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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…

Punjab Has The Highest Child Mortality Rate

LAHORE. Shortage of food, poor health of mothers and a high population growth rate cause the death of 73 of every 1,000 newborn babies in Punjab before reaching the age of one year, a fact sheet released by an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) has revealed. According to experts of the…

With 149 Outbreaks In Sindh, Deadly Measles Makes A Comeback

• Health dept data shows 132 children died from vaccine-preventable disease this year • Expert laments parents not utilising free vaccines against 12 major diseases KARACHI: Measles — a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable viral infection — is rearing its ugly head again after affecting thousands of children and killing at…

Polio Tally Climbs To 68 On CUSP Of New Year

ISLAMABAD: The country reported yet another case of wild poliovirus (WPV1) on 30th December, bringing the total number of cases this year to 68. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health confirmed that the case was detected in Dera Ismail Khan. “This is the 10th…

5,398 Cases Of Child Abuse Reported In Past Five Years

Islamabad: Around 5,398 cases of child sexual abuse were reported across Pakistan during the past five-year period, according to a detailed report analysing cases of child sexual abuse across four provinces Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan of Pakistan from 2019 to 2023. The report was launched by the Sustainable Social…

Polio Drops Ineffective On Malnourished Children: Pechuho

Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho has revealed that polio drops are ineffective on children suffering from malnutrition and diarrhoea. To address this issue, the government has decided to give injectable vaccines to such children during the polio eradication campaign. She was addressing a press conference at the Sindh…

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…