All teachers, lecturers in FATA to be regularised

GHALANAI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Muzaffar Syed has said the services of all teachers and lecturers in the tribal areas would be regularised soon. He was speaking at a ceremony at the Ghalanai Jirga Hall here on Tuesday.

The minister said tribesmen had rendered countless sacrifices during militancy, and the government would compensate them for their contribution.

22 US Universities reps visit Millennium Campus

Staying true to its motto of academic excellence, Flagship Millennium Campus I-9/3, in collaboration with the United States Education Foundation Pakistan (USEFP) organised Educational Exhibition last day, says a press release.

About 22 different universities from the United States of America participated and promoted their education mission at the fair. The fair aimed at informing interested candidates about study opportunities abroad.

5-day workshop starts at NUML

A five-day workshop on ‘21st century Innovative Teaching Techniques & Strategies,’ kicked off at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), here on Monday.

The workshop was sponsored by Higher Education Commission and organised by the Department of Education. NUML Director General Brig Riaz Ahmed Gondal was the chief guest of the inaugural session while dean social sciences Dr. Sufiana Khatoon Malik, Head of Department Education Dr. Hukamdad Malik, resource persons Dr. Khushbakht Hina, Dr. Khalid Javed Anwar, faculty members from various universities were attended the session.

Kent University, and Bestway Foundation ink accord

University of Kent and Bestway Foundation Pledge £500k to Support Pakistani Students, says a press release.

The University of Kent and the Bestway Foundation, the charitable Trust of Bestway Group, have announced a new collaboration to jointly fund five annual scholarships for postgraduate students applying from Pakistan.

Disabled to get free education from AIOU

Physically handicapped and visually/hearing impaired students will continue to get free education from Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), with enhanced facilities including provision of study material through computerised accessibility network.

The number of disabled, enrolled with AIOU has recently reached to around 400, and it is hoped that more students will benefit from the educational facilities which are available from Matric to PhD

NAVTTC to train one lakh youths

To encourage women in the field of business and entrepreneurship for achieving economic stability, a meeting was held at National Vocational & Technical Training Commission Headquarters which was attended by executive director NAVTTC Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema, Founder President of Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce Samina Fazil, Vice President Robina Nazir and their team.

Educational institutions urged to focus on research

MARDAN: Secretary Industry and Commerce Department, Farah Hamid, on Monday said that higher educational institutions should focus on research and innovation.

Speaking at a seminar titled ‘National Research Week’ here at Women University Mardan as chief guest, the secretary said that development was impossible without the participation of women in every field of life.

Women University Vice-Chancellor Prof Ghazala Yasmeen said that the seminar was meant for creating awareness about importance of research for the female students.She said that Women University Mardan was playing its due role in imparting higher education to womenfolk of the province.

Tribal students protest suspension of scholarships

LANDI KOTAL: Traffic on Peshawar-Torkham highway remained suspended for two hours on Monday owing to a demonstration by the students from various government schools in Jamrud to protest suspension of their scholarships by the political administration.

Activists of various political parties also expressed their solidarity with the protesting students who had organised the demonstration on the call of the student wing of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.

Students don't learn anything even in schools

KARACHI: Beginning the session with the question of whether Pakistan is winning or losing the struggle to spread education, moderator Abbas Rashid said that whether or not students go to school does not matter, as they do not learn much in class, which is a reflection of the education standards in Pakistan.

He was speaking at a session, titled ‘Spreading education: Are We Winning or Losing the Struggle’, on the last day of the Karachi Literature Festival. “Even after going to school they are not learning anything,” he lamented.

Education for girls is govt's top priority

SUKKUR: Education and especially, girls education, is the top priority of the Sindh government, said the Sindh minister for transport and mass transit Syed Nasir Hussain Shah.

He was addressing the annual function of award distribution at the Government Girls Degree College in Sukkur on Monday. Funds for acquiring land and construction of the building for a women’s university have been allocated, said Shah, adding that it is the government’s desire to provide graduate and post-graduate education to girls in their own hometown instead of other cities.

Position holder students given cash prizes, medals

CHARSADDA: The second and third position holders of Peshawar Model School’s Charsadda branch in the matriculation examination were awarded with prizes and medals here on Sunday.

A special function was held in the school, where 15 other students of the school were rewarded for being among the top 20 positions in the examination conducted by the BISE Peshawar.

Classes at Swabi's new medical college start today

SWABI: Classes at the newly-opened Gajju Khan Medical College (GKMC), Swabi, would commence on Monday (today).

Giving details, admission officer Bilal Khan and other officials said on Sunday that the faculty and staff had finalised all the arrangements to start classes in the college. The induction of the first batch of students in GKMC would mark a new era as the college was opened with the efforts of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government.

Govt urged to set up national languages university

PESHAWAR: The participants of a Youth Assembly convened here on Sunday demanded the federal government to set up a National Languages University to explore and strengthen the links among the native languages.

The demand was made through a resolution moved at the event. It said the proposed university would strengthen the bond of affinity among the languages, which would ultimately lead to the national unity and cohesion.

Headmaster pays high price for not following decorum

JHANG: The District Education Authority’s chief executive officer has surrendered the services of a senior headmaster who entered his office without prior permission. The school head was not provided any opportunity to explain his position nor did any probe was ordered by the competent authority before withdrawing his services from the district.

Sources said DEA CEO Riaz Ahmed paid a surprised visit to the Govt Hussainia High School where he marked absence of senior headmaster A.D. Khan and four other teachers. They said Khan was not available within the premises of the school because of assigned duty in connection with the on-going Punjab Examination Commission exams.

Education dept fails to keep its promise

LAYYAH: Hundreds of students have been deprived of IT (information technology) education for the last seven months as the district education department is yet to return 20 computers borrowed from three schools for two days.

The district government had allocated Rs46 million for purchase of computers and furniture for IT labs in schools in 2014-15.