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Academic year to begin in August

ISLAMABAD: The new academic year for schools will begin from August, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood said Thursday. In response to a person\’s question on Twitter, the education minister said: \”Academic year for schools will start this year from August.\”  Responding further to the question, he said that private schools are […]

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Teaching of single national curriculum books from August

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education has authorised private publishers to publish books for primary classes in accordance with the single national curriculum (SNC). According to the ministry, the SNC books will be taught at the primary level from August this year. “On the direction of Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional

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Teachers continue protest against FDE\’s repatriation orders

Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of teachers, mostly females, from different provinces, Azad Kahmir and Gilgit-Baltistan working in Islamabad under the wedlock policy continued protesting against Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) demanding withdrawal of their repatriation orders. Starting their protest from outside the press club and then at D-Chowk on Jan 11, the teachers have

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Why is online learning failing so miserably in Pakistan?

Pervez Hoodbhoy COVID-19 has made in-person exam proctoring impossible and so normal safeguards have disappeared. My inbox is full of anguished emails from university students across Pakistan bewailing the use of unfair and unethical means by their class fellows. Upon combining these complaints with those of my colleagues in various universities, and adding in my

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Iqra Raza, first maxillofacial surgeon from Chitral

KARACHI: Dr Iqra Raza has achieved the distinction of being first oral and maxillofacial surgeon from Chitral, family sources told ChitralToday. She did her bachelor of dentistry (BDS) from Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry Karachi with distinction and the specialization from Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty focusing on reconstructive

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