Islamabad: The International Education group of Cambridge University Press & Assessment (Cambridge) 20-November-2024 announced the launch of a new climate literacy programme in Pakistan designed to help students develop climate awareness and become engaged in climate and sustainability issues. Education is recognised as a major strategy to mitigate climate change because it plays a crucial role in equipping current and future generations with the holistic knowledge and skills to address climate-related challenges at local,
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated the government’s resolve to make Pakistan a polio-free country on November 20. He said the federation and all the provinces were taking steps to eradicate polio. He said all the provinces had been taken into confidence over the polio eradication measure, and together, they would eradicate the disease. A delegation of Polio Oversight Board comprising Christopher Elias, a Representative of Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation, Dr Hanan Balkhy,
Children’s Day turns into a rallying cry: young voices demand basic rights KARACHI: On a day meant for joy, children traded festivities for protests as they fought for their fundamental rights. On the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, future leaders from different school clubs in Benazirabad urged the district and provincial governments to invest funds and take extraordinary steps to protect the right to life, survival, health, and education in the province especially in
Mental health support for prisoners also planned The Punjab Home Department has unveiled a series of reforms aimed at transforming prisons into rehabilitation centres. Key initiatives include the establishment of day-care centres for inmates with young children and large-scale administrative reshuffles to enhance the prison system’s efficiency. The reforms were announced during a high-level meeting chaired by Chairman Task Force Rana Manan Khan, who emphasized the government’s commitment to improving jail conditions. The meeting,
The Sindh government has decided to review its early childhood education (ECE) policy and incorporate the foundation learning mechanism into its framework, a statement said on 20 November 2024. A meeting chaired by Sindh Minister for Education and Mineral Development Syed Sardar Ali Shah focused on enhancing the ECE programme and including Foundation Learning and Numeracy in the policy draft. Participants included School Education Secretary Zahid Ali Abbasi, Chief Program Manager RSU Dr Junaid
PESHAWAR: Experts at a function here on 20th November voiced concern about a long delay in the operationalisation of the Khyber Institute of Child Health and Children’s Hospital here and called for a separate board of governors to ensure early completion of work. “Hospitals in the province have just 13 percent of hospital beds for children contrary to the World Health Department’s recommendation of 30, so we demand both adequate funds and a separate
The government has raised the passing and grace marks for matric and intermediate students for all the boards across the nation under the new grading formula to encourage students and improve the promotion rate, a Geo News said. The Inter-Board Coordination Committee (IBCC) finalised a decision to this effect during a meeting with the representatives from all the educational boards at the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on 20-November-2024. The passing
Talpur said CPIMS will streamline the management of child protection cases Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah emphasized the importance of observing the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse, which is marked annually on November 19.” This year’s theme, Emerging Technologies: Opportunities and Threats to Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, highlights the critical need to raise awareness about the risks posed by technology while also exploring its potential to keep
This year’s State of the World’s Children Report examines the forces and trends shaping our world today and reflects on how they might shape the future. The report explores three megatrends that will profoundly impact children’s lives between now and 2050: demographics shifts, the climate and environmental crises and frontier technologies. It also presents three future scenarios – possible outcomes, not predictions – for how children could experience the world of 2050. Click here
The future of childhood hangs in the balance by 2050 if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, Unicef warned in its flagship report released on World Children’s Day on November 20. The report, titled ‘The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World’, projects how three major global forces — or megatrends — will impact children’s lives by 2050 and beyond.
KARACHI: In collaboration with international partners, the Sindh government launched a major vaccination campaign on 19th November for the children who missed their immunisation doses during Covid-19. The ‘Big Catch-up’ initiative will cover two million children – defaulters as well as zero-dose children – across the province. The target includes 800,000 kids in Karachi. “The campaign is a critical effort in addressing the gaps in immunisation coverage, particularly for children who missed their vaccines
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cybercrime Circle Islamabad has arrested two individuals allegedly involved in creating and distributing explicit content featuring minors on social media. The suspects, identified as Usman and Abdul Muiz, were apprehended during a raid in the capital. According to FIA officials, the suspects were engaged in the sexual exploitation of minors, creating and disseminating objectionable videos and images online. The content was also reportedly used to harass the victims.