Minister for Sindh Education and Literacy Department (SELD) Sardar Ali Shah admitted political interference and meddling in the workings of the provincial education department. While addressing the question hour in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Shah said provincial lawmakers and…
Students of the PAKTURK International School have done the country proud by winning several medals at an international competition held at Cambridge University, United Kingdom. The INTELLECTUALS’ CHALLENGE was held from April 20-23 and saw participation from close to 1,600…
After almost eight years since the passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the fate of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) has been decided by Council of Common Interests (CCI). The HEC in not being dissolved and the apex education body has been given a green signal to continue playing a key role in the country’s higher education sector.
Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Jam Mahtab Hussain officially launched the Sindh Non-Formal Education Policy (NFE) on Wednesday. The NFE was earlier approved by Sindh Cabinet on October 5, 2017. School Education and Literacy Department (SELD) Secretary Iqbal Durrani, USAID Deputy Mission Director John Smith-Sreen and representatives of other development agencies like UNICEF and JICA attended the event.
The Aga Khan University Karachi is the only Pakistani university named among the best universities in the world for studying medicine, reinforcing its position as the country’s top medical school.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has passed directives to the provincial education department for recruiting 6,000 Junior Elementary School Teachers (JEST) to be employed in to start new English medium kindergartens and schools in the province.
The university teaching community has called for an indefinite strike in universities of Sindh after fears of changes being made to faculty’s role in the administration of varsities following Dr Asim Hussain’s re-appointment as the Sindh Higher Education Commission (SHEC) chairperson.
The Sindh government has appointed controversy-marred PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain as chairperson of Sindh Higher Education Commission (HEC), drawing immense flak from academic circles
Adhering to the directives of the provincial government, vice chancellors of public universities in Punjab remained absent from the VCs conference organised by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan on Thursday.
Following several violent police crackdowns and baton charge on Sindh teachers protesting for regularisation and promotions for the past several; days, the province’s chief minister has finally issued directives for the regularisation of 21,000 teachers, besides approving promotion of others.