Teen’s final video reveals teacher’s threats; FIR registered LODHRAN: A 10th-grade student reportedly took her own life after alleged harassment, blackmail and threats by her schoolteacher in the Gogran area of Lodhran. As per the FIR registered under Section 316 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Qureshiwala Police Station, the…
Under Section 144, entry of unrelated persons into examination centres has been completely prohibited The annual FA and FSc examinations started across Punjab under the supervision of nine education boards, including the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi. Chairman BISE Rawalpindi, Muhammad Adnan Khan, along with Controller of…
Mianwali. A severe shortage of textbooks in government schools in Hafizabad district is affecting the education of students due to negligence on the part of the Punjab Textbook Board. Several weeks after the beginning of the new academic year, only 20 percent of the students in local schools have received…
DIJKOT: A 12-year-old girl died of a head injury after falling from a swing in an amusement park. A complaint was lodged with the police by the father of the victim, Ghulam Mustafa, a resident of Doctor City, blaming negligence of the staff for the incident. The complainant stated that…
Staff instructed to submit an affidavit confirming compliance with directive RAWALPINDI: In response to a decline in new admissions at government schools, the Education Department has made it mandatory for all public school teachers and non-teaching staff to enrol their children in government institutions. Teachers’ unions have rejected this directive…
Villagers decry govt inaction, say outbreak ignored due to rural location HYDERABAD: A four-year-old girl suffering from measles passed away in the village of Qadir Bux Solangi near Husri town this week, raising the death toll to 13 children across three villages in Hyderabad division in the past few weeks.…
HYDERABAD: Fourteen-year-old Radha Bheel, who was allegedly abducted from the jurisdiction of Husri Police Station, remains missing even after 14 days, prompting her family, social activists, and members of the minority community to stage a protest rally and demonstration. The rally began from Siddique Mallah village and culminated in a…
PESHAWAR: A report has been released detailing the steps taken to ensure transparency and prevent cheating during the ongoing matriculation examinations under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar. The report covers six districts: Peshawar, Charsadda, Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, Mohmand, and Khyber. According to the report, the…
These lone teachers are forced to manage all academic and administrative responsibilities singlehandedly. BAJAUR: Despite the provincial government’s lofty claims and the allocations of billions of rupees to the elementary education sector, many government schools in the Bajaur tribal district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa remain without adequate teaching staff. Residents of Charming…
Officials attribute the postponement to a change in XI results due to grace marks, absence of the board chairman KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations of XI-XII for the year 2025 have been delayed. The pre-engineering, pre-medical and science general group exams that were to start…
UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Rights, Saba Qamar, highlights the impact of child marriage on young girls’ futures and calls for unified action to protect children.
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