Newswire Islamabad: The Government of Japan has decided to implement 7 new Japanese technical cooperation programs in Pakistan to cater the social needs and assist capacity building for growing industries at the federal and provincial level. Including these 7 programs, the Japanese Government will implement a total of 25 technical cooperation programs in Pakistan in […]
Read MoreMuhammad Asif Noor – Gwadar Pro Over the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has changed the course of history and destiny of modern China to a new level with outstanding contribution in creating opportunities for knowledge and education reforms. CPC has relentlessly and magnificently pursued to revitalize and inculcate the urge for […]
Read MoreNewswire Peshawar: UNOPS Pakistan installed solar power plants in 1,240 schools in the seven southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in cooperation with the Elementary and Secondary Education Department of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and co-funded by the Saudi Fund for Development and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The project created a conducive learning […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarse has said that Italian universities were offering courses in English – a big attraction for the Pakistani students.In an interview, the envoy said previously the Italian universities were teaching in the national language which was a hurdle to draw students from countries like Pakistan. “Given that about […]
Read MoreNewswire QUETTA, June 14: Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Training Institute with a total cost of Rs 2 billion will becompleted by December 2021 in the port city of Gwadar, Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan announced this week.The project is being built under the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Institute would help fulfilling maritime […]
Read MoreA critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in dynamic detail using pioneering plant-based technology. Evidence about the process of virus maturation revealed in the research could help us develop new methods for treating viral infections.Maturation plays a critical role for all animal and bacterial viruses and […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan, being the fifth most populous nation in the world and with one of the youngest populations, has been the focus for many countries looking to facilitate international students. According to UNESCO’s Global Flow of tertiary level students report, the country has an outbound mobility ratio of 3.1% – which was over 58,000 students […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Haripur: The University of Haripur (UoH) has won international recognition by joining the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) consortium of education, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Anwarul Hasan Gilani said.VC said that the UoH was the only higher education institution in the province that has 10 senior professors and 22 Assistant Professors on its faculty. The […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Iona Thomas, Acting Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Islamabad, hosted a reception at her residence on Thursday for participants of the inaugural Chevening Mentoring Scheme. The British High Commission launched the inaugural Chevening Mentoring Scheme last year. The project was designed for entry level lawyers and entrepreneurs with leadership […]
Read MoreKang Bing Taking a walk on the university campus near my home has been my routine for years. Yes, routine, except on Saturdays and Sundays, because during weekends the campus is packed with cars which bring mid-career professionals there to take part in a wide range of activities, from attending special classes to delivering special […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: The Millennium Education (TME) & Millennium Confucius Classroom (MCC) marks the virtual Chinese New Year Celebration “The Year of Ox” and 70th anniversary of Pakistan China diplomatic relations together with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Nong Rong and Cultural Counsellor Mr. Zhang Heqing at The Millennium Education, One […]
Read MoreMiles beneath the Earth’s surface, where no light or air reaches, tiny organisms are eking out a meager existence.Yet despite making up an estimated 6 percent of all life on Earth, researchers know almost nothing about these deep-dwellers. And scientists have failed to culture, or grow, the bacteria in the lab, making it difficult to […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla “One Thousand and One Nights,” also known as “Arabian Nights,” remains one of the most cherished and magical works in Arab literature. This collection of Middle Eastern folk tales takes the reader on a journey to the region, where he or she encounters bustling markets, adventurous voyages, love stories and mysterious supernatural creatures.The […]
Read MoreJames Gallagher London: Schools and universities may need to close, on top of tier 4 restrictions, to bring the new UK coronavirus variant under control, a rapid analysis says.The work, which is still preliminary, calculates the variant is spreading 56% faster than other forms of the virus. The researchers at the London School of Hygiene […]
Read MoreA new global analysis led by Imperial College London, and published in journal The Lancet, has assessed the height and weight of school-aged children and adolescents across the world.The study, which used data from 65 million children aged five to 19 years old in 193 countries, revealed that school-aged children’s height and weight, which are […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The UK minister responsible for visas and immigration has encouraged even more students from Pakistan to choose the UK as a place to study as the International Students Day was marked on November 17. Kevin Foster MP, Minister for Future Borders and Immigration, used the annual celebration of international students to make clear the […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Chengdu: World Panda Youth Reporters Camp was held in Chengdu. 20 outstanding youth from 6 countries, including 2 Pakistani youth, Zaid Ahmed and Aftab Ali took part in this event.They got opportunities to visit and interview Chengdu around 6 themes such as urban greening, urban industries, history, technology, sport, and entertainment. After this […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: The Government of Japan has agreed to provide grant assistance of 471 million Japanese Yen (JPY) to UN-Habitat for the project of “The Improvement of Disaster Resilient Schools Infrastructure” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, aiming to provide a safe and stable educational environment to the students as well as the teachers.According to a […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started holding tax educational awareness sessions in different educational institutes of Islamabad.Under the Letter of Understanding (LoU) signed between FBR and Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), said a statement issued by FBR. The part of bilateral LoU, the series of tax awareness educational session held in […]
Read MoreLeo Howard Tokyo: Come autumn, the Japanese will throw around phrases that point to seasonal hobbies such as supotsu no aki (autumn of sports), geijitsu no aki (autumn of art) and dokusho no aki (autumn of reading).The first two are reflected in the sports and culture festivals held at the nation’s schools, but the dokusho […]
Read MoreTaj Nabi Khan Islamabad: Over the years, the class-based education system and multi-layered curriculum has widened polarization and created more social and economic disparities among different strata of the society leading to lack of tolerance and acceptability towards each other — those belonging to or graduating from somewhat ‘different systems of education’.Nelson Mandela said, “Education […]
Read MorePeshawar: British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner visited Peshawar last week to see how UK aid has been working closely with the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to transform lives.On his first visit, he met Ministers, parliamentarians, and development experts – discussing how the UK will continue a commitment which has already lasted more than […]
Read MoreAlexandra Witze The notice went out on 6 March, a Friday afternoon. All classes at the University of Washington in Seattle — the city then the US epicentre of the outbreak of COVID-19 — would shift online the following Monday. Instructors scrambled to set up remote learning options for more than 40,000 students. “It became […]
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