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Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday emphasized the need for increasing the number of students in educational institutions and imparting...

Reforms will be carried out in 20 districts in five years

MULTAN: Formal launch of the first-ever public sector school for transpersons will take place here on Wednesday (today). The school is being established by the South Punjab Education Department at Government Girls Comprehensive Higher Secondary School, Gulgasht, under a pilot project ‘Transeducation’. Talking to Dawn, Education Secretary Dr Ehtasham Anwar said in the first phase, the Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) will be resorted to compensate for the lost schooling followed by forma...

July 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: For the first time ever in Pakistan, the government of Punjab has initiated a ‘Transeducation’ pilot project for imparting education to the transgender community, and the project is expected to be launched on July 7. The Education Department, south Punjab, Government of the Punjab, has decided to attend to this hitherto important yet ignored issue. Transeducation is being launched in Multan, whereby transgenders would be given formal education in evening classes at ...

3,000 children in Balochistan to benefit from collaboration with IRC July 6, 2021 Islamabad: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Government of Baluchistan’s Secondary Education Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for provision of education to 3,000 children in Balochistan, including Afghan refugees. Both the parties will collaborate to increase student enrolment and retention in 40 schools in Balochistan. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), with the fina...

July 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: For the first time ever in Pakistan, the government of Punjab has initiated a ‘Transeducation’ pilot project for imparting education to the transgender community, and the project is expected to be launched on July 7. The Education Department, south Punjab, Government of the Punjab, has decided to attend to this hitherto important yet ignored issue. Transeducation is being launched in Multan, whereby transgenders would be given formal education in evening classes at ...

The first province to ever have a PTI-led government, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa meant a lot

How to ensure marginalised learners don’t remain behind Wednesday May 12 2021 By VIRGINIA NGINDIRU It may not be sufficient, but the effort to fund education is notable. The free primary and subsidized day secondary education, the ongoing curriculum reforms as well as teacher training to enhance their capacity to deliver have been made possible due to dedicated funding streams. There is goodwill from the government on matters education financing. It may not be sufficient, but the effort to fu...

The Balochistan Education Department, with the financial support of Unicef, has set up 220 centres under the Accelerated Learning Programme in different districts of the province. — Murtaza Ali/White Star QUETTA: The Balochistan Education Department, with the financial support of Unicef, has set up 220 centres under the Accelerated Learning Programme in different districts of the province. These centres have been set up mostly in areas which have no government school. Around 8,000 students ar...

The Government of Japan and UNESCO sign agreement to support the Ministry of Education’s TV channel [EN/AR] Format The agreement to commence the project “Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on Education through distance learning in Iraq” (about 600,000 USD) was exchanged between Mr. NAKAGAWA Shu, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Iraq, and UNESCO Senior Project Officer, Sae Osawa, on Thursday 4th of March 2021. The project is for UNESCO to continue its support to the Ministry of ...