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School Principal Arrested For Alleged Abuse Of Teachers, Students

SHEIKHUPURA: A school principal has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing several teachers and students in the Mirza Virkan area of Sheikhupura, reported Ary News. The case came to light after videos of the victims went viral on social media and WhatsApp groups. Following the emergence of the videos, the B-division station police conducted a raid on complaints of…

Transport For Schooling

A JUDGE at the Lahore High Court recently ordered that schools should arrange for and organise transport for schoolchildren by the end of the winter break. The order came in the hearings on the case about smog in Lahore. The use of public transport for schooling is expected to reduce vehicular traffic…

PAKISTAN EDUCATION STATISTICS 2022 – 2023

Pakistan’s education system spans multiple levels, including compulsory education for children aged…

Closure of 86 Schools Extended In Flood-hit Areas Of Chiniot

CHINIOT: The administration has extended the closure of 86 schools for three…

Floods Affect 4.2m People in Punjab

• PM doubles compensation for families of victims to Rs2m • 161,000 houses, 395 health facilities damaged in Punjab, UNOCHA says • Senate panel told deluges left 1,000 dead, millions displaced ISLAMABAD: As millions of people have been affected and hundreds of casualties reported across the country during the recent floods and monsoon…

Ministry Accelerates Work on Missing Educational Facilities

ISLAMABAD: The education ministry on September 26 directed timely completion of the ongoing missing facilities project of educational institutions in the capital. “Federal education secretary reviewed the progress on renovation and construction of basic educational facilities across schools in Islamabad Capital Territory under the project titled missing facilities,” read a…

K-P Sees Steady Increase in Enrollment

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was presented with detailed statistics regarding government schools, teachers, and students in Peshawar. According to the Education Department on Tuesday, there are a total of 1,619 government schools under the board’s jurisdiction, including 891 for boys and 728 for girls. The number of teachers across these…

Children To Get Rid of Heavy School Bags

PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Science and Information Technology, Dr Shafqat Ayaz, has said that the provincial government’s E-Basta Project has entered its final stages, which will bring a digital revolution to the education system of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “This project will not only provide educational facilities to…

3,200 Schools Reopened, Says CM Bugti

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said that unnecessary posts in various government departments are being abolished and 3,200 non-functional schools have been reopened and made functional in the province. Speaking to students of various educational institutions on Monday, the chief minister said the youth represent the country’s future,…

Education Ministry Seeks Community Aid To Run Non-formal Schools in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The education ministry has decided to seek financial help from the community as well as support for non-formal education (NFE) schools of the capital city, which have been facing “persistent challenges, including limited infrastructure, scarce learning materials, inadequate hygiene facilities, and minimal teacher support.” According to the education ministry,…

Strong Action Urged Against Child Abuse at Seminaries, Schools

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on September 18 urged strong action to protect children from abuse at seminaries and schools, declaring that no child should suffer in the name of education. The meeting, chaired by Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri at Parliament House, reviewed disturbing reports of corporal…

Sindh Govt Asked To Launch Anti-narcotics Drive in Educational Institutions

KARACHI: A federal sensitive agency has raised alarm over the growing trend of drug use among students across Sindh’s educational institutions, urging the provincial government to take immediate and strict measures to curb the menace before it escalates into a long-term national crisis. According to sources, the agency has written…

Four Children Injured as Portion of Classroom Ceiling Falls

SUKKUR: Four children were wounded when a big chunk of plaster from the ceiling of a classroom in a primary school fell on them near Khanpur Mahar taluka, Ghotki district, on September 17. According to details, a portion of the ceiling of a classroom in the Ahmedabad Primary School fell…

11 Years on, Pupils Await School Building

TIMERGARA: Eleven years have passed since the Government Primary School Koheri Bala in Lower Dir was destroyed by an earthquake but children have been forced to study in the open, jeopardizing their future. The earthquake, measuring 7.5 on Richter’s magnitude scale, hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan in October 2015, leaving…