Zar Alam Khan A remote valley of Chitral with a population of about 15,000 people is devoid of a girls school, thanks to the apathy of the education department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Yarkhun is the northernmost valley of Upper Chitral bordering the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. A government middle school for girls is located in
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Pervez Hoodbhoy What did Afghan kids study after Mullah Omar’s Taliban were ousted in 2001? What was their school curriculum and, most importantly, how does it differ from PTI’s controversial Single National Curriculum (SNC)? When the Taliban government permitted boy-schools to reopen last week, these questions somehow popped into my mind. Quick answers were unavailable
Aga Khan Development Network ((AKDN)\’s special representative Akber Ali Pesnani met Afghanistan\’s acting foreign minister Akber Muttaki in Kabul, according to a spokesman of the ministry. Taliban ask AKDN to continue work in Afghanistan. In a tweet, the spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said: \”IEA acting FM Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaki met with special rep of
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PESHAWAR: A fact-finding committee has been constituted to look into the high marks obtained by students in the SSC and HSC exams in the KP province. Despite the fact that educational institutes remained shut for most of the year due to the Covid pandemic, majority of students scored 90 to 100 percent marks in their
Farman Ajab (retired principal, education officer) According to our holy Prophet (peace be upon him), “Seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim.” This Hadith does not limit gender, age, time, race, language and color but emphasizes everyone to receive knowledge. It is rightly said that only education is a powerful instrument in the world
