Higher challenges in higher education of Pakistan on September 15, 2019Public Sector Universities are grappling with diminishing resources, largely because of significant declines in state funding in the current (2019-20) budget and poor management of resources. There is no doubt in accepting the fact that 2019-20 is an intensely challenging year for higher education in Pakistan. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has advised the public […]
A unique and engaging political perspective on December 11, 2018The second edition of the book, ‘A brief introduction to Political Science’, uses diverse real-world examples to show readers the relevance of government and state in our daily lives. This book is written from a unique and engaging political perspective and provides clear explanations, practical applications, and current examples that can help develop readers ’interest […]
Teachers and the future of education on April 19, 2018Higher Education in Pakistan has expanded greatly in the last fifteen years. The numbers of universities, faculty members and students have ballooned. There are more than 177 universities and degree awarding institutions across Pakistan. However, this expansion has also resulted in a number of policy and practical challenges. In the absence of qualified faculty, universities […]
Restricting school teaching to women on May 27, 2017Of the 72,110 teachers who are serving in 23,000 primary schools across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), currently 45,525 are men and 26,585 women. But the KP government has approved a proposal under which only women will be hired on teaching vacancies at public sector primary schools across the province from now onwards. The proposal has been […]