ACE team arrested DG Khan BISE superintendent
LAHORE:On the directions of Director General, Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab, Muhammad Gohar Nafees, an ACE team arrested DG Khan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) superintendent. The accused demanded Rs50,000 from complainant Naqi Abbas for issuing him a bogus intermediate certificate. On his complaint, the team conducted a raid and arrested him with Rs50,000 […]
‘Islamabad students to get free meal in school
Islamabad : Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood Wednesday inaugurated a school meal programme for 25,000 students of 100 federal public primary schools under the ‘School Khana Programme’. The meal will be provided by the Allah Walah Trust ensuring quality standards to cater to the nutritional needs of students. Minister Shafqat thanked the Allah Wale Trust […]
Job fair at NUML
Islamabad: The placement centre of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) organized a job fair at the University on Wednesday. Around 70 national and international companies set up their stalls to interact with NUML alumni and the students of the final semester for employment, internship, and training purposes. The participating sectors included the corporate […]
Imran stresses Pakistan-Turkey religious education cooperation
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday appreciated the Turkish model of systematic and institutionalized religious education system stressed bilateral cooperation to exchange best practices and information in that arena. The Prime Minister was talking to the Head of Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Ali Erbas, who called on him. He underlined that […]
Sindh Announces Matric and Intermediate Exam Schedule
Karachi: The school education and literacy department’s (SELD) steering committee on Tuesday fixed dates for the commencement of the new academic year, annual examinations, summer and winter vacations, and admissions to schools and colleges. The meeting was chaired by the Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah. It was attended by SELD Secretary Ghulam Akbar […]
Meal Programme for School Children launching soon
Islamabad : A Unicef delegation led by Catherine Russell, the Executive Director met with Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood. They discussed initiatives taken during COVID-19 to ensure safe school reopening, continuity of learning and to mitigate the learning losses by the ministry. Key challenges like the suffering of […]
Pakistan, almost 75 languages are being spoken
Islamabad : The introduction of the Single National Curriculum (SNC) is a step in the right direction. However, the reforms in the education sector should be continued to provide children with the optimal learning opportunities in the languages they could best understand, especially the mother language. This was the crux of the thoughts shared by […]
Conference on significance of mother tongue held at NUML
Islamabad:Languages are source of communication, and it is integral part of the society. There are 76 languages exist in Pakistan, and they must be called Pakistani languages rather than regional languages. Article 251 of the constitution gives the right to provinces to adopt their own language as provincial language and it was also stated by […]
Paperless Parliament -Rs 49 billion funds
Islamabad:As part of the Digital Pakistan initiative, all emergency response numbers will be merged with the 911 helpline across the country, said IT and Telecom Minister Syed Aminul Haque on Monday. “Our ministry has finalised the roadmap for the launch of a unified emergency helpline to be called PEHEL-911,” he told the Academic Performance Recognition […]
Staff strike at Islamia College University continues
PESHAWAR: The strike in the historic Islamia College University entered the second week as both sides stuck to their positions, resulting in a waste of the time of the students and delay in the examinations. The complete strike was started on February 15 on the call of the Joint Action Committee of the institution. A […]