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PHC Bans Raise in KP School Tuition Fees Until Uniform Policy Formed

Court wants formation of regulatory authority, disallows opening new private schools Questions charge of tuition fee for vacations Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday ordered a ban on increase in tuition fees by private schools until the provincial government comes up with a uniform policy regarding the matter.

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UK Varsities Slipping Down Graduate Employability Rankings

The United Kingdom is one of the top destinations for Pakistani students heading abroad to add to their academic credentials. And it’s understandable why. The UK has some of the oldest and most respected institutions in the world like Oxford, Cambridge, London School of Economics and Lincoln’s Inn, has plenty of expatriate population from the […]

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Lahore Schools Must Close to Safeguard Children Against Smog

People of Lahore seem to not have really realised the extent of the problem they are facing these days i.e. smog. For lack of a better understanding, a large number is considering it the dense fog the city used to experience until two decades ago, while many others consider it a seasonal change indicating arrival […]

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Rs 6 Billion for 4,000 Schools: Sindh CM Wants Results Within Six Months

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah seems to be allocating a lot of his time to the education sector in the province.

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Aspirants to Retake Medical Colleges’ Admissions Test on Oct 29

  LHC annuls results of MDCAT 2017

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Education Without Learning: WB Warns of Impending Doom

Education without learning. The situation is all but too familiar in Pakistan. Students going through the grind of sub-standard education, grade after grade, without ever learning anything constructive.

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3,000 Afghan Students to Get Scholarships for Higher Studies in Pakistan

Continuing its tradition of lending a helping hand to Afghan brethren, higher education authorities in Pakistan have announced the award of educational scholarships for 3,000 Afghan students. The scholarships will allow Afghan students to receive fully-funded higher education in top universities across Pakistan. A ceremony to mark the award was held on Thursday in Lahore […]

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University Olympics? The Sooner, The Better

Aitchison vs Lawrence, Cambridge vs Oxford, Harvard vs Yale; these and thousands of other pairings of names define some of the fiercest and religiously-maintained rivalries among educational institutes around the world. The annual fixtures between Aitchison and Lawrence, The Game between Harvard and Yale and The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge have not only […]

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End of Line for Esena Foundation High School

They say all good things come to an end. Back in the 1990s, a number of rear windshields on cars across Lahore boasted an all but familiar sticker. It read Esena is the Pride of Every Girl. And for many years it remained so. Sadly though, the school, which happened to be the first English medium […]

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Interior Minister, University Heads Take Up Rising Extremism at Campuses

Radicalisation creeping into country’s higher education institutes has become a burning issue following the failed assassination attempt on MQM MPA Khawaja Izharul Hassan. Demands for countering this horrendous trend have been making rounds across the media and the government appears to be deeply concerned.