Sunday, 16 August 2015

42 percent of Pakistan's population still unable to read or write

KARACHI: Like many developing countries, Pakistan has not made adequate progress in the field of education, with literacy rate of only 58 percent, ...

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Marvi Memon implores private sector to assist BISP in educational field

She said that set up of the new schools by the private sector would help impart education to them and that could lead them to live a better life.

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5536 PhD degrees awarded in last five years

ISLAMABAD: As many as 5,536 PhD degrees have been awarded by universities in the country during last five years, Ministry of Federal Education ...

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10 varsities await VCs

The posts of VCs of Government College University (GCU) Lahore, University of Education, Lahore, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), ...

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Expensive substitute: International baccalaureate gaining popularity

ISLAMABAD: Gone are the days when O and A levels were elitist educational programmes in the twin cities. The introduction of the international ...

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Stolen childhood: Child labour continues to destroy lives

In some ways Ali is lucky, as he at least obtained a primary education unlike millions of others in the country who have no basic education at all and ...

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Precautionary measures: Security of 6542 schools 'unsatisfactory'

He said the Education Department had reviewed security arrangements at schools during summer holidays. He said administrations of schools with ...

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Camp Jail takes lead in compiling data of all inmates

About the training of staff, he said that warden have been imparted computer education on the special directive of Prisons chief Mian Farooq Nazeer ...

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PHEC signs MoU with AIPS for cooperation in higher education

In order to promote cooperation between higher education sector of Punjab and 35 US higher education institutions a Memorandum of Understanding ...

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For a better future: All they want is a school

He wants the children of his village to get at least primary-level education. “We have requested the authorities to establish a primary school in the ...

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