Gilgit-Baltistan Education Minister Raja Azam Khan has said that the provincial government is using all its resources for the development of the education sector. He said that Home schools have been set up in Diamer. Addressing a function to distribute free uniforms to female students by One Ten Foundation at Girls High School Nigral, the […]
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Marriyum demands closure of schools, colleges in heat, load-shedding
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has demanded that all schools and colleges must be shut down due to currently severe heatwave and electricity load-shedding. In a statement, she said that Imran Khan and his team were punishing the children of Pakistan for his corruption, incompetence and mismanagement. She said former Prime Minister […]
Sending kids to school in scorching heat becomes nightmare for parents
ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: A large number of parents have demanded the authorities announce summer vacations for the students, especially in early years, whose health is at risk due to the scorching heat and prolonged exposure to high temperatures in classrooms, lacking facilities of cooling and clean drinking water. It has been observed that several students have […]
Covid-19 pandemic directly impacts 42 million school going children
ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 pandemic has directly impacted 42 million school going children from pre-primary and primary to higher secondary and degree college levels during the last nine months of this fiscal year. Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin while announcing the economic survey 2020-21 here on Thursday said, education is among the few sectors […]
Nigeria: Mass kidnappings shock the world
Gunmen have kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria in the latest in a wave of mass abductions that have forced some northern states to close public schools. The kidnappings come three years after 111 schoolgirls were snatched by jihadists from Dapchi and seven after Boko Haram extremists shocked the world […]
Summer vacation for two to three weeks; schools to reopen on June 7: Murad Raas
LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas announced on Friday that summer vacations in schools will be for only two to three weeks as students have suffered a lot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial minister made the announcement while addressing the media at the launch of vaccination centers for teachers and […]
Punjab to issue updates about reopening of schools in next 24 hours
LAHORE – The Punjab government on Thursday announced it would update masses about reopening of both public and private schools, according to a tweet message by the provincial minister. In his social media message, Punjab Minister for Education Murad Raas said that the announcement about reopening of the educational institutions in the province would […]
Fifty schools in Gaza damaged by Israeli airstrikes
WEB DESK According to Humanitarian Aid Organization ‘Save The Children’, around 50 schools in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes in the past few weeks. As a result, over 41,000 children have been impacted. Of the 219 people who have been killed in Gaza, at least 63 are children, according to the health ministry. […]
Schools not to be closed YET, Provincial education ministers fail to achieve consensus
Provincial education ministers on Monday opposed the immediate closure of educational institutions despite rising Covid-19 cases as the country grapples with the pandemic’s second wave, The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ Conference (IPEMC) was presided by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood and was attended by provincial education ministers via video link. During the conference, officials from […]
NCOC recommends closure of All educational institutions from 16th November
Federal Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Shafqat Mahmood, has called another special meeting of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) amid rising coronavirus cases. The pandemic situation in the education sector and the possibility of early and extended winter break will be discussed in detail in the meeting scheduled for Monday, 16th November, at […]