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Pakistan: Sindh children deprived of education as 20,000 public schools de
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Public education -- particularly among poorer sections -- has hardly been a priority with governments. UNICEF reckons that Pakistan has the world's second-highest number of out-of-school children.
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Pakistan: Children's education in Panjgur adversely affected due to lack o
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to Intekhab Daily, the educational institutions in Panjgur are very short of funds and teaching staff. No teaching staff has been recruited in the last ten years.
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Educationist shot dead in 'targeted attack' in Pakistan's Karachi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
An educationist, who was also a senior office-bearer of the private schools' association, was gunned down on Sunday, in what police described as a 'targeted attack' in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar area. Victim Syed Khalid Raza, 55, was the deputy director of the Darul Arqam Schools, Karachi r
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Over 60 booked for assaulting education officials in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 6 (ANI): More than 60 Pakistani officials from the education department including teachers, and clerks were booked for violence, assaults and obstructing other officials of the department from performing their duties, local media reported on Saturday.
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Pak Minister asks Commission to resolve issues faced by students stuck in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the visa and travel-related issues faced by Pakistani students in China, Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain asked the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to assist the students who are stuck there for two years due to the COVID
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UGC chief cautions students to carefully choose educational institutions a
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Jagadesh Kumar on Saturday cautioned Indian students to carefully choose educational institutions abroad including in Pakistan, China amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UGC, AICTE caution students against pursuing higher education in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) advised Indian students not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing higher education while stating that such degrees wouldn't be recognised in India.
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Pakistan: ASER calls for education emergency in Sindh
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 25 (ANI): Highlighting the flawed education system in Pakistan, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan for 2021-2022 on Thursday called for an education emergency in Sindh province.
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45 pc students in Pakistan cannot read single sentence in Urdu, reveals re
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Forty-five per cent of students in Pakistan cannot read a single sentence in Urdu and their regional languages while 44 per cent could not read sentences in English, according to a report highlighting the flawed education system of the country.
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Survey reveals Pakistani fifth graders unable to read English properly
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 11 (ANI): A report by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan 2021 revealed the deficiencies in the country's education system, 45 per cent of students, mostly fifth graders, could not read a sentence in Urdu and their regional languages while 44 per
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Pakistan's Federal Directorate of Educations staff calls for strike
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): The teaching and non-teaching staff of Pakistan's Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) announced to call off their strike and resume duty after sorting their differences with the Imran Khan government.
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Islamic scholars to oversee syllabus being taught in educational instituti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Political Communication, Shahbaz Gill on Monday said that Islamic scholars will oversee the syllabus being taught to students in educational institutions across the country.
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