Education termed panacea for all ills

NOWSHERA: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said that education was the only way to steer the country out of the prevailing mess.
They were speaking at the seminar organised by the district government in collaboration with the Pakistan International Human Rights.

Education leaders from Pakistan visit HCC, STCC

Holyoke- Government officials and educators from Pakistan are touring community colleges in the area including Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical Community College as part of the Community College Administrator Pakistan project. Here they are at HCC.

Education problem

Pakistan is amongst those countries which are going through many problems of education. There are many flaws in the current education system of Pakistan that need to be resolved. Pakistan is among those developing countries where people are mostly deprived of good quality education as our educational system doesn’t meet the international standards.

First Global’s Robotics Challange Comes to Pakistan

FIRST Global organizes a yearly international robotics challenge to ignite passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among the more than two billion youth across the world.

FIRST Global invites one team from every nation to participate in an international robotics event that bridges between high school students with different backgrounds, languages, religions, and customs.

HEC & Turkey Sign Agreement for PhD Scholarships

On the invitation of Turkish Council of Higher Education (COHE), a two-member delegation of Higher Education Commission, Pakistan led by Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC visited Ankara to sign the Document of Understanding for providing 80 PhD slots to Pakistani students in top ranked Turkish Universities.

As per agreement, COHE Turkey will allocate 80 PhD slots in top universities of Turkey and waive tuition fee or bring it to minimum, while HEC will facilitate travel and provide stipend to the selected scholars. Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed and Prof. M. A. Yekta Saraç, President COHE signed the DoU.

Zevar-e-Taleem Program Raises Monthly Stipend to Encourage Girls

Punjab Government’s new program, called “Zevar-e-Taleem”, wants to tackle the lack of girls in secondary schools. The total worth of scholarships to be distributed under this program is Rs. 6 billion.

This was announced by Chief Minister Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal Lahore.

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Federal Urdu University

The Federal URDU University of Arts, Science & Technology (Urdu: وفاقی جامعہ اردو‎; alternatively known as FUU), is a public research university primarily located in the residential Gulshan town of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The university has two satellite campuses; the central campus in Karachi while the other campus is located in Islamabad.

The university offers wide range of academic programmes in undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral studies. The university is noted for its engaging research in fine arts, languages, engineering, social sciences, and philosophy. With an tentative approximated of ~13,500 enrolled students currently attending the university, it is one of the largest institution in the country and is one of the top university in "general category" ranked by the HEC.

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Waseela-e-Taleem to be expanded in 50 districts

Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has planned to expand the network of Waseela-e-Taleem (WeT) initiative to atleast 50 districts till the end of next year.
Currently the programme is facilitating 1.3 million children enrolled in primary schools in 32 districts across the country which would be raised to 1.6 million by June this up.

NTS qualifying teachers verification from tomorrow

The bio-metric verification of the government school teachers who were appointed after qualifying the NTS test will start in the 9 districts of Hyderabad division from March 27.
According to a notification of the Directorate of the Schools Education, Hyderabad Region, issued on Thursday the bio-metric verification of high, junior and primary school teachers would be carried out. The teachers of Badin, Jamshoro, Thatta and Sujawal had been asked to reach the directorate on March 27 from 10 am to 3 pm for the process.

HEC Directs Universities to ensure minimum Qualification

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has directed the universities and degree awarding institutions to ensure implementation of the Commission's decision to raise minimum qualification to 18 years of education, for appointment of Lecturers.

In a letter issued by HEC to Vice Chancellors and Rectors, they have been asked to ensure that minimum qualification for appointment of Lecturer should be MPhil / MS or equivalent degree i.e. 18 years, or Masters from a foreign University. Deadline given for decision's implementation is June 30, 2017.  

The Universities which have already adopted and implemented the decision have been appreciated and advised to continue implementing the decision.

Moreover, HEC has also extended the cut-off date for raising minimum qualification of Assistant Professors in universities/degree awarding institutions to the level of PhD, to January 1, 2018.  

HEC Stresses Women Empowerment through Higher Education

The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan organized a daylong event entitled "Women Empowerment through Higher Education, Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Development" to celebrate International Women's Day here at the Commission Secretariat on Wednesday.

Dr. Samina Amin Qadir, Vice Chancellor Fatima Jinnah Women University was chief guest of the ceremony which was also attended by Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC, Dr. Arshad Ali, Executive Director HEC, Vice Chancellors, faculty members and students of various institutions.

AIOU marks World Poetry Day

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on the occasion of World Poetry Day on Tuesday pledged that it will fulfill its educational responsibility promoting literary culture in the country through academic and extra-curricular activities, in line with the teachings of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, a great poet and philosopher, says a press release.

The University has been focusing on the poetry of Dr. Iqbal and other contemporary poets while celebrating such occasions.