FOCUS Pakistan organizes seminar to celebrate School Safety Day
Islamabad: Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan, an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) organised a seminar to commemorate 16th May as School Safety Day, in line with a unanimous declaration passed at the International School Safety Conference organised by AKDN in March 2008. The seminar on School Safety was held in Islamabad and attended by experts and practitioners of School Safety initiatives across Pakistan. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qadir, Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Chief Guest of the event appreciated AKDN’s role in developing resilient communities. He said that joint working groups will finalize Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) enriched curriculum for Pakistan by the year end. “At the government level, our efforts will continue to notify official commemoration of National School Safety Day annually on May … Read entire article »
Function to honour Dr. Faizi held
CHITRAL: A function was held here on Wednesday to honour Dr. Inayatullah Faizi being conferred upon Hilal-e-Imtiaz for his meritorious accomplishment in the field of literature. Held under the aegis of Anjuman-e-Taraqqi Khowar Chitral, the function was addressed by the Chitral DCO Rahmatullah Wazir, former district nazim Maghfirat Shah, former MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitral, Dr. Faizi and others. (By Zahiruddin) … Read entire article »
E&S Education Department notified summer vacations schedule
PESHAWAR: The Elementary & Secondary Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has notified the schedule of summer vacations for the academic year 2012-2013 for all the government and private sector schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In plain areas from Ist June to 31st August 2012 (for primary level). From 15th June to 31st August, 2012 for (middle, high & higher secondary level). In snowy areas from Ist July 2012 to 31st July 2012. … Read entire article »
Education Department announced six working days in a week
PESHAWAR: Elementary and Secondary Education Department, Govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced six days week from Monday to Saturday in all the educational institutions (government and private schools) and offices of E&SE at Districts level under the Elementary and Secondary Education Department with immediate effect till further orders. The said offices and schools will remain open on all Saturdays, says a notification of the department on Friday. … Read entire article »
Hashoo organizes computer and English Language courses for youth of Chitral
CHITRAL: To effectively contain the drop out rate of school children and enhance enrolment, Hashoo Foundation has came out with a novel and most successful idea which is being implemented through the women folk engaged in house keeping. Talking to the audience here on Tuesday, the senior program manager of the foundation, Sultan Mehmud said that the organization has provided the poor families with tools of honey-bee keeping including box and hives on the condition that … Read entire article »
Universal Primary Education Enrollment walk held.
CHITRAL: To increase enrollment ratio in government primary schools of Chitral an education walk was held here at Chitral under auspices of Muhammad Ashraf president All primary Teachers Association (APTA). Students of different educational institutions carrying banners inscribing the message to must enroll your children in Govt schools were passing through various bazars and entered in Govt. primary school Chitral where it converted in a prompt function. Executive Magistrate Chitral Ziaur Rehman was chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was presided over by Muhammad Afzal General Manager National Commission for Human Development (NCHD). Students of different classes presented recitation from the Holy Quran, Naath Sharif, national song and also participated in speech competition in English and Urdu. Some teachers of government schools also admitted their children in Govt. … Read entire article »
International Book reading day held in Chitral
CHITRAL: The habit of book-reading is on steep decline in the society which had been affected by mobile telephone, computer, television and other counterproductive activities in the society. Measures are needed on sound footings for inculcating in the younger generation the inclination for book reading and National Book Foundation must play its role by extending its sphere of activities in the backward district of Chitral. These views were expressed by the speakers in a function held in a local public school held here on Saturday in connection with international day of book reading. The speakers included eminent intellectuals and educationists Dr. Inayatullah Faizi, Professor Mumtaz Hussain, Taj Muhammad Figar, Alamgir Khan and others. They reiterated that that use of library in the schools, both on public and private sectors, must be made mandatory and … Read entire article »
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