Posts tagged Schools
Schools, hospitals to open and the education board’s examinations would be held as usual on Saturday
May 5th
KARACHI, May 4: Senior government officials said on Friday that government schools and hospitals would remain open and the education board’s examinations would be held as usual on Saturdays, declared weekly holidays by the Sindh government on Thursday.
The controller of examination of the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, Rafia Mallah, More >
Student loan changes in schools bill
Apr 27th
Ministers were accused of “hiding” student loan reforms in the new Education Bill.
A clause in the newly-published Bill will make higher-earning graduates pay back their university loans at a higher rate of interest.
It emerged yesterday that the measure had been tacked on to the Education Bill, which focuses More >
Private schools in bid to go free
Apr 24th
A number of independent schools are set to scrap their fees and become “free schools” under plans brought in by the Government.
Among those hoping to break with their past and enter the state school system are a 400-year-old co-educational Yorkshire grammar school and a small independent primary school in More >
Bloomberg Took Secret Path to a New Schools Chief
Apr 14th
No, it was Cathleen P. Black, and in less than an hour, Mayor Bloomberg would stun New York’s political, business and education establishments by naming her as the city’s schools chancellor, replacing Joel I. Klein.
To a degree unusual even for an administration that relishes keeping its deliberations as private More >
Schools Chief Has Much in Common With Boss
Apr 6th
In other words, she is a lot like Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who on Tuesday tapped Ms. Black, 66, the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines, to be the next chancellor of the New York City school system.
Mr. Bloomberg, of course, also built his fortune in media and wrote a book More >
Free books for distribution among deserving students being provided to 1,400 Swabi schools
Mar 22nd
SWABI More than 1,400 government schools in the district have started receiving free books for distribution among deserving students for the upcoming academic year, commencing from April 1.
The district has about 1,200 primary schools, 80 middle schools for boys and 35 for girls and 66 high schools for boys and More >
School’s fault costs two brothers academic year not sit federal board annual examination
Mar 22nd
ISLAMABAD Life for the two brothers, Raja Hammad and Raja Asad, students of grade 9 and 10, almost came to an end when they were informed by their school administration that they could not sit federal board annual examination being held this month.
“They have lost their academic year for no More >
Sindh schools used as godowns
Feb 18th
Influential landlords using 1,158 schools as godowns: Pir MazharUmerkot, Jan 10: Senior Sindh Minister for Education, Pir Mazharul Haq said 1,158 schools established in the province by the previous rulers are being used as godowns by influential landlords.
The minister said this on Sunday while addressing on the second death anniversary More >
Most KP schools without heads
Feb 18th
Examinations rescheduledLahore, Jan 07: The Punjab University has rescheduled B.Com Part-II and MSc home economics papers, which were cancelled on account of a public holiday following Governor Salmaan Taseer’s murder.
The Business Taxation paper of B.Com Part-II second annual examination for 2010, and papers of Nutrition, Health and Prevention (A), Decorative More >
Schools the best potential vaccination venue preventing infectious diseases responsible for child mortality in developed and developing countries
Feb 4th
Vaccination is considered to be the most cost-effective public health tool in preventing infectious diseases responsible for child mortality in developed and developing countries. Immunisation programmes have led to global eradication of smallpox, elimination of measles and poliomyelitis from certain regions of the world, and substantial reductions in morbidity and More >
The best potential vaccination venue in Schools
Feb 3rd
Vaccination is considered to be the most cost-effective public health tool in preventing infectious diseases responsible for child mortality in developed and developing countries. Immunisation programmes have led to global eradication of smallpox, elimination of measles and poliomyelitis from certain regions of the world, and substantial reductions in morbidity and More >
Royal mess: 4,000 botany textbooks held up at customs Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland
Feb 1st
KARACHI: The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland has appealed to the Pakistan government to release 4,000 botany textbooks, which have been held up at the Karachi Customs for a year. The books are supposed to be distributed to schools, universities and environmental groups across Afghanistan. Ian Hedge, from the More >
Renovate schools and hospitals in Lyari Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)
Feb 1st
Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Muhammad Hussain Syed on Tuesday directed officials to renovate and upgrade schools, hospitals and maternity homes in Lyari, saying that doctors, paramedical staff and teachers would immediately be posted at the schools and health facilities of the area.
He was chairing a meeting to review the More >
Punjab University PU approves Advanced Studies and Research Board (AS&RB) 14 synopsis, 04 PhD reports
Jan 31st
LAHORE: (Tuesday, January 31, 2012): A meeting of Punjab University Advanced Studies and Research Board (AS&RB) was held under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran here today which solved cases of PhD scholars presented for review in the Board by different PU departments, institutes, colleges and schools. In More >
Private company contracted security of schools, bus stands in the terrorism-hit province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal areas
Jan 25th
PESHAWAR: A private company will provide security to schools and bus stands in the terrorism-hit province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal areas by installing security cameras, providing guards and paying compensation to the students and passengers, an official claimed on Tuesday.
“We have signed the first two projects with the More >
Punjab Assembly passes resolution to ban ‘objectionable’ concerts academic institutions
Jan 24th
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a ban on organising ‘objectionable’ music concerts in private and public academic institutions. The move comes weeks after three students were killed in a stampede at a concert in Lahore. The resolution is among eight presented on Tuesday, which has been More >
Schools without drinking water, electricity, washrooms, boundary wall and others basic facilities
Jan 24th
TAXILA, Lack of proper facilities including drinking water, electricity, washrooms, boundary wall and others at different government girls’ primary and elementary schools in tehsil Hassanabdal is creating numerous problems for the students.
There are 57 girls’ primary and elementary schools in the tehsil. Out of these 57 schools, 12 are elementary More >
50 schools from Lyari participate in mela organised by Lyari Resource Centre at Kakri Ground
Jan 22nd
Karachi
Around 50 schools from Lyari participated in a mela organised by the Lyari Resource Centre at the Kakri Ground on Saturday.
It is the first time that such an event has been organised in the area. There were some 60 stalls at the mela, and each one had been decorated by More >
I-LAP hands over five schools to KP govt non-governmental organisation, completed reconstruction of the building of school,
Jan 22nd
Islamabad
The Inter-Faith League Against Poverty (I-LAP), a non-governmental organisation, completed reconstruction of the building of school, which was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake, and handed that over to the Education Department of the Government of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa.
I-LAP Chairman Sajid Ishaq Sandhu said that the I-LAP undertook the task of More >










