Electronic business is a gateway to women empowerment on March 7, 2021The entire world is witnessing a tremendous transition in electronic business as e-commerce has already shown its importance from a gender perspective. Women have made substantial gains along with shifts in social attitudes towards empowerment. E-commerce refers to the purchase and sale of goods or services via the internet and the transfer of money and […]
Teaching and learning of 21st-Century Skills on August 16, 2020After going through the last six months of the major global health pandemic, the COVID-19 has taught us that teachers of the 21st century are undeniably dealing with new challenges. It is to be noted that they are, now, more accountable for a student’s overall development; placing the foundation for lifelong progress. In this unprecedented […]
Time to explore the soft skills in children on July 20, 2020The recognition of the significance of early learning on a child’s life is not a new phenomenon. According to ECE experts, social and emotional skills known as soft skills are equally important as academic skills – also called hard skills in the early learning years. However, it is a pragmatic fact that social and emotional […]
Parents wearing the hat of a teacher during COVID-19 on July 15, 2020Across the world, children are being affected by physical distancing, quarantines and school closures due to the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. Some children and young people may even feel more isolated, worried, bored and uncertain. They may feel fear and grief over the impact of the virus on their families. Undoubtedly, the coronavirus outbreak […]
A pandemic pause to re-prioritize SDGs on June 30, 2020The prevailing outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to impact the lives of the people all over the world, including Pakistan, and has caused more than 4.4 million cases and crossing 200,000 deaths globally. It has also indicated fears of global economic crisis and recession. The implication of social distancing and self-isolation has affected the cultural […]
Novice teachers need to know about inclusive settings on January 30, 2020The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are all about inclusion, and countless benefits of inclusion are evident in every sector of progressive societies. When we talk about tracking the outcomes of inclusion in education, various studies have demonstrated that students with or without disabilities could, both, benefit more in a variety of ways than a teacher […]
Transform the lens of exclusion with inclusion on July 9, 2019Inclusion is achieved when everyone within the community feels that they belong. Inclusion is a global concept and a basic human right, which intends to embrace everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, disability, religious and cultural beliefs and sexual orientation. Many centuries earlier, the concept of inclusion has been taught by Islam as a complete […]
Waris Mir: the voice that still echoes on July 8, 2019The framing of ideas into words, to build up a certain narrative, is what encompasses the task of a writer. If the narrative is progressive and socially responsible, then the writer has done their job for not only one but several generations to come. It is unfortunate, that the power of writing can work both […]
Leave no one behind on April 6, 2019Education is a fundamental human right and holds the potential to become one of the most powerful ingredients for development in the years ahead, facilitating as a connection from poverty to prosperity, from exclusion to participation, from division to understanding. Improved and quality education is associated with many positive developments, including fewer child-marriages, lower death […]
Waris Mir: a mighty heart on July 9, 2018The writer’s art is to put his thoughts into words and to extend these thoughts to the wider population. Yet, there are very few of such writers, writers who could reach the altitudes of prophesying tribulations from a humanistic, social, academic and philosophical point of view — all in one stance in order to provide […]