MANSEHRA: As mystery surrounded a schoolgirl’s death on campus in the Hilkot area here on 22nd March, the police began an investigation. “We’re trying to ascertain what exactly happened to the girl,” additional SHO of the Battal police station Shujaat Hussain Shah told reporters. He said the body was shifted to a health centre to fulfil medico-legal formalities. Mehrun Nisa Naseem complained to police that her 14-year-old eighth-grade daughter went to the Government Middle
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The weather has started becoming hot while the fasting duration, from ‘sehr’ to ‘iftar’ is over thirteen-and-a-half hours and in the existing conditions, according to paediatricians, frequent fasting among children particularly below 11 or 12 years of age may not be recommended. Studies have revealed that because of having smaller reserves in their body, children while fasting for long hours may face growth-related problems. Paediatricians believe that fasting among small children may affect their
LOWER DIR: District education officer Inayatullah Khan has directed school heads to ensure the success of the upcoming enrolment drive by bringing out-of-school children to public sector educational institutions. He was addressing a meeting of headmasters and principals of government middle, high and higher secondary schools at the Balambat Education Complex here on Saturday. The meeting was attended by deputy district education officer Fayyazuddin, assistant district education officer Wajeehuddin and school heads from across
KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) celebrated the creativity and imagination of young artists from across Pakistan at its A.R. Nagori National Art Competition. Launched on World Children’s Day 2024, the competition provided a platform for children to express their unique interpretations of happiness through art. The closing ceremony was held on the International Day of Happiness, reinforcing the importance of emotional wellbeing and self-expression. The competition, themed “Journey to
It has been ordered that no unauthorised individuals should be allowed to enter exam centres RAWALPINDI: A revelation about fake checking inspectors and bogus inspection officers conducting unauthorised checks at matric exam centres and allegedly facilitating cheating has alarmed Punjab’s education authorities. The Punjab Higher Education Commission has taken strict notice of the increasing complaints regarding these impostors. In response, a circular has been issued to all board chairpersons, examination controllers, centre in-charges, and
LAHORE: Government schools in several districts have failed to achieve the tree plantation targets. According to sources, the authorities in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Chakwal, Gujrat, Narowal and several other districts ignored the Punjab School Education Department’s instructions to launch tree plantation as part of the provincial government’s efforts to curb pollution. The department has asked the chief executive officers (CEOs) of all district education authorities to immediately submit the data of tree plantation in
Gandapur approves Zamung Kor expansion, including a separate campus for girls in Peshawar PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has directed that the operational costs of the province’s key social welfare initiatives, Zamung Kor (Model Institute for State Children) and Panagahs (Shelter Houses), be incorporated into the regular provincial budget to ensure their long-term sustainability. He emphasized that running such programs through grant-in-aid is not a viable solution. These directives were issued
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police have arrested the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy, whose body was recovered from a graveyard here in the small hours of 20th March. Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Hafiz Mohammad Adnan said on March 21 that the boy was murdered by his stepfather, with the help of his mother. He confirmed that the child’s mother, Kiran Bibi, and stepfather, Tahir, had been arrested. The suspects were traced with
KARACHI: Five-year-old Zainab sits with her mother, having her hand painted on paper. Next to her, a toddler dabbles happily in green paint with his mom. All around, pre-schoolers wearing mismatched socks dance around to the tunes of Cocomelon’s nursery rhymes. Two schools came together at the KDSP — A Down Syndrome Organisation (KDSP) to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD). Rahi Montessori and Ilmesters Academy brought selected students and mothers to celebrate the
The secretary of the Sindh School Education and Literacy Department (SE&LD), Zahid Ali Abbasi, has said during an interim review and way forward session that while every stakeholder is engaged in the betterment of education, the children themselves were previously often left out. The introduction of the Children’s Parliament Sindh ‘Right to Education’ has filled this gap by connecting these children with the relevant stakeholders and policymakers at district and provincial level, he said
Education is a vital sector, and we must take all necessary steps to eliminate cheating from our examination system. PESHAWAR: In a bid to ensure transparency in the upcoming board examinations, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah has directed deputy commissioners to assign all assistant commissioners, instead of tehsildars, to inspect exam halls and prevent external interference. He also instructed authorities to implement strict measures to curb cheating. Chairing a high-level meeting attended by
Education Department hosts conference on flood-hit schools KARACHI: The education department launched a monitoring dashboard, which will enable real-time tracking of school rehabilitation efforts across Sindh. A development conference on the rehabilitation of flood-affected schools in Sindh, organised by the Sindh Education Department, emphasised the need to make school infrastructure resilient to environmental impacts and to train students in risk management related to floods. The conference, titled Development Conference on Flood Affected Schools, was