Civic education and our curriculum on October 6, 2020The debate on Single National Curriculum (NSC) is gaining momentum in social and academiccircles. This debate should go on in a society like ours where arguments and rationale seldom find space.Through webinars, pubic discussions, social and electronic media, the proponents and critics of SNC have openly expressed their notions.Now the onus lies on National Curriculum […]
Online classes: what survey says? on May 14, 2020Pakistan’s acquaintance with online education is not an old subject. As COVID-19 slammed an unprepared Pakistan specifically, many of the previously exercising systems and practices in the country have transformed. Higher education also received a drastic shift in learning mechanisms. Since the last one and a half month, online classes kick-started and with this, the […]
Litmus test for HEC and universities on April 21, 2020In these unprecedented times, it is not only our economy that is staggering but education is also in shambles. Board and Cambridge exams have been deferred while semester classes are in a state of uncertainty. Higher education is perhaps the least discussed issue by the government and for the last two weeks, trends like #WeRejectOnllineClasses […]
Online education: but are we prepared? on March 25, 2020The mortality rate of COVID-19 up till now is in not any way comparable to the Spanish Flu ofthe 20th century that engulfed an estimated 50 million lives. But the intensity of phobia that it has prevailed is certainly unmatchable.Even the most powerful countries are forced to shut down their operations. After a bit of […]