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Missing School-The Effect of Crises on Students and Teachers in Pakistan

Missing School: The Impact of Crises on Students and Teachers in Pakistan is a joint report by The World Bank and Pakistan’s Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training. In recent years, Pakistani children have experienced significant disruptions to their education due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating 2022 floods, with climate change posing ongoing risks. This report examines…

Flawed climate policy

NOTWITHSTANDING Pakistan`s marginal contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and the country’s greater vulnerability to climate change-driven natural disasters, policymakers seem preoccupied with climate mitigation, ie, GHG emission reduction. COP28 refreshed the resolve of countries to achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions; however, the NDC`s focus in Pakistan is on climate…

Monsoon Brides: Extreme Weather Fuels Child Marriages In Pakistan

DADU: As monsoon rains loomed over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old…

Nine children among 10 more killed in rain havoc

PESHAWAR: Ten more people, including nine children, were killed in different parts…

Murad Says Rehabilitation Of Over 4,100 Flood-hit Schools Underway

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 20th September 2024 reviewed the ongoing repair and reconstruction of 4,162 school buildings out of a total of 19,808 that were damaged during the 2022 floods, and directed the school education department to expedite the work and ensure that the schools…

Developing Education to Mitigate Climate Change: Experts’ Take

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Country Representative Unicef Sharmeela Rasool on 12th September 2024 said the world was in the climate crisis mode as the problem was no longer of the future, but of the present. She was speaking at a roundtable discussion on ‘Climate-Compatible Education’ held at the Institute of Regional Studies…

Need Stressed For Innovative Solution To Address Climate Change Challenge

KARACHI: Expressing concern over the state of the economy, health, and environment in the country, speakers at a symposium held on September 4 underscored the need for innovative solutions to address the growing challenges of climate change, which is deeply affecting all sectors of life. The event—Climate Change and Health…

One Third Of Children Exposed To Heatwaves

ISLAMABAD: One-third of the total global child population, 766 million, were exposed to extreme heatwaves between July 2023 and June 2024 as temperatures hit new record highs, said a report released by the international non-governmental organisation ‘Save the Children’. The body working for children’s rights said during the same period, 344m…

Child Rights Crisis

As the planet bakes in the hottest summer ever, with each passing month warmer than the last, the climate crisis is depriving children of some of their basic human rights and reducing opportunities for them to secure and live a decent life. Extreme weather events linked to climate change disproportionately…

Short Film On Climate Change, Female Education Screened

PESHAWAR: An award-winning short film, showcasing climate change and the significance of girls’ education, was screened at Bacha Khan Markaz here on 20th August 2024. The short film titled ‘Khobuna Da Sparlee’ (dreams of Spring) was produced under the auspices of the Awami National Party (ANP). It has won first…

Conference of Parties (COP) in Pakistan

As the climate crisis continues to escalate, the pressure to implement sectoral policies will also increase. It is often said that climate change is multi-sectoral therefore making it difficult to implement policies after the 18th Amendment. However, beyond that, no mention is made of how to bridge the gap between…

Flooded Schools Greet Students

Heavy monsoon rains have left many campuses underwater, turning them into ponds RAWALPINDI: After a two-and-a-half-month summer vacation, all public and private educational institutions in Rawalpindi will reopen on 15 August. However, heavy monsoon rains over the past week have turned many schools, colleges, and universities across the city into…

Thousands Of Students Miss School In Flood-hit Chitral

CHITRAL: Thousands of students in the flood-hit villages of Chitral Valley are unable to attend their respective schools as the connecting bridges have been washed away by the flash floods. The Yarkhoon valley in Upper Chitral is the worst affected where both the jeepable and the pedestrian bridges connecting the…

Breathing Poison

How many of us would willingly put our children in a room with toxic air? Ideally, none. But in reality, we are guilty of, and perhaps blissfully unaware of, pushing our children towards harm’s way. The latest research shows the shocking impact of passive smoking on school-age children in Pakistan…