Arshad Yousafzai

KARACHI: In the Sindh Education Budget 2017-18, the allocation percentage has been decreased from 21.03 percent from 2016-17 as total allocation for education in 2017-18 is Rs 202.7 billion which is 20.06% of the total Current and Development budget allocation. Budget experts believe that the total volume of education has been increased by 15% from […]

KARACHI: The Sindh government had dissolved the Managing Committee of Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) last month and also appointed an Administrator to carry out free and fair elections within 90 days, Daily Times has learnt. SPLA was registered under societies Act 1860 with Joint Stock Companies (JSC), the directorate of industries and commerce […]

KARACHI: The Education and Literacy Department, Sindh has used only 31 percent funds of budget till the first week of May 2017, as Sindh government had allocated Rs 17,233.00 million for education in the current financial year 2016-17, to be ended two weeks later, Daily Times has learnt. In the current fiscal year, Sindh government […]

KARACHI: Although, it’s been more than a month since the Schools Education Department (SED) has conducted interviews to post directors for high schools in each region of Sindh but Karachi is still waiting for the director of state -run higher schools, Daily Time has learnt. On the recommendation of the secretary Schools Education Department, the […]

KARACHI: The owners of historical building of Islamia College complex that was nationalized under Martial Law Regulation (MLR)-118 in 1972, had approached the court to get the property back, but College Education Department has not perused it properly and it is likely to lose the complex, where four colleges and two schools are running currently, […]

KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department of Sindh police has presented the initial enquiry report to the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah yesterday but without any substantive breakthrough in the investigation of cheating scam in the ongoing examinations conducted under the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi, Daily Times has learnt. In addition, the BIEK’s […]

KARACHI: The officials of College Education Department, Sindh, are reluctant to take up the issues of teaching faculties regarding promotions and professional services structure, Daily Times has learnt. The lecturers of grade 17 are still looking forward for their first ever promotion during the last 18 years across Sindh. After the bifurcation of the Education […]

KARACHI: The standard of education in the state-run schools shows constant decline and even the students not attending regularly, schools have shown better results amazingly, data of last 10 years reveals. The government schools have failed to enable any of its students to secure any position in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC)’s examinations conducted during […]

KARACHI: Sindh Private Educational Institutions Regulation and Control Authority (SPEIRCA) is unable to uphold fee structure in private schools as some of the private schools’ owners have hiked up their tuition fees for various classes from 10 percent to 15 percent in the current ongoing academic year, Daily Times has learnt. Last year, the Sindh […]

KARACHI: The administration of Sindh Madrassa tul-Islam has failed to move the university to new campus to Educational City, despite passage of five years, Daily Times learnt on Wednesday. Sindh Madrassa tul-Islam (SMI), initially a school which was converted into a university in 2012 but its administration failed to construct a new campus. Sindh Madrassa […]