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Annual Status of Education Pakistan 2023 – Provisional

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is a survey of the quality of education. ASER seeks to identify gaps in educational data by looking to provide a reliable set of data at the national level, that is comprehensive and, at the same time, easy to understand. This year, ASER Rural Survey was conducted in 151 districts across Pakistan between…

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The Impact of Pakistan’s Education System

What PM Shehbaz Sharif blurted out recently isn’t quite a national secret. Though none in high office can admit it publicly, in a moment of despair he admitted that wherever he visits, disdain is written on the faces of hosts. Respecting those who keep asking for loans and rollovers is…

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education,…

Grace Marks by Sindh Government

In a move as surprising as it is contentious, the Sindh provincial…

School Principal, Hostel Warden Held For Molesting Children

QUETTA: Police on 18 September 2024 arrested a private school principal and a warden allegedly involved in child molestation. Police told The Express Tribune that the accused had subjected five children to sexual abuse in the Dera Allah Yar town of Balochistan. Moreover, the local authorities have sealed both the…

Public Schools Lack Technological Facilities

LAHORE: Anticipating the abrupt shift of the global economy towards complete digitalization, several developing countries in the Global South started heavily investing in the Information Technology (IT) sector several years ago, in the hopes of directing billions of dollars towards their economies in the future. From cities across the region,…

Gaps Highlighted In Pakistan’s Education System

KARACHI: Highlighting the stark challenges Pakistan face in the education sector, speakers at a book launch said teachers had a central role in the quality of learning outcomes and their participation in decision-making was crucial to elevate the status of teaching profession. Titled Baatein Kitab Ki, the launch was organised…

Teachers Sensitised On Combating Sexual Harassment In Schools

SAHIWAL: The district police, in collaboration with the education department, has engaged over 150 headmistresses and headteachers from public and private sectors to raise awareness about sexual harassment within and outside school premises. Headteachers from 30 private schools of Sahiwal and Chichawatni tehsils were invited for a dialogue. The primary…

System To Monitor Teachers Attendance In Schools

LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department (SED) on 13th September launched a monitoring system to ensure teachers’ attendance in all public schools, expecting to enhance the overall quality of education in the province. The department has introduced a comprehensive monitoring system aimed at ensuring strict adherence to duty hours by…

Sindh Has Lowest Early Childhood Education Registration

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought a comprehensive report from the Sindh chief secretary on the implementation of the Sukkur Bench order on a petition against the non-implementation of the policy of provision of early childhood education. A hearing in this regard was held before a two-member bench…

Two Years On, Sewage Swamps Plague Girls’ School

NAROWAL: The Government Girls Elementary School at Mardwal village, Shakargarh tehsil, has been submerged by sewage water for two years and the students are forced to walk through dirty and smelly water to reach classrooms and washrooms. Students and teachers reach the classrooms through dirty and smelly water every day.…

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…

Punjab Teachers Announce Lockdown Of Schools From 27th

RAWALPINDI: The Grand Teachers Alliance, a coalition of Punjab teachers’ unions, on September 11 announced that teachers from the entire province would converge on Lahore on Sept 26 to protest the government’s plan to outsource educational institutions. They would also shut down schools on Sept 27. Teachers in Rawalpindi division,…

UNICEF Raises Red Flag On Sindh Education

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on 11-September-2024 said that monsoon floods in Sindh had forced thousands of children out of school, as Pakistan struggled with recurring extreme weather events disrupting education and putting young lives at risk. “Children in Sindh are facing serious setbacks in their education…