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Pakistan: Primary school teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plan province-wide
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Primary school teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have announced a strike on October 7 to protest the government's decision to abandon their proposed upgrade. Over 25,000 schools will be closed as teachers converge in Peshawar for demonstrations. Pakistan's education crisis remains dire, with 25
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Baloch students demand immediate education reforms
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
According to a statement released by BSAC, government and non-government literacy reports depict an alarming picture, with Balochistan's literacy rate hovering between a mere 26 to 30 per cent, and female literacy virtually nonexistent.
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HavenArk partners with Cayman Islands based Zimtra to strengthen community
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 11: India's leading trading community, HavenArk (https://www.havenark.in/) announces their strategic partnership with Zimtra, a Cayman Islands based proprietary asset management firm. HavenArk, with its extensive network of traders is aspiring to build a new era
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Spreading the financial literacy wave across India: National Finance Olymp
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21: Financial literacy has been the buzzword in the formal education ecosystem for quite some time now and for all the right reasons. The financial literacy rate is lower in Indian adults than in other developed nations including USA, UK, and Singapore. Surveys re
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Mizoram Governor casts his vote as polling gets underway
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Mizoram is a literate state, literacy rate is very high. People are also aware of their rights," the Governor said after casting his vote.
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"Women from communities with lower literacy rate should be given reservati
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Jitan Ram Manjhi said that women from lower literacy rate communities should be given reservations in the Women's Reservation Bill.
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Political upheaval worsened female illiteracy in Afghanistan, say activist
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid the worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, especially that of women and young mothers, women's rights activists have said the recent political upheaval and repressive policies of the Taliban have not only set the country back by decades but also adversely affected the female l
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Pakistan government spends 1.7 pc of GDP on education: Economic survey 202
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the Pakistan Economic Survey, which was published on Thursday, 62.8 per cent of Pakistanis were literate, with 73.4 per cent of men and 51.9 per cent of women.
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Mizoram's education revolution: Investing in infrastructure and innovation
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In recent years, the state of Mizoram has made significant strides in improving access to education, particularly in rural areas. With a focus on improving literacy rates and reducing dropout rates, the state government has implemented a number of initiatives to improve the system.
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Tibet has lowest Literacy among all provinces in China: Delhi Think Tank
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Throughout all three censuses, Tibet has had the lowest literacy rate among all provinces. It also has the lowest urbanization rate as only 35% of its population lives in urban areas, which has doubled in the last 20 years (18 % in 2000). Other provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu and He
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Sindh has worst literacy rate in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a 2021 report, the number of out-of-school children in the province is as high as 44 per cent.
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Himachal Pradesh better than Kerala in literacy rate: CM Jai Ram Thakur
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday launched a laptop distribution programme to provide free laptops worth Rs 83 crores to about 20,000 meritorious students of the State under Srinivasa Ramanujan Student Digital Scheme a
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