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Malala calls on Taliban to release education activists like Matiullah Education
  • March 29, 2023

Malala calls on Taliban to release education activists like Matiullah

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan’s youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, has urged the Taliban to release Matiullah Wesa, an Afghan education activist detained in Kabul. Wesa had been providing mobile schools and libraries to Afghan girls and boys, according to a Nobel laureate, who described his arrest as an attack on education. Malala condemned the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education and the…
Founder of Afghan girls' school project arrested in Kabul: UN Education
  • March 28, 2023

Founder of Afghan girls’ school project arrested in Kabul: UN

The founder of an Afghan project that advocated for girls’ education has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, according to his brother and the United Nations on Tuesday. Last year, the Taliban government prohibited girls from attending secondary school, making Afghanistan the only country in the world where education is prohibited. “Matiullah Wesa, the head of PenPath and an…
the idea has been circulating that lefties are smarter than righties. Education
  • March 28, 2023

Left-handed people more intelligent, higher average IQs than right-handed people

For some time, the idea has been circulating that lefties are smarter than righties. While some research has indicated a possible connection between left-handedness and a higher IQ, other research has revealed that right-handed people may actually have the advantage. According to the research, lefties have lower IQs than righties. The concept that handedness is connected with intelligence has been…
UoP students deplore Education
  • March 23, 2023

UoP students deplore unjustified campus shutdown

PESHAWAR: On Wednesday, University of Peshawar (UoP) students and their parents expressed their regret over the university’s unjustified closure for the past three weeks and requested Governor Haji Ghulam Ali and the chancellor to take action. They claimed that they had lost a lot of time due to an unscheduled spring break and a strike by university instructors and other…
KP education department bans Education
  • March 16, 2023

KP education department bans teacher duty in exams, elections

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa education department has prohibited teachers from participating in elections and exams. According to details, the KP education department has issued a notification regarding teachers who are engaged in census work. They directed the relevant departments not to include teachers in any training because a large number of teachers are already involved in the census. The letter…
Lecturer terminated Education
  • February 20, 2023

Lecturer terminated for asking offensive question to class

ISLAMABAD: Comsats University Islamabad (CUI) has notified the Ministry of Science and Technology that a faculty member’s services have been terminated because he posed a contentious question during the English composition exam. The university administration allegedly stated in a letter dated February 2 that inquiry into the substance of the quiz of English Subject of BEE, 1st Semester Course Code…
PIA fares for students Education
  • February 18, 2023

PIA decreases fares for students

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reduced fares for Pakistani students flying from Pakistan to China. According to the state-owned news agency, the national flag carrier has reduced its fares for students traveling between Pakistan and China from 22% to 27%. Currently, PIA operates two weekly flights on Sunday and Wednesday on the routes Islamabad-Beijing-Islamabad and Islamabad-Chengdu-Islamabad. Last December, Pakistan…
Sindh govt seeks full biometric records of teachers within four months Education
  • December 29, 2022

Sindh govt seeks full biometric records of teachers within four months

KARACHI: The Sindh government has requested all teachers’ full biometric records from throughout the province within four weeks. Details indicate that Akbar Leghari, the secretary of the education department, has given the district education officials in Sindh control over the instructors’ biometric data. The DEOs have been instructed to provide the teachers’ entire records in four months. Earlier, the education…
Smog: LHC orders to extend the winter vacations Education
  • December 28, 2022

Smog: LHC orders to extend the winter vacations

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday mandated a one-week extension of the winter break due to the smog’s growing danger. The LHC issued the rulings after hearing the petitions submitted in an effort to find a solution to the pollution problem. The LHC noted that it is the duty of the government to solve the pollution problem and ordered…
transgender Education
  • December 11, 2022

First transgender school inaugurated in the city to provide free education

LAHORE: The first school in Lahore designed just for transgender students was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Punjab School Education Department (SED). The school was opened by Punjab Murad Raas, the provincial education minister, at New Garden Town, next to Barkat Market. The school, which began operations on Wednesday, will operate in two shifts, the first of which will be…