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Nadra launches platform to track sex offenders in Pakistan

Nadra, the National Database and Registration Authority, has created the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform, which includes an SMS verification service to aid in the identification and monitoring of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offenses against children and women . The database is connected to various law enforcement agencies and provincial governments to ensure that updates are…

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments Authority (PECTAA) after merger of three departments -Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Quaid-i Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) and Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) with a view to reform school education. Earlier, the…

13% hike in education budget by Punjab Government

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced a significant increase of 13 per…

KP Govt To Launch Taleem Card

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch the ‘Taleem Card’…

STBB Claims Distributing 700,000 Book Sets In Karachi Govt Schools

KARACHI: With approximately 700,000 book sets distributed, the Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) has claimed to have “successfully” completed the delivery of textbooks to government schools in the Karachi region. The move came almost a week after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the education department to ensure the…

6,500 Nomad Children To Be Vaccinated

BAHAWALPUR: The Bahawalpur district health authorities would launch a vaccination campaign to protect over 6,500 registered nomad children against polio, measles, and other diseases. According to the district health officer (DHO), under a crash programme, the registration of gypsy children has been completed and the vaccinators of the health department…

300 Microschools Planned To Enroll Out-of-school Children

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 8 August directed the Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) to establish 300 digital ‘microschools’ to enroll 300,000 out-of-school children and hire over 600 female learning facilitators and approved Rs800 million for the purpose. He gave these directives to the SEF while presiding over…

No High School For Girls in Lower Kohistan, KP Assembly Told

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was on 8 August told that there was no high school for girls in Lower Kohistan where 28 female students had reached high level in the entire district. In response to a question moved by MPA Sajjadullah from PK-32 Lower Kohistan, the Primary and Elementary Education…

Needle-Free Injectors To Be Used For Polio Vaccination In Next Drive

In a concerted effort to combat the poliovirus, which has been detected in environmental samples throughout Karachi, around 1.037 million children between the ages of four months and five years will be targeted in the next campaign, officials said on Monday. They said the children would be vaccinated with a…

Colleges Told To Admit 20% More Students

SAHIWAL: The Higher Education Department has asked public sector colleges across the province to ensure 20 percent more admissions in intermediate this year. Sahiwal Government College Principal Dr Mumtaz Ahmad confirmed receiving the HED direction. Sources close to the situation say the admission target last year was 600,000 but hardly…

FDE Under Fire Over Short Weekend For Educators

Islamabad: The Federal Directorate of Education has directed principals of the public sector schools and colleges in Islamabad Capital Territory to ensure that teachers hold remedial classes on Saturdays. As per the FDE notification, all public sector schools in the Islamabad Capital Territory will be open every Saturday starting August…

Islamabad’s First Anti-Rape Crisis Cell Set Up At Polyclinic

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Rape Crisis Cell (ARCC) has been set up at the Federal Government Services Hospital, known as Polyclinic, as part of the Tahaffuz project to combat sexual violence against women and empower survivors in their pursuit of justice and healing. According to a statement, the ARCC has technical support…

Sindh Plans To Increase School Enrolment To Six Million

KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah has directed education authorities to increase school enrolment to six million, open 2,170 viable schools under the placement plan, and remove the biometrics of 1,700 teachers from non-viable schools. He issued these instructions while chairing a meeting on 29 July in Karachi.…

Nadra Services Restored in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Following intervention by Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa, services at Nadra’s death and birth registration centre have been restored. Taking notice of a report by Dawn, the Chief Commissioner on 25 July expressed his dissatisfaction to the relevant officials, stating that the suspension of this essential service for the…