By Maryam Rahman,on January 3rd,2013 By Ali Nabi Nur Language has always been a hot topic in any dialogue on education in Pakistan. With six major spoken languages and over three hundred dialects,Pakistan plays host to a plethora of diverse tongues and this has posed many challenges to policy makers. To complicate matters further,one has to deal with . . . →Read More:Why should we be more articulate By Omar Farooque,on December 11th,2012 President Asif Ali Zardari Monday announced $10 million for a global war chest to educate all girls by 2015 set up in the name of Malala Yousufzai,the teen education activist shot and injured by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education. . . . →Read More:Global ‘Malala’ war chest for girls’ education launched By Nathoo Ram,on December 10th,2012 LONDON –Ziauddin Youasfzai,father of teen education activist Malala Yousafzai’s,was on Sunday named the United Nation’s Special Adviser on Global Education. Former British prime minister and UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown announced the appointment of Ziauddin as an adviser to assist the UN in getting every child to school by the end of . . . →Read More:Ziauddin Youasfzai to be UN Special Adviser on Global Education By Nida Afaque,on November 16th,2012 By Nida Afaque A staggered gait. A protruding limb. A twisted gaze. A crooked smile. Do these features make you uncomfortable? Make you feel the need to look for alternative topics of discussion? Then you are one of the thousands Pakistanis who treat people with special needs with a discriminatory attitude. . . . →Read More:Defeating disabilities By Inaam.Chandio,on November 5th,2012 By Shaan Khan It’s the latest cruel tactic in the Pakistani Taliban’s battle to stop girls and women from getting an education:acid thrown in their faces to scar them for life and deter others from following in their footsteps. . . . →Read More:Acid attack on female students in Parachinar By Omar Farooque,on October 30th,2012 In the rural areas of Pakistan,mobile phones are being used to help education. . . . →Read More:Extending educational services through texts By Sahrish Jamali,on October 16th,2012 By Feisal H Naqvi Two days after Malala Yousufzai was attacked by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),Imran Khan went to the hospital in which she was being treated to show his concern regarding her condition. And yet, when asked a day earlier why he didn’t directly condemn the TTP,Mr Khan had responded as follows: . . . →Read More:Chicken-hearted Imran Khan By Omar Farooque,on October 16th,2012 By Yaqoob Khan Bangash I have been back and teaching in Pakistan for a year now and one thing which I have noticed repeatedly is that Pakistanis have become increasingly devoid of logic. And logic not just in the sense of the Greek fathers,but even simple common sense — which,of course,is . . . →Read More:Lacking logic By Mir Jamshed Baloch,on September 24th,2012 By Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: The government will spend Rs500 million on students from Balochistan,FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan pursuing Masters,M.Phil and PhD this year. . . . →Read More:Federal Government allocates 500m to University higher education By Maryam Rahman,on September 13th,2012 Extracurricular activities and a little appreciation can go a long a way While reading about five concurrent curricula which include official curriculum,operational curriculum,hidden curriculum,null curriculum and extra curriculum,I suddenly had a strong argument in my mind that in today’s world it is important for the educators to put equal stress on . . . →Read More:The importance of extracurricular activities | |
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