By Muhammad Faisal Kaleem

ISLAMABAD: After a couple of faculty demotions, another blue-eyed Associate Professor at the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) was scrutinized while crossing the legal lines, revealed reliable sources. According to documents obtained by Daily Times, a vacant post of Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences (DES) of the QAU was advertised in the national press on […]

ISLAMABAD: The senior management of the Hazara University (HU) including Vice Chancellor Dr Ehsan Ali held accountable for irregularities during the meeting of Senate’s Standing Committee on Education and Professional Training. The vice chancellor also debarred from holding any public office in the future. On Tuesday, Senate’s sub-committee submitted its report on mismanagement and governance […]

ISLAMABAD: Due to the ranking mechanism of the flawed HEC, none of the Pakistani universities could secure a place in the global rankings for the last many years, according to experts. The HEC is applying mainly five indicators for conducting the rankings of its recognised varsities both of the public and the private sectors. These […]

ISLAMABAD: The Educational Monitoring Body of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has informed its overseer, the Capital Administration and Development Division about the illegal transfers and postings of teachers in the directorate. A letter written by Capital Administration and Development Division to the FDE obtained by Daily Times states that despite the CA&DD’s orders, […]

ISLAMABAD: According to the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2016, universal primary education in Southern Asia will be achieved in 2051 universal lower secondary completion in 2062; and universal upper secondary completion in 2087. The GEM Report 2016 was launched by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with collaboration with UNICEF. The report […]

ISLAMABAD: Like in the previous year no Pakistani university could manage to secure a place in the top 500 world universities, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the well reputed ranking agency for the higher education sector. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-17 revealed that only three Pakistani universities could […]

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) reviewed the progress of 171 universities and also received 198 complaints against various universities and academia, of them 60 were proved, 90 complaints were not proved while 38 faculty members’ degrees were found plagiarized. This was revealed by the HEC Chairperson, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, at a press conference here […]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman has admitted that education sector of Pakistan is facing worst challenges including enormous number of children out of school and many children left education before 10th year of education. Despite some improvements of infrastructure and other basic educational facilities in the public sector educational institutions, much more […]

ISLAMABAD: Instead of concentrating on the fundamental purpose of establishment, the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has issued orders to the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) asking it to restrain itself from transferring and postings but the FDE appears to be in no mood to comply with CADD orders. A letter written by CADD […]

ISLAMABAD: Palestinian drama film Omar screened at Lok Virsa on Saturday, the film has been selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. The screening was organized by Lok Virsa media center in it’s Mandwa Film Club. A large number of citizens attended the event. The film […]