Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave MANILA: South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued... Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:50am
Pakistan Sindh announces winter vacations for schools KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday announced winter vacations for private and government schools and other... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
Opinion Facilitate to educate There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of... Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am
Pakistan 56,000 schools shut in Punjab over eye virus outbreak LAHORE: More than 56,000 schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of a contagious... Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am
Pakistan KATI demands govt eradicate drug abuse in schools KARACHI: Emphasizing the need to curb drug abuse in educational institutions, President Korangi Association of Trade... Published 20 Aug, 2023 03:20am
Pakistan KP Education Dept announces summer vacations PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department Sunday decided to change the summer holidays from June 12 instead... Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am
Editorials Spare the rod EDITORIAL: Flanked by relevant government officials and the UNICEF Representative, Federal Education Minister Rana... Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am
Pakistan Schools in Sindh: summer vacation announced by govt KARACHI: The summer vacation for all public and private educational institutions will begin from June 1. The Sindh... Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am
Pakistan Bank Alfalah commits Rs49m for building schools in flood-hit areas KARACHI: Bank Alfalah, the biggest corporate donor for the flood-affected communities, has partnered with The... Published 21 Mar, 2023 06:29am
Pakistan Schools, colleges reopen across Sindh KARACHI: All private and government-run schools and colleges across Sindh resumed their regular classes as winter... Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am
Pakistan At schools damaged by recent floods: Sindh govt seeking help of NGOs, charities for revival of activities: minister KARACHI: “The Sindh government is seeking cooperation from the concerned non-governmental organisations and... Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:29am
Pakistan Schools in Lahore to remain closed three days a week due to smog Schools to remain closed every Friday and Saturday, in addition to Sunday Updated 07 Dec, 2022 05:01pm
Business & Finance ‘Asset leasing for schools’: ADB to give $0.2m technical assistance ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide technical assistance of around $0.2 million to support the... Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am
Print Paper price hike: merchants, publishers, others fuming KARACHI: Millions of school pupils would not get their academic books this year due to what paper merchants said... Updated 31 Aug, 2022 09:44am
Print Educational centres to remain shut today in view of heavy rain KARACHI: All public and private educational institutions in Karachi and other districts of Sindh will remain closed... Updated 18 Aug, 2022 09:41am
Pakistan Sanofi, Akhuwat Foundation bring diabetes education to schools KARACHI: Sanofi Pakistan has signed an MoU with Akhuwat Foundation to educate children and teachers of Akhuwat ... Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am
Business & Finance Reliable access to schools, health facilities: World Bank approves $300m for upgrading roads in vulnerable districts of KP ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $300 million in financing to support ... Updated 11 Jun, 2022 06:44am
World Schools in India’s tech hub Bengaluru receive bomb threats BENGALURU: Six schools in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru received bomb threats on Friday, police said, with... Published 09 Apr, 2022 04:39am
Pakistan At least 5 schools sealed in Islamabad after coronavirus cases emerge Schools shut down until further notice Published 17 Jan, 2022 04:14pm
Pakistan Educational institutions in Punjab to reopen tomorrow: Murad Raas Punjab education minister urges everyone to follow coronavirus SOPs issued by the government Updated 06 Jan, 2022 02:14pm
Pakistan Schools to be closed from 23rd: LHC nullifies NCOC decision LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) nullified the decision of National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) to hold... Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:33am
World Delhi shuts schools again after court warning to curb pollution NEW DELHI: India’s polluted capital again ordered schools closed on Thursday over dangerous smog levels, as the... Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am
World Delhi shuts schools again after court warning to curb pollution NEW DELHI: India's polluted capital again ordered schools closed on Thursday over dangerous smog levels, as the... Published 02 Dec, 2021 05:21pm
World Delhi to reopen schools as smog goes from worse to bad NEW DELHI: India's polluted capital will reopen schools on Monday, one week after it announced a partial shutdown... Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:32pm
Pakistan SC orders completion of quake-hit schools in KPK by June 2022 CJP Gulzar Ahmed expresses annoyance over the delay in the reconstruction process and sought details of the remaining projects Updated 09 Nov, 2021 02:04pm
Pakistan Schools in Punjab to reopen with 50% capacity from Sept 16: Murad Raas Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas announced on Tuesday all schools in the province would reopen from September ... Published 14 Sep, 2021 07:18pm
Pakistan Punjab extends closure of educational institutes till Sept 15 Decision comes following NCOC directives Updated 10 Sep, 2021 02:31pm
Print Ehsaas School Stipend programme launched: Over 20m children are out of schools, points out PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday launched Ehsaas School Stipend programme for the deserving ... Published 02 Sep, 2021 03:20am
Pakistan Sindh govt to vaccinate students of grades 9 to 12 from Sep 6 Plans to vaccinate 1.4 million students as part of the drive Updated 30 Aug, 2021 10:53pm
Print Sindh schools with '100pc vaccinated staff' will be allowed to reopen KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah announced on Monday that schools that had vaccinated 100... Published 24 Aug, 2021 03:17am
