THE Annual Status of Education Report 2011 (ASER) — the second in a row — that was launched last week should be an eye-opener for those who do not know much about how the children of the ‘other’ learn.

The Annual Status of Education report (ASER) 2011 was released Thursday afternoon at the Planning Commission amidst a diverse panel of industry leaders, politicians, NGO representatives and education analysts.

LAHORE, Feb 1: A survey of students’ learning outcomes in Urdu, English and arithmetic on provinces level shows serious problems in the governments’ approach towards achieving literacy targets, while it highlights the fact that students in Sindh villages are lagging far behind students in the rural districts of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

When I was young I learnt about the four seasons. The next few years gradually made me realise that we actually have five seasons in a year, the fifth season usually befalls in the month of March or August. It is known as the exams season!

ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: As many as 58 per cent children in the country cannot read a sentence in Urdu or in their regional language while 75 per cent are unable to read a sentence in English.

This was revealed in a survey report launched by South Asia Forum for Education Development managed by Idara Taleem-o-Aagahi in collaboration with the Foundation Ope...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Professional and Technical Training Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Thursday admitted that Pakistan continues to perform poorly in the education sector and remains off track in terms of meeting the education targets set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA).

ISLAMABAD: Forty-two percent children of the country have the ability to read a sentence in Urdu or in their own regional language, while merely 25.8% are able to read sentences in English, according to a report launched on Thursday at the Planning Commission Auditorium.

Islamabad: Federal Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada said, while addressing the ceremony of annual survey of education report (ASER) at planning commission, “ Pakistan continues to perform extremely poorly in education and we are seen to be off track in terms of meeting the education targets set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Educa...