Lack of infrastructure and teachers is a hindrance to four-year programs in colleges, vice-chancellors said

Lack of infrastructure and teachers is a hindrance to four-year programs in colleges, vice-chancellors said

The meeting demanded to provide facilities to the College Education Department—Photo: File Karachi: Vice chancellors of government universities of Sindh including Karachi termed lack of infrastructure in government colleges of the province and lack of teachers in related subjects and lack of semester system as obstacles in the way of BS four-year program. Sindh has…

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World News in Brief: Houthis order US-UK staffers to leave, cholera response scales up in Somalia, teachers vital to fight against hate speech

World News in Brief: Houthis order US-UK staffers to leave, cholera response scales up in Somalia, teachers vital to fight against hate speech

Confirming the order from the de facto authorities, who control the capital Sana’a along with many other areas of the war-torn country, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters that the demand ran counter to the legal conditions under which UN and other NGOs operate. Yemen descended into all out conflict in 2015 with Houthi rebels…

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Urdu University: The HEC report became controversial due to wrong data on the appointments of teachers

Urdu University: The HEC report became controversial due to wrong data on the appointments of teachers

Karachi: The debate over the appointment of teachers in Urdu University and their selection boards to be invalidated has made the Higher Education Commission’s report on the issue controversial. The university’s identification of some of the figures included in the report as allegedly contrary to the facts has raised serious questions about the status of…

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Tension between teachers and administration of University of Karachi over house sealing issue

Tension between teachers and administration of University of Karachi over house sealing issue

Karachi: The ongoing tension between the teachers and the administration has reached the Sindh government over the recommendation to stop house selling in Karachi University. A meeting was held on Monday afternoon at the Chief Minister’s House under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary Agha Wasif on other controversial issues including stopping house sealing. In which…

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Non-payment of fees to University of Karachi;  Teachers also boycott morning classes after evening

Non-payment of fees to University of Karachi; Teachers also boycott morning classes after evening

Karachi: The tension between the teachers and the management in University of Karachi has become worst, the Anjuman Utsari University of Karachi has boycotted the classes of the morning program for non-payment of evening fees. This was decided in a meeting held by the teachers’ association. It should be noted that the boycott of evening…

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Order to reinstate 551 Daily Wage teachers teaching in Model Colleges of Islamabad

Order to reinstate 551 Daily Wage teachers teaching in Model Colleges of Islamabad

Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Education ordered the reinstatement of 551 daily wages teachers teaching in Islamabad’s Model Colleges. The Director General and Director of Colleges of the Federal Ministry of Education, on verbal orders, stopped 551 teachers teaching in Islamabad’s model colleges from coming to their institutions from August 10. The representatives of…

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Armed men entered the school and opened fire in Parachinar, 7 teachers were killed

Armed men entered the school and opened fire in Parachinar, 7 teachers were killed

Photo: Express Parachinar: 7 teachers were killed as a result of firing in a school near the Pakistan-Afghan border. According to the police, armed men entered the school and barged into the staff room and opened fire indiscriminately. According to initial reports, the deceased teachers were posted on matric examination duty in Government High School…

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