms of students' enrolment, this is

LAHORE - Mobilink - Pakistan's market leader in cellular services and a part of Orascom Telecom Holding - has launched the 'Such Talent - What's Your Jazba' activation in 100 colleges and universities across Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and other towns.
The two-fold programme not only presents a platform for youth to showcase talent but is also a recruitment drive to create a panel of ambassadors who will be trained and groomed by the Jazba team for a period of six months. In the

KARACHI - Serve Our Civil Hospital (SOCH), a non-political, student-run organisation, running a cleanliness and awareness campaign among the patients, non-medical staff and medical staff of the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), organised two campaigns 'Safai Nisf Eman' and 'Pegham-e-Sehat' on Monday under the banner of 'Soch Hai Sehat Ki'. More than 100 students of the Dow Medical College participated in the campaigns for the awareness of patients at the hospital. The first campaign,

KARACHI - The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET)'s Board of Governors approved the proposal of Ihsan Trust for financial assistance for SSUET students.
Accordingly, Ihsan Trust - through Meezan Bank - will provide interest-free soft loans to SSUET students selected by the university on merit-cum-need basis for continuation of their studies.
The university is also providing scholarships reducing almost half the tuition fee while remaining half or part

LAHORE - On the directives of the Punjab government, candidates eligible for Secondary School Certificate (Annual) Examination (SSCE) 2011 who could not appear in exams on March 5 and 7, due to some reason, have been allowed to re-take the exams. Accordingly, they may deposit their applications in the board office by March 15, along with details. They should also send photocopies of the bank challan and the admission form with their application.

LAHORE - The Punjab chief minister's (CM) wrong policies have deprived thousands of students from appearing in the Matriculation examinations, former Punjab CM Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader said that the "revolutionary education policies" of the CM have put the future of thousands of students at stake. He said that the authorities concerned had made the students suffer on the issue of roll number slips while the CM was busy in

LAHORE - Students appearing in annual matriculation examinations 2011 faced problems in commuting to their examination centres, which have been set up far away from the city's centre. Students are suffering longer commuting time and transport unavailability, as Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has set up centres in private schools located far away from the candidates' residences instead of the nearby schools. A large number of students complained that BISE did not

LONDON - Britain's interior ministry Sunday said its plans to tighten the visa system for foreign students would not damage the country's universities. An alliance of chief executives from 16 universities has written to the interior minister, Home Secretary Theresa May, urging her to abandon plans to restrict the number of visas and impose strict English language requirements. Students represent almost two-thirds of non-European Union migrants coming to Britain. The government thinks

LAHORE - The 52nd meeting of Advanced Studies and Research Board of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) was held on Thursday with Vice Chancellor Prof Malik H Mubbashar in the chair. The board approved the theses' reports of students of MPhil Haematology, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology.
The following synopses were considered for registration of students in various postgraduate courses: "Protective effect of Phoenix dactylifera 'Date Palm' pit powder on nicotine

PESHAWAR - Guides, helping books and crash course materials have been displayed at every book shop in the open market, making students sluggish and enabling them clear the SSC examination, commencing in a couple of days, by adopting shortcut ways instead of working hard. Quality education is a key to success for every nation and the nations that get better education rule the world, but it is extremely pathetic that in Pakistan most of students do not pay attention to textbooks. They

LAHORE - Students of Kinnaird College found a 35-years-old unidentified woman dead under mysterious circumstances in front of the college's Gate Number in the early hours of Wednesday. The identity of the deceased has yet to be ascertained. As per details, a woman was lying in front of the Kinnaird college gate number 4 when the students of the college spotted the body and informed the college Administration, who later called police and informed about the body.
Fear was