LAHORE (PR): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pakistan Association for Difficulties in Learning (PADIL) Ashba Kamran has proposed that the subject of Learning Disabilities should be introduced to the B.Ed. and M.Ed. curriculums.She said short of teaching staff is a major impediment in controlling the ...

The future of Pakistan is its youth, and to ensure a better future we have to invest in the coming generations by educating them. The biggest problem of our education system is rote learning and its futility in practical life. It negates the very essence of education. Education must be imparted in ...

“You need to pay for every word you speak.” – A Chinese saying attributed to Confucius.And it was time to pay for ours! All the drawing room talk and social sermonising on how we need to think South Asia, discover our region, why our children need to practically be exposed to the ...

ISLAMABAD – Syed Hasan Javed, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Singapore, author of ‘Chinese Made Easy’, joined Quaid-i-Azam faculty, scholars and students at the seminar hall: School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), to give an insight ...

While there will surely emerge a lot of opportunities with the opening up of trade and commerce activities with India, however, one of the principal advantages to Pakistan in the process will come in the shape of ‘access to information’. Economically, India today is ahead of most ...

It is always a learning experience when you have the chance to sit amongst, listen to and talk with people from different countries. I was lucky enough to have such an opportunity recently, at the Going Global Conference, arranged by the British Council in London. While the British Council is ...

KARACHI - The Teach for Pakistan (TFP) Foundation held an introductory seminar here on Sunday to facilitate the students of the Karachi University (KU) to participate in mobilizing communities.While addressing the students, Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi said that it was important to ...

Lahore (PR) –Beaconhouse-Newlands School on Sunday inaugurated a four storey library tower at its campus in DHA.The four storey glass and concrete structure called the Learning Tower, is the latest addition to the campus facilities.The building has been designed to provide an exceptional ...

NIDHAL GUESSOUMWhat is education? Ah, that perennial question … In ancient times, education consisted of learning some important ‘arts’: how to speak well, how to behave well, how to manage affairs well ... And for this, one needed to know a number of things: facts, ideas, ...

The wide-eyed boy, perhaps all of 10 years old, shivers in a worn out sweater with holes in the elbows and his bare feet are only partially encased in a falling to bits pair of overly large joggers minus laces. At first glance, it looks as if he has been crying. However, a closer look reveals that ...

LAHORE (APP) - The Punjab University, a historic seat of learning in the Sub-Continent, on Sunday turned 129-yea-old, and its 43rd VC Prof Dr. Mujahid Kamran expressed his firm resolve to improve the PU ranking through depoliticization of the campuses and promotion of research culture. James ...

ISLAMABAD - Renowned human resource development practitioners unanimously underlined the need for making Pakistani organisations true learning systems in order to secure a competitive advantage. They said it during a high-level meeting of the Training Forum, Islamabad chapter discussing ...

COMMERCE DESK RECENT news on Turkey increasing the anti-dumping duties imposed on exports of Pakistani garments from 9.5 per cent to 52pc and on fabric from 6.4pc to 35pc has caused tumult in the textile industry as the increase could potentially hamper textile exports to the tune of $300 ...

A NAP during the day doesnt just beat tiredness, but actually improves the brains ability to absorb new information, claim US scientists. Volunteers who slept for 90 minutes during the day did better at cognitive tests than those who were kept awake. The results were presented at a conference in ...

PRACTICE makes perfect. But imaginary practice? Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at Switzerlands Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and team show that perceptual learning learning by repeated exposure to a stimulus can occur by mental imagery as much as by the real ...

HAYDEN Panettiere insists her lack of higher education isnt a problem when it comes to playing a university student. Haydens indestructible character comes of age in the new season of hit show Heroes with her moving on to a college campus. And the 20-year-old has never shared the experience she ...

Deep beneath the desolate landscape here are miles of canals that have watered wheat fields and vineyards for untold generations. They're also at the center of a dispute that handed the Taliban a propaganda victory and angered the very people the U.S. military hopes to win over through its troop ...

RAWALPINDI - Among other things, Sadar is known for its makeshift old books bazaar that has been a Sunday feature in twin cities for the past three decades. The old books bazaar is held every Sunday along the footpaths of the GPO Chowk. The book sellers have been catering to the needs of thousands ...

IT is a demanding dance move that few 50-year-olds would even hope to attempt - but a Michael Jackson concert just wouldn't be the same without his signature Moonwalk. So the ageing pop superstar has embarked on a rigorous training programme to ensure he will be fit and agile enough to perform his ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasized the need for stepped up efforts in learning from the Chinese experience in power generation, agriculture and water usage. He said that water and power issues will continue to haunt countries like Pakistan for the foreseeable future and ...