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Automation, E-marking Planned in Sindh’s Education Boards

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking system in educational boards to improve the quality of education in the province. The announcement was made by the Minister for Universities and Boards Muhammad Ismail Rahoo at a ceremony organised by the All Sindh Private Schools and Colleges Association at Bahria Auditorium, Karsaz, Karachi, to mark World…

Education Boards All Set For E-marking

KARACHI: Preparations are underway in Sindh for the introduction of e-marking in the 2025 annual matriculation and intermediate exams. Both the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) and the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) have finalised plans to embrace this digital assessment method, which will be applied to the…

Local Production Of Iron, Folic Acid Supplements May Curb Anaemia In 15m Pakistani Girls

ISLAMABAD: The local production of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS)…

Free-of-cost Heart Surgeries Performed On Over 6,000 Children

LAHORE : A meeting was held in the Specialised Health Care and…

Alarming Rise Of HIV In Pakistan: 1,079 New Cases Every Month

ISLAMABAD: As many as 1,079 new HIV cases are being reported monthly in Pakistan, with 9,713 people testing positive for HIV in the first nine months of 2024, officials in the Ministry of National Health Services revealed on 27 December 2024. They warned that the total number of HIV cases…

Medical Supplies Shortage In Parachinar Has Left 50 Children Dead Since Road Closure: Officials

At least 50 children have died in Parachinar due to the recent shortage of medicines caused by the closure of roads leading to the city in the aftermath of armed violence between warring tribes last month in the restive Kurram tribal district, officials said. Thousands of people have been stranded…

Suicidal Behaviour

CHILDREN constitute around 45 percent of the Pakistani population, with 22.7pc adolescents from 10 to 19 years. Along with their educational, safety and physical health needs, there is also an urgent need to prevent and respond to their mental health challenges. The WHO estimates that 15pc of the global burden…

Beyond Schools

IN 2019, when I was teaching full time, our institute collaborated with a university in Canada in their Global Reporting Programme where three of our students, along with students in Kenya and the US, were selected to work on an academic year-long project. The three students and I would log…

Experts Urge Mothers To Breastfeed Infants For Two Years

LOWER DIR: Experts at a seminar stressed the importance of mothers regularly breastfeeding their newborns for at least two years, as breastfeeding protected them from various infectious diseases. The local health department in collaboration with the Unicef and World Food Programme organised a seminar for religious scholars, media persons and…

Over 7,500 Students Take Part in Mathematics Olympiad

ISLAMABAD: Over 7,500 students demonstrated their mathematical abilities in the Pakistan Mathematics Olympiad (PMO) held on 8th December across 69 examination centres. According to the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), it successfully conducted the PMO 2024 in collaboration with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lums) and…

Parents Reluctance To Immunise Children Causing Deaths: Experts

PESHAWAR: The reluctance of parents to immunise their children has been causing deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and diphtheria as both ailments have caused 78 deaths in the province this year so far, according to health experts. They said that non-vaccination caused 48 deaths due to measles and…

Three More Polio Cases Take Tally To 59

ISLAMABAD: Polio cases continue to rise as the country reported three new cases on 2nd December, bringing the tally so far this year to 59. According to an official, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication confirmed the detection of one case each of poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Dera Ismail Khan,…

One Million Teachers Required To Meet Growing Needs

Islamabad: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal called for public sector schools to be equipped with the necessary resources to teach essential skills, ensuring that the proposed reforms deliver broad societal benefits. During a meeting about the Teacher Training Institute, the minister underscored the urgent need for education reforms to…

Three Key Departments Of Education Ministry Without Heads

ISLAMABAD: The appointment of the heads of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) and two other departments of the education ministry has been facing an inordinate delay, badly affecting their work. The FDE, which is a regulatory body of 431 schools and colleges in Islamabad, has been run on an…