KEMU online symposium on healthcare, education
National
December 21, 2020
LAHORE: The King Edward Medical College Alumni Association of United Kingdom (KEMCA UK) in collaboration with King Edward Medical University (KEMU) organised KEMCA UK 3rd Universal Healthcare and Education Symposium virtually on Sunday. KEMU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Masood Gondal in cooperation with KEMCA UK President Dr Muhammad Tufail and Secretary Dr Tabinda Dugal hosted the event, while Programme Director Dr Athar Saeed conducted the symposium on behalf of KEMCA UK. The highlight of the symposium was a presentation on girls’ education by youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai. Besides, a live debate on Medical Teaching Institution Reforms was held between Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health, and Dr Ashraf Nizami, President Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Lahore, followed by rebuttals and explanations on certain reservations. Th
Remedial education programme to address learning gaps stressed
National
December 21, 2020
LAHORE: In a talk on ‘Post-Covid inequality: the education access in Pakistan, how to bridge the gap’, Tahir Andrabi, Professor of Economics predicted, “Learning poverty will go up to 79 per cent. Unequal access to learning is real. Around 66 percent households in Pakistan do not use technology for learning at all. We will have to do students’ assessment first. We have to design a remedial education programme to address learning gaps as there is large student learning losses.
He was speaking at King Edward Medical College Alumni Association of United Kingdom KEMCA (UK) s 3rd Universal Healthcare Symposium held Sunday that allocated a whole segment to universal education .