Divine decisions
I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to those lucky people from all over the world who celebrated Eidul Azha in the holy land of Hijaz. Although it is…
The AI debate in education
Large Language Models (LLMs), the guts of chatbots (with a lowercase ‘c’) like ChatGPT, are having their moment right now. The rise of chatbots has brought forth numerous debates on…
Diabetes education
Diabetes awareness month takes place every year in November, with the 14th recognised as World Diabetes Day. First established by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization…
Education with a mission
It was in 1847 that Reverend Henry Brereton, the first Chaplain of Karachi, established the Karachi Grammar School whose 175th anniversary was celebrated with great fanfare on their Saddar campus…
Miracle of education
One important initiative currently in the limelight across the globe is the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which ranks countries in terms of students’ scores in math…
Abandoning higher education
On Wednesday, members of our much vaunted ‘youth bulge’ that counts itself as supporters of the party of justice were proudly abusing police and setting alight public property in Islamabad.…
Messing with education
Education in Pakistan has been perpetually in peril. Not because the government did not have resources; it had them for all other purposes, including some wrong ones. Mainly education has…
No education for the forcibly converted
How violation of the fundamental rights of a citizen dents our entire society is often ignored by the power structures in the country. This is especially so when it translates…
Seventy-five years of education: Part – I
As Pakistan celebrates its platinum jubilee at 75, it is time to take stock of the country’s achievements and losses in various fields. A country can measure its progress in…
Jeopardizing access to legal education
A recent alarming post on social media by an official of the Punjab Bar Council regarding inability of ‘private’ students preparing for external LLB examinations to apply for and acquire…
