A matter of commitment: Right to education It has been almost two years since Pakistan renewed its commitment to providing free and compulsory education to its... Published 09 Mar, 2014 08:54am
Tackling policy This decision to make all schools English medium has primarily been taken to bring uniformity in the education ... Published 23 Feb, 2014 08:18am
Community involvement: Back to school The current year has been ushered in with another girl’s school being blown up in Charsadda. Over the past few... Published 12 Jan, 2014 07:31am
Lending life to libraries Historically, the area covered by Pakistan has been home to at least one highly urban civilisation nearly 4,000 to... Updated 24 Nov, 2013 06:00pm
Teachers’ training: Teaching the teachers Pakistan, like other countries, celebrated World Teachers’ Day last month, sporadically and without much fanfare. ... Published 03 Nov, 2013 07:49am
Belief systems: Where are the values? The recent controversy sparked by the teaching of comparative religions (included in the curriculum of a private... Published 13 Oct, 2013 07:37am
Imbalance: Apartheid now A few years back, the United States of America came up with the catch phrase “No child left behind” and the... Published 22 Sep, 2013 09:24am
Globalisation: Grounded in culture This year Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at the largest mosque in Chicago, USA, had nearly a thousand people who turned up in... Updated 08 Sep, 2013 08:34am
Study content: Revising textbooks “Only the teacher and, perhaps, a blackboard and writing materials are found as universally as the textbook in our... Updated 25 Aug, 2013 08:10am
Schools and media: Nothing more dangerous than a closed mind “War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an... Updated 04 Aug, 2013 09:18am
