FDE institutions observing Kashmir Solidarity Week
Islamabad
February 3, 2021
Islamabad : The educational institutions of the federal capital which fall under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) are observing ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ to highlight the Kashmir issue and atrocities of the Indian occupational forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK).
The educational institutions while displaying banners and placards are holding photo exhibition, screening of video documentaries, playing popular Kashmiri songs, Mushairas on Kashmir Solidarity Day, essay writing competitions and holding talk-shows to depict history of Kashmir issue and current plight of the Kashmiri people.
“The observance of Kashmir Solidarity Week will enable our students to know more about struggle for freedom in the Occupied Kashmir and make them aware of brutalities of the Indian forces,” Principal of the Islamabad Model College for Girls, I-9/1, Farida Yasmeen said. She also heads a committee
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has proposed a project worth Rs7 billion to upgrade and give a facelift to 170 schools and colleges and the offices of five area education officers (AEOs).
“We have submitted the PC-I to the Planning Commission for approval,” said FDE Director General Dr Ikram Ali Malik.
Talking to Dawn, he said under the project 170 schools and colleges that remained neglected in previous projects under Prime Minister’s Education Reforms Programme will be face-lifted and upgraded.
170 educational institutions to be upgraded, says official
The project called ‘Provision of Basic Educational Facilities in Educational Institutions of ICT’ has been prepared keeping in view the fact that FDE has mostly retained educational institutions handed over to it by the government of Punjab in 1973 and 1985.
Senator Raza Rabbani offered the sole dissenting opinion against the bill to make teaching Arabic compulsory. DawnNewsTV
The Senate on Monday approved the Compulsory Teaching of the Arabic Language Bill 2020 which makes teaching of the Arabic language mandatory in primary and secondary schools in Islamabad.
The bill was presented by PML-N Senator Javed Abbasi and approved near-unanimously by members of the Senate, with PPP Senator Raza Rabbani offering the sole dissenting note. The ministry concerned will implement the bill within a period of six months.
The bill states that Arabic will be taught in schools in Islamabad from grades 1 to 5, while Arabic grammar will be taught to grades 6 to 12.
Earlier, Pakistan opened schools for grade 9-12 on January 18 after a break of two months.
The decision to resume sessions for the rest of the classes in the provinces and the federal territory of Islamabad is being taken in the light of the recommendations of the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC).
According to the guidelines, academic activity will resume with strict compliance of COVID-19 SOPs and students will be divided into two groups and each group will attend classes for three days in a week.
The Punjab government has issued a notification in light of the decision made by the NCOC after reviewing the coronavirus situation in the country, according to which the board examinations for matric and intermediate students will be held in May and June.
Pakistan announces one-month summer break for schools
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Summer vacations for Pakistan students this year will begin from July 2 and last till July 31, the federal government announced on Saturday.
A notification issued by the Federal Directorate of Education revealed the academic calendar for the year. This is what the schedule looks like:
May 18 to 31: centralised examinations for classes V to VIIIJune 1 to 15: in-house examinations for classes I, II, III, IV, VI, and VIIJune 30: results for entralised exams) July 1: results for in-house examsAugust 2: new academic year begins