UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has unveiled a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good. The brief recognizes that education faces both a crisis of access as well as a crisis of quality and […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday launched a digital youth hub portal to provide integrated and one-stop guidance on youth-related initiatives of the government. In his address, the prime minister congratulated the youth on the launch of the facility and assured them that the government was expanding youth program across the country as laptops
A new UN report raised concerns on Wednesday about the excessive use of smartphones, calling for them to be banned in schools worldwide. According to the UN’s education, science and culture agency UNESCO, the over-use of mobile phones impacts learning. UNESCO’s report on technology in education urges countries to carefully consider how technology is used in schools.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has allowed students appearing in the Medical and Dental Colleges\’ Admission Test (MDCAT) 2023 to change their venue/admitting university in the registration portal of the council. The option will only be open for a limited period of 48 hours from August 6 to 7. “The candidates who have
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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Today, during my routine browsing of online newspapers, I came across KP Public Service Commission\’s (KP PSC) report published in Dawn.com dated 25 July 2023 on the outdated education system followed in educational institutions of KP and the incompetent students they are producing. The report is an eye opener for
