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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…

Sindh Adopts New Grading System For Matric, Inter Exams

KARACHI: The Sindh government has formally adopted a new grading system for…

Enhanced Form B Introduced With Security Features For Children Aged 10+

ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, it was decided…

Three Minor Girls Recovered Two Weeks After Abduction

OKARA: Chuchak police claimed on 2nd September to have recovered three minor girls who had allegedly been kidnapped around two weeks back. According to the first information report, on the night of Aug 21, three minor girls from the same family Sahr Fatima (15), Noor Fatima (12), and Sidra Yousaf…

Minister Suggests Judicial Reforms To Curb Child Abuse, Violence Against Women

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on September 2 suggested the formation of a task force, comprising representatives from the federal and provincial governments, for judicial reforms to effectively curb incidents of child abuse and violence against women. The minister gave the proposal in the National Assembly in reply to a…

Schools In Rural Areas To Get Facelift: FDE

ISLAMABAD: Amid concerns that schools in rural areas are lagging behind schools in urban areas in terms of infrastructure and availability of teachers, the education ministry and the Federal Directorate of Education swung into action and visited some schools in rural areas on Sunday, vowing to take steps for their…

NGO Opens Its 170th School For Underprivileged Children

KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has praised the exceptional philanthropic support extended by the industrialists of Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) in Karachi to ensure that the children of the labourers employed by them get quality school education. He expressed these views while speaking as the chief guest at…

NA Body To Monitor Performance Of Capital-based Schools

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture on 21 August formed a subcommittee to monitor the performance of Islamabad-based schools and colleges. The committee, which met with Dr Azimuddin Zahid Lakhvi in the chair, discussed various agenda items, including education facilities in…

Autism Therapeutic Clinics To Be Set Up In 10 Districts

PESHAWAR: The health department will establish autism therapeutic clinics in 10 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to ensure free rehabilitation of the 150,000 children diagnosed with the disease in the province. These clinics will operate on a no-profit-no-loss basis, ensuring affordable care for all affected children in Peshawar, Haripur, Mardan, Charsadda,…

Over 300 Govt Schools In Pindi To Be Outsourced From Sept 1

RAWALPINDI: Out of a total of 1,809 government schools in Rawalpindi district, 323 schools will be outsourced from Sept 1 to the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), which will assign them to individuals, NGOs, and other organisations to run. PEF is an autonomous organisation established in 1991 by the Punjab government…

Nutrition, Immunisation Programme Launched In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has announced the launch of a new $7.2 million nutrition and immunisation programme in Pakistan. This initiative aims to support one million mothers and children in the most marginalised areas across the four provinces. The programme is being implemented in partnership with federal and…

Private Sector To Take Over 1,000 Schools In RYK

RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has decided to privatise government schools under a public-private partnership model in the coming months and Rahim Yar Khan will be the most affected district with the private sector taking over the maximum number of schools — 1,000 out of 2,777…

Drive To Enrol 500,000 Children In Punjab Schools

LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department on Saturday announced the ‘Back to School Campaign’, aiming at enrolling 500,000 children under the ‘Parho or Jagmagao’ slogan. Punjab Minister for School Education Rana Sikandar Hayat chaired a review meeting on the campaign. He emphasised the need to execute the campaign with full…