Islamabad: The Inter-Boards Coordination Commission (IBCC) held its 180th meeting at the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on 18-November-2024 to discuss educational reforms and policies. The meeting was chaired by Junaid Akhlaque, National Coordinator of the IBCC Forum/Chairman FBISE along with Dr. Ghulam Ali Mallah, Executive Director, IBCC, with active participation from chairpersons of all education boards and a diverse range of stakeholders in education and assessment. The first day of
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KOHAT: The local administration registered cases against four polio workers following confirmation of poliovirus in two children during the last two months in the district. All polio workers announced a boycott of the polio vaccination campaign after the cases were registered against their four colleagues for negligence. The Paramedics Association on 18-November-2024 during a protest also set a deadline for the administration to withdraw the first information report (FIR). Association President Rashid Bukhari said
SWABI: Libraries in the public sector schools here have become useless due to ‘wrong’ priorities of the government and failure of the heads of educational institutions to educate students about the importance of book reading. Sources in government schools told Dawn on November 18 that libraries had become so ineffective that most students did not even know there was a library in their school. Teachers said libraries had been established to inculcate a habit
A session on the sidelines of COP29 on 18th November underscored the role of non-state actors and local communities in pushing for inclusive policy-making to counter climate change and address injustices often associated with the approach taken by the governments to fix the climate crisis. The gathering, attended by climate activists and experts from Pakistan and the Philippines, was hosted by the Islamabad-based Policy Research Institute for Equitable Development at the Regional Climate Foundation
Authorities outline SOPs to ensure safety with lingering environmental concerns RAWALPINDI: Schools and colleges across the Rawalpindi Division are reopening on November 19 (today) after a temporary closure due to smog. This decision was made jointly by the Department of Environmental Protection, District Administration, and Education Department, ensuring the resumption of classes with safety measures. All government and private educational institutions in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, and Chakwal districts will resume normal operations starting today.
LAHORE. Despite a billion-rupee budget, schools across the province have no clean bathrooms or drinking water available for students For students spending nearly six to seven hours away from home each day, the school premises become almost like a second home. Yet for the hapless students stuck in public schools, the school is a very strange home, one with no running or drinking water arrangements at all. According to a survey conducted by The
The child learning in the classroom is a subject of great importance. While some argue that traditional classroom settings are outdated and ineffective, others firmly believe that they remain primary for a child’s intellectual, social, and emotional development. Let’s examine how. One of the primary advantages of child learning in the classroom is the opportunity for face-to-face interaction with peers and teachers. Human beings are social creatures, and the classroom setting provides a unique
In response to the abduction, the child’s relatives and supporters staged a protest QUETTA: A child, identified as Muswar, was kidnapped at gunpoint in broad day light by unidentified gun men from a school van in the Patel Bagh area of Quetta on Friday morning. The shocking incident sparked widespread protests, with family members and residents blocking the Balochistan Assembly Chowk, causing massive traffic disruptions across the city. According to family members, Muswar was
ISLAMABAD: Refusal by parents to get their children vaccinated has resulted in deaths of 26 children due to diphtheria, a vaccine-preventable disease, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so far this year while over 380 diphtheria cases have been reported across 27 districts, Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) officials have revealed. “Alarmingly, 91% of those infected were unvaccinated, which highlights the critical need for routine immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs)”, said Dr. Muhammad Asghar, Director of the
LAHORE: An autistic child drowned in the open manhole near the office of the medical director (MD) of the Children’s Hospital where he was brought for treatment. His body was recovered two hours after his mother made frantic efforts, knocking at the door of every admin official of the hospital. The tragic death of the minor boy took place on Saturday due to the alleged negligence of the hospital management, which had hushed up
About 4,500 primary schools have already been handed over to private owners RAWALPINDI: The Punjab school education department has also finalised the process of selling 500 public middle and high schools by November end after the privatisation of 4,500 primary schools, irking the educators who have already planned a major sit-in in Lahore. The department will advertise the list of middle and high schools this month. About 4,500 primary schools have already been handed
Violence against children remains a widely prevalent scourge in Pakistan, despite the best efforts of activists and NGOs and several government interventions. While the country has a reasonable legal framework to safeguard children’s rights, local ‘culture’ and ‘traditions’ mean it is not uncommon to see well-kept child workers in the homes of people who support expanding children’s rights. Crime data and statistics published by various rights groups show that many children still suffer from