As college applicants for the Fall of 2022 roll up their sleeves, the all-encompassing question clouding most minds is – should I or should I not give the SAT/ACT? Covid has ensured that students are grappling with unchartered territory both in their own schools as well as the colleges that they will be applying to. […]
Higher Education
Dr Amjad says Akhuwat running Qarz-e-Hasna scheme with 99.9% recovery rate
LAHORE: Akhuwat Foundation Founder and Executive Director Dr Amjad Saqib has said that the Akhuwat Foundation has been running the most successful and largest Qarz-e-Hasna scheme with a 99.9 percent recovery rate of its interest-free Islamic microfinance programme. Addressing at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), he said that Akhuwat – since its […]
Govt ready to resolve teachers issues amicably: Bangash
PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Higher Education, Kamran Bangash on Monday said that he was deeply saddened to know about violence against teachers. In a statement, he said that a peaceful protest was a right of every citizen. He said that Chief Mnster, Mahmood Khan has sought a report of […]
Govt likely to enhance funds allocation for higher education in next budget
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the federal government, in consultation with the provinces, was seriously considering to enhance the allocation of funds for higher education in the budget for the next fiscal year. Presiding over a meeting regarding the promotion of higher education, he said that only the promotion of higher education […]
The Kite Runner taught me the real meaning of friendship
The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini published in 2003. It was the bestseller for over two years with more than seven million copies sold in the United States. Besides this, this is one of the best books I have read this year which taught me a great deal about […]
Higher education: the lost and the last opportunity
It is known that industrialisation and the progress of well-developed countries around the world are fueled by research and development enterprise in universities and institutes of higher learning. It is also important to realise that the benefits humanity is harvesting today in the form of renewable energy, regenerative medicine, precision agriculture, e-commerce, e-governance and precision […]
Sweden and Pakistan need to further strengthen cooperation in higher education: Johansson
Sweden and Pakistan have enjoyed cordial bilateral relations, which need further strengthening in the areas of higher education, said Ingrid Johansson, Ambassador of Sweden in Pakistan, while visiting COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI). The visit was part of efforts to promote exchange of faculty and students between Swedish universities and leading universities of Pakistan, by the […]
Higher education for rural areas
Dawn had yet to break that Monday morning. Asif, a student of F.Sc, was briskly walking to the Daud Khel Railway Station in Mianwali district, to board a train in order to get to his college in the neighbouring district. He is a brilliant student who topped his class, and despite all odds, his poverty-stricken family decided […]
Baluchistan’s higher education at crossroads
It was quite astonishing to see erstwhile Chief Minister of Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch, as a both Pied Piper and reformer at the same time, when he commented on province’s declining educational morale in an outspoken way. Accepting the fact that a ‘phantom state’ existed within the educational courtyard of the province, Dr. Malik acknowledged […]