More than once the new federal education minister has been reported in the newspapers as saying that a uniform educational policy might be imposed throughout the country. Continue reading »
Apr 282008
Apr 232008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has announced that Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) will set up 8 public schools, 1 medical college and 8 trauma centers in Pakistan. He was addressing the OPF Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday. Continue reading »
Apr 232008
Rizwan Ehsan Ali
Rawalpindi: Human beings were found guilty of destroying the beauty of the earth in the courtroom of young students here on Tuesday. Continue reading »
Apr 232008
LAHORE: THE Punjab University debaters have won the title of the “Most Outstanding Team” in an international debate contest in the UN and European model conferences known as EuroMUN organised held at the University of Muenster, Germany, from April 1 to 5, and at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, from April 17 to 20. Continue reading »
Apr 202008
Islamabad—The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has awarded a total number of 6,626 local and foreign scholarships during last three years.
Minister for Education Ahsan Iqbal has said that HEC awarded a total 3,049 foreign scholarships including 394 post doctoral fellowships and 2,655 MS, Ph.D and MS/ MPhil leading to Ph.D scholarships to Pakistani students. Continue reading »
Apr 152008
LAHORE
AN educational revolution is taking place in Pakistan. The emerging reality of Pakistan, both urban and rural, is that there is a well-defined educational marketplace at the primary level with actively engaged players on both sides of the market-the schools and the parents. Continue reading »
Apr 102008
SHR Jahfery
Islamabad—The Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) of United States of America (USA) are jointly funding a high performance research and education network connection to support Pak-US Science and Technology collaborations. Continue reading »
Apr 052008
Islamabad
Higher Education Commission is publishing a book on ‘Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Global Perspective’.
The forthcoming monograph is a result of reviewed papers presented in an international conference and edited by Dr. Abdul Raouf, HEC Distinguished National Professor, University of Management and Technology Lahore and Professor Dr. Niaz Akhtar, director, Institute of Technology and Management, University of Punjab. Continue reading »
Apr 052008
By Asadullah
Karachi
He simply wanted to get a BSc degree for the sake of a suitable job and his subsequent marriage to his cousin-fiancée. The latter, instead of blushing with the prospects, put forth the condition that he get an MSc degree before their marriage. Hence he did his post-graduation in Botany to match hers which was in Psychology. Continue reading »