Category: Education

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Eminent scholars stressed the significance of Punjabi Partition drama on both sides of the border for promoting harmony and peace. They were speaking at a panel discussion, organised by the International Centre for Pakistani Writing in English and the Kinnairds College University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Those who spoke on…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) The USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) conducted a two-day training titled ‘Advancing Leadership Capacities of Deans’ for public sector universities. HESSA is being implemented in collaboration with 16 Pakistani universities with a focus on strengthening universities’ capacity to deliver market-driven education and research to enhance graduate employability. The inaugural session…

Pakistan (Nut Desk) Pass rates have been announced by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) for students who sat their exams in September 2022. Two Pakistani students have made the country proud by scoring highest marks to qualify for the cash prizes. ‘83,630 ACCA students from around the world entered for the September sitting…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) While transitioning from the exam-centred to learning based approach, the Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training’s (MoFEPT) STEAM Pakistan program is focused on improving conceptual understanding and analytical skills of school children across the country, with a specific focus on girls’ education.Launched in early 2022, the program has already started its…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  The Little Art and The Tinkers’ arranged an enlightening event entitled ” Makers’ Mela” at Aangun – Center for Learning and Culture in Lahore on saturday 1st October.  The Makers’ Mela was all about promoting entrepreneurship among youth, while hosting creative startups to showcase their products. The event is presenting creative art…

Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir) Beaconhouse, Pakistan’s largest network of private educational institutions, under its A Level school, Homebridge, has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Cambridge International to offer AS and A Levels qualification through the Homebridge online school programme for students. Homebridge by Beaconhouse is Pakistan’s first hybrid Cambridge International A Level school, offering students…

Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir)  A joint report by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) and Huawei has revealed the importance of developing ICT talents and creating relevant ecosystems to enhance ICT skills in the Middle East and expand access to career opportunities in the digital world. The joint publication aims to provide…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) Pakistan is in dire need to capacitate the youth to enable them to contribute in the development of country, especially those who can not afford to attend the universities. These thoughts were expressed by President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi, during his video keynote address in the launching ceremony of Google Career…

Islamabad (Nut Desk) Educationists and experts stressed on rehabilitating and rebuilding the education infrastructure  destroyed in the recent floods to minimize the learning losses during a cross-sectoral conversation on “Defending Education Against Climate Change.” The conversation was organized virtually by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training’s STEAM Policy Unit. Strong public-private partnership models,…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) Techaccess Pakistan today hosted a session on “Cybersecurity Challenge in Critical Infrastructure (Power Sector)” in Islamabad aim of soliciting awareness amongst national public and private sector’s energy power entities against the global risks of cyber-attacks. The session was organized by Techaccess Pakistan and a large number of power sector’s professionals, trade and…