Pakistani Nobel laureate and noted girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai has said that her fund was striving hard to improve girls’ access to education in Pakistan.
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The European Union’s first ever education summit is bringing together dozens of experts from across the continent in a mega effort to devise a roadmap for improving education across Europe.
As the tenure of Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed nears its end, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has approved a committee to look for a suitable candidate to man the post.
Higher education experts on Tuesday reaffirmed their resolve to uphold meritocracy, accountability and transparency in the sector through openness and merit-based selections.
The never-ending tussle between centre and provinces over power has again come to the fore
The cold war between the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and provincial educational authorities is seeing another battle, as both Punjab and Sindh provinces have directed vice chancellors of public sector universities in their jurisdiction not to attend a VCs’ conference called by HEC in Lahore.
In a bid to further the cause of offering state-of-the-art facilities for aviation and aerospace related studies, ground was broken on Air University’s new Aerospace and Aviation Campus to be built at Aviation City in Kamra.
A committee formed by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is to review the Sindh School Education Standards and Curriculum (SSES&C) Law 2015 and has been tasked with offering suggestions and recommendations making amendments to improve the public education system in province.
A protest by students of University of Peshawar (UoP) against a hike in tuition fees and lack of facilities has entered its 14th day, with protesters now threatening to forcibly shut down activities at the varsity if their demands are not met.
Stressing on the need for revisiting education standards at religious madrassas across the country, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday said religious seminaries must offer more than theological education to pupils.
The provincial government has ordered vetting of all textbooks used in higher education institutions across Punjab to cleanse the curriculum of objectionable material and curb the trends of extremism seen rising at institutions across Pakistan.