Javeria Khan

KP’s Education System In Doldrums

19,000 children in K-P are working in agriculture and other sectors instead of attending school PESHAWAR: Illiteracy is a vice plaguing both genders in areas faring poorly in terms of human development, the problem is exacerbated in tribal districts, where girls’ education is more or less neglected. Furthermore, the fact…
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Sindh Slashes Syllabus By 25 %

The Sindh Education Department has decided to start the upcoming academic session 2025 from April 1, and has reduced the syllabus for the current session by 25%. As part of this decision, the matric and intermediate annual exams for the 2024 session, as well as exams for classes one to…
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Government Schools To Adopt Inclusive Policy

The Punjab government has decided to bind the public sector schools in the province to give admissions to differently-abled students on a priority basis. The initiative is part of an inclusive education policy set to be launched by the provincial government. According to officials, the admissions of differently-abled students will…
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Man Netted For Abducting Child For Ransom

The kidnapper used a phone number to contact the family and demand ransom. ISLAMABAD: Tarnol police on January 3 claimed to have arrested an alleged kidnapper who was involved in the abduction of a minor child for Rs5 million ransom. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Muhammad Arsalan Shahzaib told…
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Call To Amend Child Marriage

In an impactful awareness session organized by PODA at the Tehsil Municipal Corporation hall, participants unanimously supported a proposed amendment to the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 2015. The amendment seeks to raise the minimum marriage age for girls from 16 to 18 years, ensuring a safer and more empowering…
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A Year Of Interupted Learning

School days were repeatedly disrupted in 2024 due to political events, climate emergencies & govt decisions LAHORE/PESHAWAR/QUETTA:Twice this year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared an education emergency. He drew attention to Pakistan’s education crisis of having 26 million out-of-school children. Yet both times, the reaction on ground to tackle this…
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School Closures Halt Academic Progress

Smog, harsh weather and political unrest have significantly impacted the smooth functioning of educational institution LAHORE: In 2024, the academic session in schools and colleges across the province has been severely impacted by various factors, including political turmoil, climate change, and smog, which have together significantly reduced the number of…
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Education System Bedevilled By Instability

KARACHI. The matric and intermediate session for the academic year 2024/25 has been converted into a semester system due to the poor strategy and lack of planning exhibited by the Education Department in Sindh. This is the only session in which teaching will continue for barely six and a half…
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Baloch Students To Get Benazir Scholarship

Balochistan Chief Minister, Mir Sarfraz Bugti, has announced Benazir Bhutto Scholarships for students in the province. He underlined the vital role of partnerships between the government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at a conference organized by the Department of Social Welfare in Quetta. He shared strategies to advance sustainable development, improve…
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Stolen Childhoods

Acknowledging a problem is the first step toward resolving it, and Sindh’s recognition of the alarming prevalence of child marriages and child labour is a necessary but overdue move. Figures recently revealed in the Sindh School Education and Literacy Department survey are just one of many studies conducted over the…
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