Shafqat Mahmood inaugurated “NAVTTC Centre of Excellence”.

Islamabad : Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood inaugurated the NAVTTC Centre of Excellence in Modern Technologies at the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission, Islamabad. It has been established by NAVTTC with the cooperation of GIZ, European Union, Norway and Germany. The minister emphasized the need for more Centres of Excellence […]

Hybrid system will be introduced in schools

SUKKUR: In the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic, the hybrid system should be introduced in elementary schools. Besides, the teachers should also be trained with online teaching tools for students’ responsiveness in learning achievements and results at elementary classroom. It was recommended in the two-day international conference on education held at Sindh University, Jamshoro. As many […]

International moot concludes at MUET SZAB Khairpur

SUKKUR: First three-day international conference on mathematics and applied science concluded on Wednesday at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (MUET SZAB) Campus Khairpur. The conference was organised in collaboration with the Sindh Higher Education Commission, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Technology and Skill Development Khairpur, […]

Fuuast to take action against campus violence.

Karachi: Action will be taken against students who resorted to violence at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology’s (Fuuast) Gulshan-e-Iqbal campus on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Fuuast said this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said the varsity’s security guards had to intervene to control the situation. He added that […]

Govt providing facilities to students in merged districts, Ayub Afridi

BARA: Advisor to the Prime Minister of overseas Pakistanis, Muhammad Ayub Afridi, said on Tuesday the government was committed to providing facilities to the students in merged districts. He was talking to the media after inspecting the scientific exhibition at Afridi Model School and College in Bara as chief guest. Besides, former MNA and Senator […]

Protesting employees of UoP seek removal of VC

PESHAWAR: Disappointed with the indifferent attitude of the university administration, the protesting employees of the University of Peshawar on Tuesday demanded removal of Vice-Chancellor Dr Mohammad Idrees. They claimed that the vice-chancellor of the largest university of the province had failed to accept the genuine demands of the institution despite their weeks’ long protest and […]

Church to get control of four Christian schools.

LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet in its recent meeting formally approved handing over of administrative control of four nationalised Church schools in Punjab to Catholic Church and Presbyterian Church, USA. Of these, two schools are situated in Lahore and one each in Rawalpindi and Sialkot districts. Sources in the School Education Department (SED) Punjab said that […]

Virtual University’s campus open in Orangi Town

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque said on Monday that if Orangi Town developed through higher education, the lower-income neighborhood would also develop the entire city and the province. Inaugurating the Virtual University of Pakistan’s Orangi Town campus, Haque, who was elected a member of the National Assembly in the 2018 general […]

Comstech, Russia agree to develop 5-10 year cooperation programme.

Islamabad: Comstech and the Russian Cooperation Agency will develop a 5 to 10-year cooperation programme for the development of science and technology in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) states. Islamabad: Comstech and the Russian Cooperation Agency will develop a 5 to 10-year cooperation programme for the development of science and technology in Organisation of Islamic […]

Learning for empathy’ project by UNESCO

PESHAWAR: Aimed at strengthening the capacity of religious seminaries’ school practitioners and to equip learners with religious as well as contemporary education, the latest skills and better behavioural values, the ‘Learning for empathy’ project under the aegis of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) concluded at a seminar here on Sunday. The seminar […]