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KARACHI: Karachi University (KU) vice-chancellor, Prof. Dr Muhammad Qaiser, and president of the Sichuan University, China, Zhou Jimeng, attended the signing ceremony of the Confucius Institute of Chinese Language held at KU on Tuesday. The caretaker provincial minister... 
KARACHI: Protection and a peaceful environment for 260,000 candidates appearing in the higher school certificate examination is the joint responsibility of the city administration and the examination board, said Commissioner Karachi, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui. Chairing a meeting to... 
KARACHI: A special ceremony for distribution of gold medals to students who passed their M.Sc. and B.S. Examinations of 2012 with highest score in different subjects was organized by the Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Karachi. The... 
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani student from Balochistan has achieved a Grand Winner Award and a gold medal in an international computer project competition recently held to find world’s best young IT wizard. Waleed Bashir from Khusdar, who is a... 
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. (Martin Luther King Jr.) The first of May is a day to commemorate the labour movement. It represents the great effort and... 
27th April, a day that has been dedicated to celebrate World Graphic Design Day. Indeed the Graphic Design Industry is one of those unique fields where one can communicate a message to a large audience. When we think... 
Grandparents and parents are being advised to radically update the careers advice they give to children on the jobs that will earn the most money in future. Experts warn that it would be wrong to assume that today’s... 
“World Book and Copyright Day” will be observed on 23rd April across the world including Pakistan to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors and to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading. World book and... 
The University Of Karachi, which is one of the biggest university of Pakistan has strengthened its relations with the Turkey’s Gediz University and entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with this university. According to a spokesperson of... 
KARACHI: The annual Secondary School Certificate (matriculation) examinations begun across Sindh amid high security and checks here on Monday. According to official sources, 312,000 students will appear for the exams while strict measures have been taken to maintain discipline.... 
LOS ANGELES: Angelina Jolie has opened another girl school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewelry line going on sale this week that she helped to design, celebrity website reported on Monday.... 
LAHORE: A three-day Book Fair was kicked off at Punjab University on Thursday amid rift between PU Administration and Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) for holding of the event. Hundreds of students, teachers, and people from all walks of life,... 
The Punjab University administration has violated several rules in an apparent attempt to help an assistant professor get his doctorate. Assistant Professor Amir Mehmood Bajwa was allowed to attempt the Comprehensive Paper examination for a fourth time, in... 
ISLAMABAD: Around 92 per cent of the federal budget for education goes to the Higher Education Commission, with the remaining eight per cent financing educational institutions which fall under the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Ahmad Ali, a research... 
Children should be allowed to get bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative, an education expert says. Dr Teresa Belton told the BBC cultural expectations that children being constantly active could hamper the development... 
KARACHI: The Code of Corporate Governance (Code) 2012 has made it a mandatory requirement for all the listed companies to make arrangements to carry out directors training program for at least one director of the company per year.... 
Lahore: HSBC collaborates with School of Leadership Foundation (SoLF) to initiate its Future First project, ‘Empowerment for Life’. The project will be executed, in major cities of Pakistan namely, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Khairpur, Hyderabad, Multan, Sukkur, Shikarpur and... 
The National University of Modern Languages (NUML) on Tuesday held the start of a three-day celebration of Francophone Week, one of the biggest events on the French calendar. The university’s French Language Department, in collaboration with the French... 
AHMEDABAD: Two Indian men have an MBA from the most sought-after business school in the country but are busy selling vegetables. The two Indians ‘Nirmal Kumar and Kaushlendra Kumar’ — both graduates from IIM-Ahmedabad, have brought respectability to... 
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a package of assistance worth US$400 million to support the Second Sindh Education Sector Reform Program (SERP II). The program will support Sindh Governments efforts to increase school participation and measure student... 
OSLO: A Norwegian kindergarten teacher was fired this week after she brought a vial of her own blood to class and allowed children to touch and taste it, the head teacher of the kindergarten said on Friday. The... 
LAHORE: Atleast 22 children and a teacher suffered burn injuries due to gas leakage in a class room of a private school in Shahdra town Lahore, Thursday. An eyewitness said that the gatekeeper has forgotten to turn off... 
KARACHI: Like the previous three editions of Karachi Literature festival, this year too intellectually stimulating sessions with a galaxy of internationally renowned writers, authors and performing artistes are in store. Ever since its inception in 2010, the Karachi... 
In the past few months, schools have banned everything from yoga pants and boots to birthday candles and peanut butter sandwiches. But one Hurricane middle school is cracking down on hair color—even if the color in question isn’t a garish... 
KARACHI: Karachi University has announced to postpone the scheduled examination for today due to heavy rain and its consequences in the largest city, Karachi. The controller examination quotes as saying that the new dates for the exams will... 
BOSTON: As many as 60 students have been forced to withdraw from Harvard Universityafter cheating on a final exam last year in what has become the largest academic scandal to hit the Ivy League school in recent memory. Michael Smith, Harvard’s Dean... -
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Education
Academic diplomacy: KU to establish a Mandarin institute
By: APP, Uploaded: 23rd May 2013
KARACHI: Karachi University (KU) vice-chancellor, Prof. Dr Muhammad Qaiser, and president of the Sichuan University, China, Zhou Jimeng, attended the signing ceremony of the Confucius Institute of Chinese Language held at KU on Tuesday. The caretaker provincial minister for religious affairs, Sardar Yaseen Malik, said that the institute will open academic opportunities between the two... Commissioner Karachi assures security for HSC candidates
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 14th May 2013
KARACHI: Protection and a peaceful environment for 260,000 candidates appearing in the higher school certificate examination is the joint responsibility of the city administration and the examination board, said Commissioner Karachi, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui. Chairing a meeting to review arrangements being made for intermediate exams scheduled to begin here from May 16, he said fool-proof... Gold medal distribution ceremony in Karachi University
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 10th May 2013
KARACHI: A special ceremony for distribution of gold medals to students who passed their M.Sc. and B.S. Examinations of 2012 with highest score in different subjects was organized by the Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Karachi. The Dean, Prof. Dr. Shahana Urooj Kazmi, said that a total of 10 students were conferred the gold... Young Pakistani IT student wins world challenge
By: Afraz Ahmed, Uploaded: 6th May 2013
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani student from Balochistan has achieved a Grand Winner Award and a gold medal in an international computer project competition recently held to find world’s best young IT wizard. Waleed Bashir from Khusdar, who is a class 9th student in PakTurk School, Quetta, won the first prize in the first International Infomatrix Asia... Reclaiming The Essence of Labor Day
By: Tanveer Khadim, Uploaded: 29th April 2013
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. (Martin Luther King Jr.) The first of May is a day to commemorate the labour movement. It represents the great effort and expectation of organized labour all over the world. Started in 19th century, it was an idea intended... A Day for Designers to Celebrate
By: Mustafa Husain, Uploaded: 27th April 2013
27th April, a day that has been dedicated to celebrate World Graphic Design Day. Indeed the Graphic Design Industry is one of those unique fields where one can communicate a message to a large audience. When we think of Graphic a lot comes into our mind, but the concept of Graphic Design is simple, it’s... Parent alert: 10 best jobs for the future
By: Monitoring Desk, Uploaded: 23rd April 2013
Grandparents and parents are being advised to radically update the careers advice they give to children on the jobs that will earn the most money in future. Experts warn that it would be wrong to assume that today’s money-spinning vocations – such as banking, law or stockbroking – will remain the best paid jobs of... World Book and Copyright Day to be observed on 23rd April
By: Monitoring Desk, Uploaded: 22nd April 2013
“World Book and Copyright Day” will be observed on 23rd April across the world including Pakistan to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors and to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading. World book and copyright day 2013 theme is “reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.” A range... Karachi University signs MoU with Turkey’s Gediz University
By: APP, Uploaded: 17th April 2013
The University Of Karachi, which is one of the biggest university of Pakistan has strengthened its relations with the Turkey’s Gediz University and entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with this university. According to a spokesperson of Karachi university, the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qaiser, signed the MoU during his visit to Turkey. Both universities... Sindh: SSC exams begins amid security alert
By: Maliha, Uploaded: 8th April 2013
KARACHI: The annual Secondary School Certificate (matriculation) examinations begun across Sindh amid high security and checks here on Monday. According to official sources, 312,000 students will appear for the exams while strict measures have been taken to maintain discipline. Mobile phones are prohibited in examination centres while generators have been arranged in case of loadshedding. In... Angelina Jolie sells jewelry line to fund overseas schools
By: Reuters, Uploaded: 3rd April 2013
LOS ANGELES: Angelina Jolie has opened another girl school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewelry line going on sale this week that she helped to design, celebrity website reported on Monday. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded the girls-only primary school... Book fair at Punjab University
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 29th March 2013
LAHORE: A three-day Book Fair was kicked off at Punjab University on Thursday amid rift between PU Administration and Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) for holding of the event. Hundreds of students, teachers, and people from all walks of life, thronged to the book fair to quench their thirst for knowledge. PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid... Punjab University allowed a teacher to give PhD exams illegally
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 27th March 2013
The Punjab University administration has violated several rules in an apparent attempt to help an assistant professor get his doctorate. Assistant Professor Amir Mehmood Bajwa was allowed to attempt the Comprehensive Paper examination for a fourth time, in the office of Dean of Social Sciences Dr Zakaria Zakir, without authorisation by the Doctorate Programme Coordinating... 92% education budget goes to HEC
By: Alize Ahmed, Uploaded: 26th March 2013
ISLAMABAD: Around 92 per cent of the federal budget for education goes to the Higher Education Commission, with the remaining eight per cent financing educational institutions which fall under the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Ahmad Ali, a research fellow at Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS) stated this on Monday during a pre-budget policy... Allow children get bored, to awaken their innate creativity: BBC report
By: Aneeta Karim, Uploaded: 26th March 2013
Children should be allowed to get bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative, an education expert says. Dr Teresa Belton told the BBC cultural expectations that children being constantly active could hamper the development of their imagination. She quizzed author Meera Syal and artist Grayson Perry about how boredom had aided... ICAP conducts second series of directors training program
By: Alize Ahmed, Uploaded: 25th March 2013
KARACHI: The Code of Corporate Governance (Code) 2012 has made it a mandatory requirement for all the listed companies to make arrangements to carry out directors training program for at least one director of the company per year. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) launched the Directors’ Training Program (DTP) in January 2013... HSBC and SOL Join Hands for “Empowerment for Life”
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 21st March 2013
Lahore: HSBC collaborates with School of Leadership Foundation (SoLF) to initiate its Future First project, ‘Empowerment for Life’. The project will be executed, in major cities of Pakistan namely, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Khairpur, Hyderabad, Multan, Sukkur, Shikarpur and Faisalabad, in the first quarter of the year. The project draws on a collaborative approach and engages... Francophone: Celebrating the French language with desi tarka
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 20th March 2013
The National University of Modern Languages (NUML) on Tuesday held the start of a three-day celebration of Francophone Week, one of the biggest events on the French calendar. The university’s French Language Department, in collaboration with the French Embassy and Alliance Française, are responsible for organizing the festivities, said a press release by NUML. The... MBA ‘sabziwallas’ earns Rs 5 crore in three years
By: Monitoring Desk, Uploaded: 18th March 2013
AHMEDABAD: Two Indian men have an MBA from the most sought-after business school in the country but are busy selling vegetables. The two Indians ‘Nirmal Kumar and Kaushlendra Kumar’ — both graduates from IIM-Ahmedabad, have brought respectability to the business of vegetable selling through their innovative ventures. Bihar-based Kaushlendra, whose brand ‘Samriddhii, MBA Sabziwala’ has... World Bank approves $400 million for supporting education in Sindh
By: PPI, Uploaded: 15th March 2013
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a package of assistance worth US$400 million to support the Second Sindh Education Sector Reform Program (SERP II). The program will support Sindh Governments efforts to increase school participation and measure student achievement by improving sector governance and accountability and strengthening administrative systems. Improving school participation is a priority... Norway teacher fired after children taste her blood
By: Reuters, Uploaded: 9th March 2013
OSLO: A Norwegian kindergarten teacher was fired this week after she brought a vial of her own blood to class and allowed children to touch and taste it, the head teacher of the kindergarten said on Friday. The teacher in Sola, on Norway’s western coast, brought in a blood sample that was taken earlier in... 22 children suffer injuries in Lahore school fire
By: Javeria Nasir, Uploaded: 21st February 2013
LAHORE: Atleast 22 children and a teacher suffered burn injuries due to gas leakage in a class room of a private school in Shahdra town Lahore, Thursday. An eyewitness said that the gatekeeper has forgotten to turn off the gas heater, therefore the fire extinguished due to the leakage of gas overnight. Moreover, the class... Fourth ‘KLF’ brings out world’s bright writers, intellectuals
By: Javeria Nasir, Uploaded: 16th February 2013
KARACHI: Like the previous three editions of Karachi Literature festival, this year too intellectually stimulating sessions with a galaxy of internationally renowned writers, authors and performing artistes are in store. Ever since its inception in 2010, the Karachi Literature Festival has assumed a significant position in the cultural space of the country. If on the... Teen kicked out of class for dyeing her Hair
By: Monitoring Desk, Uploaded: 13th February 2013
In the past few months, schools have banned everything from yoga pants and boots to birthday candles and peanut butter sandwiches. But one Hurricane middle school is cracking down on hair color—even if the color in question isn’t a garish blue or green but just a dark shade of red. After being kicked out of class last... Karachi University postpones examinations due to rain
By: Maliha, Uploaded: 4th February 2013
KARACHI: Karachi University has announced to postpone the scheduled examination for today due to heavy rain and its consequences in the largest city, Karachi. The controller examination quotes as saying that the new dates for the exams will be decided later however the students are informed to contact the examination department for further information. The... Dozens of students withdraw in Harvard cheating scandal
By: Sheraz Nasir, Uploaded: 2nd February 2013
BOSTON: As many as 60 students have been forced to withdraw from Harvard Universityafter cheating on a final exam last year in what has become the largest academic scandal to hit the Ivy League school in recent memory. Michael Smith, Harvard’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, sent an email on Friday saying that more than half... 
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