Education – a recap and what to expect
This is a year-end review of the most important events in the education sector in 2022 and a forecast of how some of those issues will continue to play out…
Parallel education
Undoubtedly, public education is one of the core investments a state can make to enhance the quality of its human capital and growth. American politician Steve Kagen once said, “if…
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…
Devolution and national education
The 18th Amendment to the constitution of Pakistan was passed in 2010 and among the changes it introduced was the devolution of many powers and responsibilities from the center to…
The education dilemma
JAMEELA’S husband, Hassan, died six months ago. They have four children: one son 14 years, two daughters aged 10 and nine years, and another son who is only a year…
Covid-19: School education crisis in Pakistan
‘Compared with the scale of South Asia’s first wave, which peaked in September, the second is shocking. …South Asia is logging four times as many, and with hardly a sign…
Quest for quality education
UNIVERSITY students from across Pakistan will be protesting today. One of their demands is for the recent fee hike to be taken back and for tuition fees and other educational…
Covid-19: School education crisis in Pakistan
‘Compared with the scale of South Asia’s first wave, which peaked in September, the second is shocking. …South Asia is logging four times as many, and with hardly a sign…
FDE extends closure of educational institutions till May 23
The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has extended ongoing closure of Islamabad-based schools and colleges until May 23. According to officials of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training,…
Can education for all work?
Article 25-A in our Constitution makes education a basic right for all five- to 16-year-old children. For the last many years, governments have been trying to get all children in…
