A very unfortunate incident for a young boy from India, Fifteen-year-old Vedant Deokate from Maharashtra’s Nagpur participated in and won a web development competition organized by a US-based company. Vedant won the competition by writing as many as 2,066 lines of code over a span of two days. Upon winning the coding competition that saw […]
Education
Matric, inter students in Punjab should get ready for the worse
The Punjab cabinet committee has not yet approved a summary to assign grades to students appearing for matriculation and intermediate exams through the Punjab Education Boards, Daily Times reported on Thursday. The summary was created in 2019 three years ago. During these three years, results were supposed to be shifted to a grading system instead […]
Another Intervention?
The high hopes pinned on the second round of the Punjab chief minister’s election came crashing down by the weight of the ongoing bonanza of controversial verdicts and heated press conferences. And since clearly, the politicians in this country have seldom acted as they ought to, reports of an iron hand being extended to straighten […]
Quality education, character building of students imperative for prosperity: President
SWABI: On Tuesday, President Dr Arif Alvi said that quality education and character-building of students were imperative for the progress and prosperity of the country. Addressing the 26th convocation of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science and Technology, Topi Swabi, the president said besides Islam, our rich culture, history and society had laid great emphasis […]
AIOU expands its educational network to far-flung areas
ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is continuing its efforts to expand its educational network across Pakistan including Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan to provide educational facilities to the people of remote and backward areas. Vice-Chancellor AIOU, Prof. Dr. Zia ul-Qayyum himself is overseeing this expansion process. The construction work of Gwadar, Mithi, Moro, and […]
Journalists urged to adopt modern technology
Aimed at improving the skills of working journalists, the Karachi Press Club’s (KPC) Skill Development Committee held a one-day training workshop titled ‘YouTube Masterclass’ at KPC. The goal was to teach journalists how to set up a YouTube channel and to make them aware of the blunders they might make. YouTube Masterclass was divided up […]
Two Students Representing Pakistan at Future Problem Solving International Conference 2022
Future Problem Solving Program International’s (FPSPI) Hybrid International Conference will host over 1,800 champion problem-solvers from around the globe. The Opening Ceremony on June 9th, 2022 will kick off this annual event. These 4th-12th grade students have displayed futuristic thinking and the creative problem-solving skills; local and national qualifying competitions earned them a coveted invitation […]
PM takes strict notice over delay in publication of Punjab textbooks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday taking strict notice of the delay in the publication of curriculum material by the Punjab Text Book Board directed the authorities concerned to address the issue at the earliest. The prime minister asked Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain to take urgent action on the delay in the publication […]
Modern and quality educational facilities our top priorities: minister
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanvir Hussain on Tuesday said that the promotion of modern and quality educational facilities in all government schools was among the top priorities of the government. The present government was taking various steps for bringing improvement in the education sector in the country. “A balanced approach […]
Parents for making ‘summer camps’ financially affordable for all
ISLAMABAD: With the start of the summer holidays, scores of the country’s private schools are starting summer camps offering a wide variety of educational and sports activities which parents have encouraged but a vast majority have demanded to make them financially affordable in this time of high inflation. Parents of various schoolchildren of the private […]