Ms Kiran Khan, daughter of Shamsyar Khan of Tek Lasht, Booni, was honoured with the Mater of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in early childhood education from the Aga Khan University (AKU) Karachi. After completing the two-year-long education, she was awarded with the degree at the AKU convocation on Dec 1, 2018. Ms Khan acquired her early […]
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KARACHI: Nasima Zain-ul-Abideen of Chitral was awarded with PhD degree at the Aga Khan University‘s 31st annual convocation held on Dec 1st, 2018. Her PhD thesis at Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) explored “possibilities of creating gender equitable learning environment in early childhood classrooms in Pakistan”. Dr. Nasima’s PhD thesis was supervised by
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Press Release KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Examination Board celebrated 146 High Achievers from across Pakistan for their outstanding performance in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examinations in Karachi. As many as 190 awards were given out to students for high overall scores, subject group-wise scores and in individual
Two Pakistani gaming startups, DreamNode and we.R.play, are among the first batch of Google\’s Indie Games Accelerator (IGA) programme\’s graduates. The Pakistani developers are two of 30 startups that participated in the four months-long programme run by Google in Singapore. Founded in 2010, we.R.Play boasts viral mobile games such as Run Sheeda Run and Lost
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ISLAMABAD: Alveena Zafar, daughter of Dr Zafar Ahmed of Junalikoch Chitral, made it to the prestigious Aga Khan University Medical College Karachi. The AKU, one of the top-raking medical universities in Asia, conducted nationwide entrance tests to select students for its undergraduate medical programme. An avid reader, Alveena remained an outstanding student throughout her academic
PRESS RELEASE KARACHI: The Aga Khan Education Service held a regional conference to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of His Highness the Aga Khan at the Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan School. The conference illustrated the impact of education in Pakistan over the past 113 years since the opening of the first school in Gwadar
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CHITRAL: The three-day Science Technology and Arts Competition concluded on Nov 18 at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral. High government officials, leadership of civil society organizations, NGOs, AKDN representatives, educationists, teachers, students and notables of Chitral witnessed the concluding ceremony. Activities of the inaugural session were the display of projects and appreciation by visitors,
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By Kirran Khan The importance of early childhood education is rapidly increasing in the world. Researches have shown that the early year’s experiences shape a person’s whole personality and people have also started realizing the lifelong effects of early life experiences. Thus keeping in view the importance of ECE in 2002 the national curriculum for
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PRESS RELEASE KARACHI: Pakistan’s plans to introduce an international mathematics and science assessment framework, TIMSS, nationwide could deepen flaws in the way student performance is assessed, according to experts at a conference jointly hosted by the Higher Education Commission, the British Council and Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development (IED). Speakers at the event noted
GILGIT: A farewell ceremony was hosted in honor of the outgoing principal of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Gilgit, Mr Shamsul Haq. Other than the 550 students of the school, former students, school management, faculty members and support staff also participated in the event. The teachers and students recalled the services of the principal who
