Director Programme Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) Dr Baela Raza Jamil has demanded that Punjab government should made public the findings

LAHORE: The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), being conducted by the Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) in Pakistan to assess the outcome of education

حکومت وسیلہ تعلیم پروگرام کو کامیاب کرانا چاہتی ہے تو اثر کا ڈیٹا اس پروگرام کو کامیاب بنانے میں مدد دے سکتا ہے ،مفت تعلیم کے حق کا بل وزیر اعلی کی منظوری کا منتظر ہے ،

KARACHI - The tenth Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Putting Education to Work of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognizes dire need for investment in the future of young boys and girls in terms of spending, quality education and skill building initiatives

The concept of private tuition is fast becoming a trend for students. The idea of a private tutor to coach and cater to the students every academic need completely undermines the entire system

The Global Development and Population Program makes grants to improve the well-being of vulnerable people

Focusing on primary education should form the basis of our debate on improving education standards By Irfan Mufti

LAHORE: The Punjab government would decentralise the Education Department and set up District Education Model Centres to address the problems of local teachers and Education Department staff, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday

NAROWAL/ LAHORE: PML-...

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan 2012 will be launched in Islamabad on January 28, Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) Programmes Director Baela Raza Jamil said on Monday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: All education-related activities revolve around teachers. They are the role models for the children of the nation

LAHORE, Oct 3: The Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has launched the second phase of its 'One Million Signature Campaign' to project the need of free and compulsory education for children in 5-16 year age group

THE merger of primary schools in Punjab is irking all those who are campaigning to expand the education facilities to bring out-of-school children in schools in line with the implementation of Article 25-A of the Constitution as well as those who are against co-education at primary schools.

 For once, I am optimistic about elementary education in India. Not because we have witnessed improvements in learning levels. In fact, the opposite is true. The latest Annual Status of Education Report highlights the deepening crisis of poor learning levels. In 2008, just under 50% of standard III students could read a standard I text. In 2012, this dropped to nearly 30%. My optimism stem...

In the run-up to 2015 and beyond, the global education community must work together to improve learning and propose practical actions to deliver and measure progress. In response, UNESCO through its Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution have co-convened the Learning Metrics Task Force (LMTF). The project’s main objective i...

In preparation for discussions on post-2015 global development goals, the United Nations launched the global survey MY World in December to determine the top priorities of people around the world. People from 183 different countries have taken part in the survey.

Thank you very much. Thank you. So I just said to Raj, you had to remind me of Red Sox travails. Eighty-six years, well, we got over that. Now, today I wake up and I’m mourning Kevin Youkilis, a Yankee? I don’t know. (Laughter.) Anyway, I don’t want to get him in trouble. He said some very nice things about the Red Sox, and I don’t want to go there. (Laughter.)

LONDON (AlertNet) – Children around the world must have access to free secondary education - and be legally protected from child labour and child marriage - if they are to be given a proper chance in life, says a major report released Wednesday.

According to the recent survey launched by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 23 per cent of six to 16-year-old children are out of school in the country; the number comes up to around five million. This, according to 2012 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, makes Pakistan the country with the second highest number of out of school children. Of these five million, 63 pe...

Private Schools Management Association Chairman Sharaf-uz-Zaman says that he was really surprised at the way the Sindh Provincial Bill (Article 25-A) Right to Free and Compulsory Education was passed without taking the private schools into confidence.

LAHORE: The draft law for the implementation of Article 25-A of the Constitution pertaining to free and compulsory schooling for children aged 5 to 16, has been sent to the Assembly secretariat this week, School Education Department (SED) Secretary Aslam Kamboh said on Friday.

From Kenya to India to the United States, world leaders are realizing the global learning crisis that threatens to rob millions of children of the fundamental human right to education, and the knowledge and skills required for well-being and prosperity in the 21st century. Well before Education for All (EFA) was endorsed in 1990, educators recognized that providing access to schooling without a...

Elections 2013 are just around the corner and election manifestoes are appearing daily in the media. The emphasis on change is a recurring theme and political parties are finally acknowledging issues that face the nation with promises to address them if elected.

The 2013/14 Education for All Global Monitoring Report will show why education is pivotal for development in a rapidly changing world. It will explain how investing wisely in teachers, and other reforms aimed at strengthening equitable learning, transform the long-term prospects of people and societies.

Washington DC is where things were happening last week April 15-19, 2013 - the world had descended from the UN Secretary General\'s handpicked global youth leaders to civil society activists...

Gordon Brown is the United Nations’ special envoy for global education. He was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010, after 10 years as chancellor of the exchequer.

The next two weeks will see a wealth of activities geared toward ramping up the global education agenda. From community initiatives to ministerial meetings, children, parents, advocates, experts, and political leaders are turning their attention to basic education.

This is an important week for global education. The World Bank, the United Nations Secretary General and his Special Envoy on Global Education, Gordon Brown are convening a meeting with finance and education ministers from 8 countries

This week, an unprecedented gathering of world leaders in Washington DC is seeking to urgently accelerate progress on achieving education for all. 61 million children of primary school age are still out of school around the world, and with less than 1,000 days remaining to the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), urgent action is needed right now to ensure every child goes to s...

All Parties conferences and in party manifestos For the first time in Pakistan’s history, we have a national consensus to end the education emergency...

While almost all six to fourteen year olds in India are enrolled in school, their performance is far below expected levels. The common view is that the problem can be addressed by filling gaps in the system such as inadequate infrastructure or teacher shortage. This column argues that these inputs can ensure “schooling for all” but not “learning for all”, and suggests te...

ISLAMABAD: They sat on a mound, making dung cakes in Basti Khundo in Rahim Yar Khan (Southern Punjab). Having made palm-sized dung cakes in her 15 years, Aisha was with her little 3 year old sister. Dutifully, she put aside some dung to make some toys for her baby sister.

ISLAMABAD: When it comes to education, the manifestos of most political parties have two things in common: that they all pledge to move mountains to address Pakistan’s education emergency, but offer few plans as to how they intend to do this.

PESHAWAR: Article 25-A of the Constitution declares free and compulsory education to be a fundamental right for all children aged five to 16. But three years after the article was introduced as part of the 18th Amendment, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government is yet to initiate mechanisms that implement this right.

ISLAMABAD: While the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) is finalising the make-up of its government, an array of challenges is staring the party in the face, with the most crucial one being the education emergency in the country.

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai has received the 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award from Ireland for speaking out for both sexes' equal access to education, media reported January 1.

Pakistan faces many challenges in education; these include huge disparities in opportunities, particularly for the rural poor and girls, poor quality education,

Date: Tuesday 23rd July 2013, 

Time: 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, 

Venue: Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) (formerly KIE) (Murang\'a Road, Ngara). 

 We will be delighted to see you, and share first-hand the big story in our 3rd Uwezo rep...

Islamabad, 16th August: Short-term thinking and reactive responses from India are endangering the fragile peace process in the region. This was the consensus of a roundtable discussion hosted by the Jinnah Institute in Islamabad on Friday. Senior policy makers, parliamentarians, former military personnel, senior journalists and former state officials attended the ...

The future of millions of school-going children in Balochistan has been jeopardised due to gender disparity, bad governance and lack of quality education, said United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Balochistan Representative Qaisar Khan Jamali. - See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/08/05/news/national/gender-disparity-in-balochistan-jeopardises-...

LAHORE: Baithaks, jirgas and kutcheris, the traditional way of settling disputes, are being convened to bring communities closer and resolve issues related to the right to education. The inclusion of Article 25-A in the 18th Amendment allows every child in the 5-16 age bracket free compulsory education.

Sunday, September 08, 2013 - Islamabad—A nationwide survey to examine the status of education in Pakistan has been launched that would also gauge the learning levels of children aged 5 to 16 years. The Annual Status of Education Report 2013 was launched in the closing ceremony of a three-day workshop arranged by Idara-e-Taleem- o-Aagahi.

ISLAMABAD: A nationwide survey to examine the status of education in Pakistan has been launched that would also gauge the learning levels of children aged 5 to 16 years.

ISLAMABAD - The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), the national survey conducted every year to gauge the learning levels of the children in the age band of 5-16 years, has started its fieldwork under which 145 rural and 10 urban districts will be covered including 87,000 households and almost 2.5 lakh children.

General Debate: 24 September - 1 October 2013

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BANGKOK, Thailand (ESCAP and UNFPA) – A regional ministerial conference of Asian and Pacific governments has issued a strong reaffirmation that gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights are indispensable to sustainable development, and must be a key part of the post - 2015 development framework