Pakistan Education updates

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Pir Mehar Ali Shah University, Rawalpindi....

 

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Govt to set up University of Examinations

LAHORE: The Punjab government has planned to establish the University of Examinations, sources in the education department said.

All government and private universities will be affiliated with the university. The University of Examination will also deal with the curriculum of affiliated colleges. Sources said that the government wanted universities to focus on research and teaching only.

Therefore, they have included the project of the University of Examination in the Punjab government’s higher education policy. The government would also get the bill passed in the Punjab University for setting up of the University of Examination and a budget would also be proposed.


Distance learning: Seerat studies offered as degree course at AIOU

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has planned to launch degree programmes at master, M Phil and PhD levels on Seeratun Nabi or the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) soon.

The outlines of the courses have already been prepared and the AIOU Academic Council has approved it, Vice Chancellor Dr Shahid Siddiqui said on Thursday.

In a message on the advent of Ramazan, he also announced that the university will arrange competition for writing books on Seeratun Nabi on annual basis and the best book will be awarded special prize.

We need to discard the colonial system and adopt more modern education methods. All universities should be linked to technologies and businesses where students can spend 2 days in Uni to learn and 2 days in industry, 1 day lab/ research learning, where they can apply their theoretical knowledge. Problem is our educators and politicians are too enchained to the past and incalcitrant to change and don't have the fire and drive for progression and success.

 

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First women’s varsity okayed for Mansehra​

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October 11, 2022

MANSEHRA: Special assistant to the prime minister Sardar Shahjehan Yusuf on Monday said the federal government had approved the first women’s university for Mansehra district along with a long-delayed water scheme.

Mr Yusuf told reporters after addressing a lawyers’ gathering on the district bar’s premises here that an appropriate building had been selected for the women’s university, which would begin classes in the next academic session.

He said the prime minister would soon inaugurate the multibillion rupees ‘gravity flow water supply scheme’ for which the Saudi and Pakistani governments had already finalised modalities. The premier’s aide said the last PM Imran Khan-led government had abandoned the mega project.

 

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The best Austrian institutes have announced education support and scholarships for students of the Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST), Haripur.

It is reported that the University of Applied Sciences – FH JOANNEUM will only charge a small non-EU fee for PAF-IAST students, which is €80 instead of the actual €9,000.

University of Applied Sciences – Management Center Innsbruck Waiver of tuition fees for PAF-IAST students. The International Cooperation for Higher Education Austria (OEAD) has also announced scholarships for PAF-IAST students, which will cover living expenses up to €1,180.

This development came during a recent visit by the PAF-IAST delegation to Austria. The delegation was led by Dr. Atta Rahman, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of PAF-IAST.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, located in the Mang district of Haripur, opened PAF-IAST in September 2020.

 

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On the completion of hundred years of NED University, a commemorative coin of 100 rupees was issued by the Government of Pakistan.

 

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Pakistan planning to introduce Chinese medical courses​

By Waseem Bloch | Gwadar Pro Oct 27, 2022



GUANGZHOU, Oct 27 (Gwadar Pro) – Pakistan is contemplating introducing quality online medical courses from Chinese universities and institutes to medical schools in Pakistan, according to the Consulate General of Pakistan in Guangzhou.
The consulate has sent a letter of recommendation to a list of Chinese medical universities and institutions that have offered online English medical courses, a well-informed source told Gwadar Pro.
In the recommendation letter for Chinese medical universities, the consulate says that the move is designed to boost China-Pakistan cooperation in the education sector and introduce quality medical teaching materials for Pakistani medical schools.
As per the letter, potential online medical courses will include The Cardiovascular Physiology from Guangzhou Medical University and Suitable Technologies of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Hubei Three Gorges Polytechnic.
In recent years, Pakistan and China have beefed up cooperation in the medical sector, with medicine-themed forums and conferences, medical research centres and medical talent cultivation high on the agenda of the two countries. In December 2020, for example, the Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Centre on Traditional Chinese Medicine (SPCCTCM) was launched at the University of Karachi in Pakistan and Hunan University of Medicine in China, uniting Pakistani and Chinese medical researchers around the research of traditional medicine.

Pakistan planning to introduce Chinese medical courses

GUANGZHOU, Oct 27 (Gwadar Pro) – Pakistan is contemplating introducing quality online medical course

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AJK King Abdullah Campus, Chatter klass, Muzaffarabd Azad Kashmir..

 

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Pakistan and UNESCO have agreed to work out for establishment of PAK-UNESCO Joint Centre of Excellence in Teachers Training and STEAM Learning at Islamabad.

The decision was taken during a bilateral meeting between Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain and Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education UNESCO held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The meeting was held on the side-lines of II World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, said a press release yesterday.

Rana Tanveer Hussain informed about Pakistan’s resolute commitment to overcome the major challenges in education sector and mainly in the areas of Out of School Children, Girls Education, urgent actions required to mitigate learning losses, Quality of Education, introducing and embedding Skills learning in mainstream Education.

He also emphasized on the damage caused by the recent unprecedented floods with recovery cost in education sector around USD918 million.

 

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KVTC (@kvtc.official) is Pakistan's first centre to implement a special education curriculum for the differently abled. For those who are frequently shut out of traditional educational opportunities, this ground-breaking initiative is a ray of hope.

The course will be launched on December 10th, 2022, so mark your calendars and get ready for a revolutionary change in the accessibility of special education. With this launch, KVTC is setting a benchmark for other educational centres in Pakistan to follow.

 

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13 researchers from Islamia University Bahawalpur are among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to a Stanford University ranking. The top engineers, mathematicians, scientists, and medical experts from around the world are included in the list..
The vice chancellor of Islamia University of Bahawalpur, the deans, and the director of ORIC have all congratulated the on this honor. It is crucial to remember that Stanford University releases a list of the top 2000 scientists in the world, split down by field, every year..

 

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In order to encourage intellectual exchanges for the high-quality growth of CPEC, according to Shah, 18 institutions from China and Pakistan established the CPEC Consortium of Universities in 2017. More than 110 universities are currently a part of the consortium, which demonstrates how significantly academic and educational contacts have grown over time.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China's Xinjiang CPEC, which was established in 2013 and connects Gwadar Port to Kashgar, emphasizes cooperation in the fields of business, transportation, and energy.

 

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Joint operation agreement of Pak-China Technical Vocational Institute signed​

January 10, 2023

ISLAMABAD – In a major development at Gwadar, the signing ceremony for the joint operation agreement of Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute (PCT & VI), built with a Chinese grant under CPEC was held at Gwadar Business Centre on Monday.

The joint operation agreement was signed among Shandong Institute of Commerce and Technology (SICT), Gwadar Port Authority (GPA), the University of Gwadar (UoG), China Overseas Ports Holding Company (COPHC) for providing free of cost six-month short courses and three-year diploma programmes with hands-on technical and professional training to thousands of youths of Gwadar.

Participants will be students of the first batch of representative students from University of Gwadar, local employees of COPHC, GPA and COPHC officers. Teachers and officers from SICT will join the ceremony online.

Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute (PCT & VI) was gifted and handed over by the Chinese government to GPA in September 2021 with an intent to train, prepare and equip the youth of Gwadar/Makran/Balochistan with skill sets for the future needs of Gwadar port, Free zones, smart city, new international airport and other CPEC projects pertaining to commerce, marine industry, market-based businesses, modern fish practices, real estate, tourism, construction and hospitality and other allied industries.

As per the joint operation agreement, GPA is responsible for supplying spaces and supporting facilities to meet the requirements of teaching, office, and accommodation in the existing new building of PCT & VI. It will cooperate with all government departments to handle relevant procedures as per Pakistan laws and regulations. It will also coordinate with COPHC for internship and preferential employment of qualified students of PCT & VI. University of Gwadar will be responsible for the operationalisation of the institute at international standards.

 

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Increase in education budget in different areas of Pakistan from 2018 to 2021

KPK: 52.1
Balochistan: 25%
Sindh: 17.4%
Punjab: 13.2%
Federal: -1.3%

Federal, Punjab & Sindh were least focused on education. They increased all other budgets but left out important ones.
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Percentage of children enrollment in the primary school

India : 100%
Sri Lanka : 99%
Bangladesh : 98%
Pakistan : 68%

Source: World Bank

If we wont work on our children, what future will we see!
Except KPK school enrollment drive, no province is focusing on that.

 

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Upgradation of girls’ schools, Taxila museum: Japan grants $13.3m​

Tahir Amin

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has extended grant assistance worth Japanese Yen 1.734 billion ($13.3 million) for upgrading primary girls’ schools into elementary schools in rural areas of Sindh and improvement of equipment for the exhibition and conservation of the Taxila Museum to Pakistan.

Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Wada Mitsuhiro and Ministry of Economic Affairs Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz signed the exchange notes and record of discussions on behalf of their governments, here on Friday.

The objective of the project Upgrading Primary Girls Schools into Elementary Schools in Rural Areas of Sindh is to improve access to lower secondary (middle) education for students, especially girls, by constructing classrooms for middle education in rural areas of Sindh province, thereby contributing to improving enrollment rates and reducing gender gaps.


The main objective of the project Improvement of Equipment for Exhibition and Conservation of the Taxila Museum is to retain and conserve the cultural artifacts as per international standards.

Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs expressed that Pakistan accords high value to the reciprocal and congenial relations with Japan and both countries share mutual stance on most of the regional and international affairs.

Japanese economic assistance has been playing a vital role in the socio-economic uplift of Pakistan. The government of Japan has agreed to provide new grant assistance worth 1,686 million Japanese Yen (around $12.7 million) for upgrading primary girls’ schools into elementary schools in rural Sindh.

The project has been conceived keeping in view the facts that the number of middle/elementary schools is much lower (2,162) than the primary schools (35,377) in rural Sindh.

This particular issue is also adversely affecting the primary school student’s retention & the biggest cause of student’s dropout from school.

The net enrollment rate for lower-secondary education (grades 6-8) is 49 percent (boys 53 percent, girls 45 percent). Girls in government schools drop out drastically from primary education as middle or high schools are not available in close vicinity, particularly in rural Sindh.

According to Alif Alan, the accessibility distance hinders girls’ education more (13 percent dropout due to access) than boys (five percent dropout due to access).

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Educational Complex built by Pakistan Army in Parachinar Khurram Tribal District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa