Shafqat Mahmood says Ed-Tech Will be a Core Pillar of Pakistan Education Policy 2021
Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training has said that Ed-Tech will be a core pillar of Pakistan Education Policy 2021. We shall use Ed-Tech to make learning holistic, enjoyable, and integrated and to create an ecosystem in education that will make students well learned and productive; said the minister while presiding over a virtual […]
Applications for National Freelance Training Program Across Pakistan are now being accepted by PITB
The Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication in collaboration with the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) is now accepting applications for the National Freelance Training Program (NFTP). In a review meeting, Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor said that through this program, more than 22,000 individuals will be trained at 20 centers across the country. So far, […]
Pakistan’s Biggest Scholarship for Matric to PhD announced by Fawad Chaudhry
The Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, announced the “biggest scholarship in Pakistan” on Wednesday, for which the government will offer financial aid to high achieving students from matriculation to Ph.D. The minister declared that the ten Matriculation toppers and the ten Intermediate toppers of each district will each be awarded Rs. 10,000 […]
One-month summer break for schools from July 2
Summer vacations for Pakistan students this year will begin from July 2 and last till July 31, the federal government announced on Saturday. A notification issued by the Federal Directorate of Education revealed the academic calendar for the year. This is what the schedule looks like: May 18 to 31: centralised examinations for classes V […]
Sindh matric examinations start from July 1
Ghani chaired a meeting of the steering committee on education on Saturday. Schedule has been decided for the examinations in the province. June: practical exams July 1 to July 15: matric exams July 28 to August 16: intermediate exams September 15: results of matric exams They have decided to change the format of the exams too. […]
MS/MPhil Programs Leading to Ph.D.s Eliminated by New HEC Policy
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has discontinued the ‘MS/MPhil leading to Ph.D.’ programs in its new Ph.D. admission policy.According to the new policy document, universities with less than 10 years of existence have been restricted from starting specialized Ph.D. programs, and further admissions to these programs have been prohibited. Universities have also been barred from […]
Full Degrees Instead of Diplomas to be awarded by Punjab Colleges to nurses
All 44 nursing schools in Punjab were upgraded to colleges on Tuesday in a development that entails their graduates being awarded degrees instead of diplomas. Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC) approved the up-gradation of nursing schools to nursing colleges on the directives of Provincial Minister for Health, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, and as per the vision of […]
Malala Yousafzai Scholarship announced by US
As per notifications issued under White House correspondence, Donald Trump signed the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act into law, a few days before the impeachment articles making waves at Capitol Hill.Signed on 13th January 2021, the new Scholarship Act directs the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) to award 50 percent of the merit and scholarship […]
All exam boards to be digitized- Shafqat Mehmood
Federal Education Minister, Shafqat Mahmood, has instructed the Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) and the National Information Technology Board (NITB) to digitize the exam board data in order to facilitate the students.NITB will now digitize all manual records and create a central repository of data of all examination boards to facilitate students for online […]
O-A level results announced
The Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) announced the O-Level and IGCSE examination results of its November 2020 series on Tuesday. According to an official statement by the CAIE, the results are of students from over 460 schools in Pakistan ranging from private to semi-government institutions. “This year, Cambridge International took the decision to run exams […]