Posts tagged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pashto as compulsory subject: Pashto-speaking areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private schools defy govt orders
May 20th
Pashto as compulsory subject PESHAWAR, May 19: The administrations of private schools in Pashto-speaking areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have failed to implement the provincial government’s decision to introduce Pashto as a compulsory subject from class 1 to 6th from the current academic year.
During a survey of private schools by this correspondent More >
Spending more on education budget Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Housing
May 13th
Spending more on education
KOHAT, May 12: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Housing Amjid Khan Afridi has said that the government would spend four per cent of the budget on education this year.
The minister while addressing a public meeting at Banda Jadid Banda on Saturday promised the people that the government would More >
29,000 teachers recruited are not enough for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
May 12th
PESHAWAR, May 11: Government schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to face shortage of teachers despite large-scale appointments to them over the last four years, said provincial elementary and secondary education Sardar Hussain Babak on Friday.
Responding to a call attention notice in the provincial assembly, the minister said the government had More >
Passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities Bill 2012
May 12th
PESHAWAR: The provincial assembly on Friday passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities Bill 2012 after rejecting the amendments moved by the lawmaker of Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) Israrullah Gandapur and the Awami National Party’s Saqibullah Khan Chamkani.
Minister for Higher Education Qazi Asad moved the bill and the legislators supported it when More >
Educationists want textbooks reformed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Apr 19th
PESHAWAR, April 18: Educationalists at a seminar on Wednesday said some contents of the religious studies’ textbooks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about Afghan fighting were overemphasised in a way that could undermine peace and incite violence and therefore, the government should bring necessary reforms to these books.
According to them, these contents More >
Metro Events in KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa
Apr 19th
Wednesday
Monuments day
KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa archaeology department has organised a media briefing and photo exhibition in collaboration with Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to mark the International Day of Monuments and Sites, at Sethi House, Mohallah Sethian, at 9am.
Table tennis
NINTH National Table Tennis Championship starts at Qayum Sports Complex at 10am.
Sports week
Sports week More >
increasing prices of textbooks and writing notebooks, Costlier schoolbooks worry parents
Apr 7th
SWABI, Parents of private school students have expressed grave concern over increasing prices of textbooks and writing notebooks, saying that continuing rise in expenses on education of their children is becoming unbearable for them with each passing day.
Parents and booksellers told Dawn on Friday that people were extremely upset because More >
Pashto convention Khyber Pakhtunkhwa culture and information department
Apr 6th
PESHAWAR, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa culture and information department in collaboration with Pashto Addabi Chaman Thal is going to hold the second two-day Pashto Aalami Convention at Nishtar Hall, Peshawar on Friday.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cultureThe convention will be attended by the delegates from within as well as outside the country including More >
Rs305 million for rebuilding schools, infrastructure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mar 2nd
PESHAWAR, March 1: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would shortly undertake reconstruction of completely destroyed schools and renovation of partially damaged infrastructure in the militancy-hit southern districts of the province, officials said on Thursday.
The reconstruction of 16 schools and dozens of small infrastructure schemes would be carried out with an investment More >
Iftikhar says: Culture to be introduced as subject
Feb 22nd
PESHAWAR, Feb 21: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information and culture minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Tuesday said the government would introduce culture as a subject in syllabus and that a crash training programme for Pashto teaching was being planned.
He said this while addressing a function held in line with International Mothers Languages More >
DATE SHEET For One-Year Diploma Level course in D.I.T Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Board of Technical Education, Peshawar
Feb 21st
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Board of Technical Education, Peshawar DATE SHEET For One-Year Diploma Level course in D.I.T (Diploma in Information Technology) 1st Term Examination 2012
DATE & DAY
TIME
D.I.T( PART – I )
Theory Papers
D.I.T ( PART – I ) Theory Papers (2011 Course)
20.02.2012
MONDAY
02:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Introduction to Information Technology (I.T)
Information & Communication More >
Fata Students Federation (FSF) has demanded take notice of the embezzlement of funds
Feb 15th
The Fata Students Federation (FSF) has demanded of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor to take notice of the embezzlement of funds, meant for development schemes in tribal areas.
“The funds, allocated for development of tribal areas, are embezzled as officials at Fata Secretariat have ignored tribal people,” alleged FSF president Haroon Luqman Afridi.
Addressing More >
MoU signed The Information Technology (IT) Board, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
Feb 14th
MoU signed for setting up IT parks PESHAWAR: The Information Technology (IT) Board, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited and Comsats on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up IT parks in the provincial capital and Abbottabad. While signing the MoU, IT Board Managing Director Amjad Afridi More >
Science laboratory inaugurated in KP
Feb 13th
Deputy Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Khushdil Khan advocate on Sunday inaugurated a modern science laboratory at Government High School Gari Ghulam Shah.
Speaking on the occasion, the deputy speaker said that modern curriculum and promotion of positive extra-curricular activities in schools and colleges was imperative to keep the students equipped with More >
Educational concerns: 85% children in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa K-P enrolled in schools, report
Feb 9th
PESHAWAR: Even though Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has been ravaged by terrorism and floods in the recent past, a latest report, launched on Wednesday, suggests 85 per cent of children in the province are still enrolled in schools. According to the Annual Status of Education Report 2011, only 15 per cent of More >
Upper Dir admin best performance rewards NGO for services
Feb 9th
DIR: The district administration on Wednesday awarded the best performance award to the Sarhad Rural Support Programme for engaging the local communities in poverty alleviation projects.
Outgoing DCO Upper Dir Ghulam Muhammad presented the award and performance shield to Noor Ajab Khan, the SRSP district manager, at a ceremony here. More >
sexual exploitation and Child abuse cases increasing in Pakistan
Feb 8th
Islamabad
One could well imagine how vulnerable our children are to sexual exploitation and abuse by seeing the 2.27 per cent reported increase in such cases last year.
The tally of girls and boys abused in the country grew from 2,255 in 2010 to 2,303 in 2011, according to Sahil, a nongovernmental More >
Girls suffer as 50 primary girls schools closed in rural Peshawar
Feb 5th
PESHAWAR: Angered by closure of primary girls schools in Peshawar’s rural areas due to unavailability of teachers, the provincial assembly’s standing committee on law reforms on Friday directed the elementary and secondary education department to post teaching staff to these educational institutions within a week.
It warned that if the sought-after More >
196 boys and girls attend CJF talent hunt show districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) spoke in Urdu, English and Pashto
Feb 2nd
PESHAWAR: About 196 young boys and girls hailing from different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) spoke in Urdu, English and Pashto at a talent hunt show at the Nishtar Hall on Wednesday.
The aspirant artistes from Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Charsadda, Swabi, Mardan, More >











