PESHAWAR: Despite the spending of billions of rupees on education, the literacy rate declined in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 57 per cent in 2018-19 to 55 per cent in 2019-20. The revelation was made by the elementary and secondary education department in a statement submitted to the provincial assembly’s secretariat in response to a question of […]
BOONI: Female teachers of 30 basic education community schools in Upper Chitral again held a protest against non-payment of salaries for the last 16 months. The protrsters were accompanied by their children and carrying placards and chanting slogans. It may be noted that these teachers have frequently been holding protests for many years but their
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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has termed access of common man to quality education an integral part of his government’s manifesto and said the government was introducing reforms alongside development projects in the sector. Public confidence reinstated in govt schools and enrollment increased in KP due to steps taken by provincial govt, he said. In
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ISLAMABAD: Educationists and experts stressed on rehabilitating and rebuilding the education infrastructure destroyed in the recent floods to minimize the learning losses. They were speaking at a cross-sectoral conversation on “Defending education against climate change”organized virtually by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training’s STEAM Policy Unit. Strong public-private partnership models, development and implementation
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ISLAMABAD: Google, Institute of Rural Management (IRM) and Ignite have launched Google Career Certification program in Pakistan. IRM and Ignite have signed an MoU in Islamabad to achieve the Google Career Certification targets. At the signing ceremony, CEO Ignite Asim Shahryar Hussain said: “This agreement shall provide both Ignite and IRM with a framework to
