ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said the government was committed to woo the youth away from extremism and terrorism and equip them with necessary skills to optimally use their talent in nation-building.He was speaking here at a ceremony marking the inking of an agreement for grant of 42.4 million Euros between National [...]
KARACHI: Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has recently launched an educational initiative entitled ‘Chalo Parho Barho’ to improve the learning skills and level of 150,000 children across the country. ITA, also works in health, governance and other sectors for deprived children by launching household and school-based initiatives. The non-governmental organisation (NGO), on the launching of campaign also inaugurated [...]
LAHORE: A four-day campaign aimed at cleaning up various parts of the city by The City School to celebrate Independence Day, titled “Lets Bin It!”, kicked off on Thursday evening.On the first day of the campaign, students of The City School visited different areas of Defence Housing Authority in a carnival float and encouraged the [...]
Dubai Cares, the philanthropic organisation, will address the importance of education for girls in developing countries as part of an annual Ramadan initiative.Titled ‘Girls’ Education Campaign 2011’, the month-long project aims to raise monetary funds and awareness through channels and activities.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s Global Monitoring Report 2007 on education [...]
LAHORE: The entry test of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) was annulled, and the date for the new entry test will be announced later. Some students said that the entry test paper had been leaked out and many of them had the questions of the entry test on written papers. A student claimed [...]
LONDON: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday appreciated the role of the UK-based non-governmental organizations that made enormous contributions towards development in Pakistan’s diverse sectors.
CAMBRIDGE: Every semester, Cheryl Carpenter tries to think of new ways to introduce Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” to her college students.An English instructor at Alabama A&M, a historically black college in Normal, Ala., Carpenter said students sometimes are confused about the setting and context of the 1937 novel about an independent [...]
KARACHI: Two teams comprising seven Pakistani students have taken top honors among more than 33,000 participants from 52 countries in the largest ThinkQuest International Competition to date, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF). ThinkQuest International Competition challenges students to solve a real-world problem using their critical thinking, communication and technology skills and the students [...]
LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday said teachers are the architects of future generation and have a great responsibility towards education as well as character building of students. Prime Minister was talking at his DHA residence here to Prof. R.A. Khan who was his English teacher at Government College in 1974. PM [...]
Religious education in schools is under threat, faith leaders have warned.Leaders representing Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists said they were “gravely concerned” about the “negative impact” that current government policies were having.In a letter to the Daily Telegraph they called for RE to be included in the new English Baccalaureate.The Department for Education (DfE) [...]
