Education
In 1992, Lyari had 27 libraries, excluding the reading rooms. The number shrank to 11 in the early 2000s, and new books stopped coming in after 2005.
Updated 16 Jan, 2026 04:30pm
In a system that prizes grades over growth, Mrs Rahman kept alive a humanist tradition where learning meant dialogue and expression.
Updated 23 Sep, 2025 03:31pm
As Pakistan’s campuses swell with a new generation, an invisible gap grows wider — the missing bridge of dialogue between students and those who govern their futures.
Published 25 Aug, 2025 12:07pm
Why guess when you can decode? Teaching diacritics could unlock Urdu for every child.
Updated 23 Jul, 2025 02:21pm
Sindh’s education budget may signal intent, but without deep reform, equity, and transparency, it risks cementing the very inequalities it seeks to undo.
Published 18 Jul, 2025 11:05am
Seeks policy framework for easy loans to farmers.
Updated 18 Jul, 2025 09:45am
In this forgotten stretch of Balochistan, where addiction is chronic and infrastructure lacking, a class of 49 students is defying the odds one lesson at a time.
Published 10 Jul, 2025 10:41am
In Balochistan, where challenges in the delivery of healthcare and access to education are aplenty, the prolonged suspension of the BMC’s operation has sparked a debate.
Published 14 May, 2025 10:56am
Over 11,000 schools outsourced, CM told.
Updated 05 May, 2025 11:39am
We need to see a lot more young people getting an undergraduate education of solid quality in Pakistan.
Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:44am
Since the floods struck Sindh with an unforgiving force in 2022, the students continue to fight to stay afloat against a system that keeps pulling them under.
Updated 09 Apr, 2025 11:29am
Recent moves simply reveal the attitude of all governments towards education.
Published 25 Feb, 2025 08:36am
Our public universities are on the verge of going bust.
Updated 14 Feb, 2025 10:26am
Pakistan is among the 10 countries of the region that are currently eligible for International Finance Facility for Education funding.
Published 29 Sep, 2024 07:11am
Education activists and officials tell Dawn.com the main reasons behind the dismal state of literacy among girls in the northern KP region.
Updated 27 Sep, 2024 10:21pm
Despite over Rs15 billion being spent on 3,000 schools across GB, the latest FBISE results showed poor performance by the schools.
Published 15 Sep, 2024 07:12am
Says literacy not merely the ability to read and write, but rather a “gateway to empowerment".
Published 08 Sep, 2024 01:20pm
Institutions have failed to prepare graduates that meet expectations of employers and industry, Iqbal tells PM.
Updated 19 Aug, 2024 08:07am
Education minister asks provincial lawmakers to submit names of three schools each in a fortnight.
Updated 07 Aug, 2024 10:07am
Number of cities with over 0.5m people rises from 14 to 22; over 25m children aged 5-16 are "out of school".
Updated 19 Jul, 2024 10:01am
Orders establishment of universities in Jhelum, Vehari and Bahawalnagar; reviews recommendations for public-private partnership.
Updated 07 Jul, 2024 10:32am
Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association seeks further increase.
Updated 05 Jun, 2024 11:28am
Say the move will put the future of students in the province at stake.
Published 01 Jun, 2024 07:11am
Committee formed for integration of federal, provincial Levies forces.
Updated 23 May, 2024 10:14am
Authorities must endorse respect for teachers.
Updated 18 May, 2024 09:03am
CEO says Fund looks forward to monitoring progress of all commitments made to girls alongside “our local partners and civil society”.
Updated 18 May, 2024 12:41pm
Resolution adopted by BA states that Rakhshan division, which includes districts of Kharan, Washuk, Chagai, and Noshki, lacks a medical college.
Updated 18 May, 2024 10:48am
The concern is that if the government is thinking of cutting costs through the merger, we might even lose the functionality levels we currently have.
Updated 16 May, 2024 09:14am
Unlike other parts of the country, all the five varsities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir have VCs working on a regular basis.
Updated 16 May, 2024 10:36am
Officials say move aims to bridge gap between rural, urban areas; lawmakers move calling attention notice in NA.
Updated 14 May, 2024 11:17am
