WEB DESK According to Humanitarian Aid Organization ‘Save The Children’, around 50 schools in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes in the past few weeks. As a result, over 41,000 children have been impacted. Of the 219 people who have been killed in Gaza, at least 63 are children, according to the health ministry. […]
Schools
Schools not to be closed YET, Provincial education ministers fail to achieve consensus
Provincial education ministers on Monday opposed the immediate closure of educational institutions despite rising Covid-19 cases as the country grapples with the pandemic’s second wave, The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ Conference (IPEMC) was presided by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood and was attended by provincial education ministers via video link. During the conference, officials from […]
NCOC recommends closure of All educational institutions from 16th November
Federal Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Shafqat Mahmood, has called another special meeting of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) amid rising coronavirus cases. The pandemic situation in the education sector and the possibility of early and extended winter break will be discussed in detail in the meeting scheduled for Monday, 16th November, at […]
Sudan shuts all schools after pupils’ killing
KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities Tuesday ordered all schools nationwide to suspend classes indefinitely after crowds of students launched demonstrations against the killing of five pupils at a rally in a central town. “Killing a student is killing a nation,” chanted hundreds of schoolchildren, dressed in their uniforms and waving Sudanese flags, as they took to the […]
Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery
“They made me a slave today.” Aneka Burton still remembers the way her then 10-year-old son, Nikko, who is black, recounted his experience to his grandfather after school one day. It was 2011. But Burton believes the classroom exercise in which Nikko’s classmates were encouraged to examine and pretend to bid on each other during […]
Ramazan and schools
Sir: The month of Ramazan is going to be started on 7th of May and schools will remain close on 15th of March which means that students will have to take classes for an entire week. It will become a tough task for students and teachers. The weather will be hotter in Ramazan and loadshedding […]
Problems in schools
Sir: We find very less schools in our village Buleda. Most of schools are have lagging basic facilities. Drinking water and sanitation are the biggest problems in the schools of Buleda. Most of students left the school to use the washroom and do not return. So, I request the provincial minister to look for the […]
FBI seeks woman ‘infatuated with Columbine’ in Colorado schools threat
A young woman described as “infatuated” with the 1999 Columbine High School massacre was sought by the FBI in Colorado on Tuesday while authorities issued a security alert to Columbine and dozens of other Denver-area schools, citing a threat of violence. The alert came four days before the 20th anniversary of the Columbine tragedy, in […]
Most believe US schools have become less safe
Twenty years after the Columbine High School shooting made practicing for armed intruders as routine as fire drills, many parents have only tepid confidence in the ability of schools to stop a gunman, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. And while most Americans consider schools less safe […]
The case of increasing tuition fees
It is a common sight we see daily of young children carrying oversized school bagsloaded with books and their backs burdened with the accumulated load of knowledge. In turn the schools, where they go to seek education, are burdened with the responsibility of promoting literacy in the society, but it is the parents of the […]