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February 28, 2025
Name of ex-bureaucrat proposed for appointment as BIEK chairman
An undated image of the building of the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi . — Facebook@BIEK/FileAfter Brigadier Waseem Akhtar, the...
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November 13, 2024
Minister seeks details from VCs, faculty of all varsities about research trips abroad
A representational image showing a silhouette of an aeroplane. — AFP/FileIn a recent policy shift, the minister for the Universities and Boards...
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October 21, 2024
Despite applicants’ approval, VCs’ appointments being delayed
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law name on building seen in this image. — Facebook/@szabulofficial/fileThe appointment of a permanent...
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October 16, 2024
Grades to replace marks and ranks in Sindh's matric, inter exams
First, second, and third positions will be abolished under the new grading system
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September 23, 2024
KMU improves on many fronts in recent months
Karachi Metropolitan University building can be seen in this image. — muk.edu.pk website/FileThe Karachi Metropolitan University , formerly...
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September 12, 2024
Deputation practice returns to dept of boards, varsities
A representational image showing IBA Sukkur building. — IBA Sukkuer website/FileThe deputation practice has returned to the Department of Boards...
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September 09, 2024
Karachi Metropolitan University lacks student transport system
An undated image of KMDC building in Karachi. — KMC website/FileThe Karachi Metropolitan University , previously known as the Karachi Medical &...
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August 27, 2024
Sindh schools to remain open today
Over 150mm rain likely to batter Karachi this week, says Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz
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August 21, 2024
Four public varsities in Sindh await appointment of VC
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law name on building seen in this image. — Facebook/@szabulofficial/fileFour public sector universities...
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August 13, 2024
Urdu Bazaar traders concerned over textbooks shortage
A representational image showing vendors selling books at a stall. — AFP/FileAmid an already delayed academic session, the Urdu Bazaar Traders...
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July 24, 2024
Education dept fails to publish textbooks timely
In this image a student reading a book in a classroom. — Reuters/File In a display of incompetence, the Education Department of Sindh has...
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July 23, 2024
Three Mirpurkhas board officials suspended over ‘fraudulent mark sheets’
The BISE Mirpurkhas building.— bisempk website/file In a significant development, ex-controller of examinations Ghulam Mohammad, IT Manager...
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April 24, 2024
Body probing video scandal reviews FIA’s findings
Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur building can be seen in this image. — Facebook/Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur/FileThe committee formed...
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April 19, 2024
KU PhD recommended for Raisi
Picture showing the Silver Jubilee Gate of the University of Karachi. — APP File KARACHI: The University of Karachi will confer an honorary PhD...
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March 19, 2024
JSMU appoints retired officials to important positions in disregard for SC directives
Jinnah Sindh Medical University building is seen in this image. — Facebook/Jinnah Sindh Medical University/FileIn disregard for the directives...
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March 05, 2024
Court decision exposes chaos in Sindh’s education boards
This representational image shows an unidentified person is holding a judge's gravel. — Pexels/FileThe Sindh High Court's decision on Monday...
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February 27, 2024
Sindh’s education sector plunges into chaos, thanks to innumerable failures of outgoing caretaker govt
Students wearing facemasks are on their way to school in Karachi. — AFP/FileThe caretaker government in Sindh has been characterised by...
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February 19, 2024
Fuuast senate meeting to finalise VC candidate tomorrow
The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology’s senate will hold an imperative meeting on Tuesday in Islamabad. The meeting, with...
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January 25, 2024
Three shortlisted for Mirpurkhas varsity VC
Member of search committee informed Jang that after conducting interviews, committee forwarded 3 names to caretaker CM
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January 24, 2024
Inter exam results reveal significant decline in students’ performance
The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi released on Tuesday the results for Part-I of the examination, revealing a concerning decline in the...
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January 15, 2024
Even huge spending fails to improve state of Sindh’s schools
Report states astounding Rs7.36 billion was spent on school furniture during the tenure of previous minister
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January 01, 2024
2023 proves bad year for education in Sindh
In a turbulent year for Sindh education, 2023 saw a succession of failures, setbacks and disappointment, indicating a disturbing pattern of ad...
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December 30, 2023
Dr Shehzad Jeeva named Int’l Baccalaureate’s Global Chief Education Officer
Dr Shehzad Jeeva, the respected head of the Aga Khan University Examination Board, has been named as International Baccalaureate's Global Chief...
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December 21, 2023
Search committee interviews candidates for Shaikh Ayaz University VC
The search committee tasked with identifying a suitable candidate for the vice chancellor post of the Shaikh Ayaz University, Shikarpur, has...
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December 08, 2023
CM halts implementation of proposal to remove three matric boards’ chairmen
In a surprising turn of events, Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice Maqbool Baqar has intervened to halt the implementation of a proposal...
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December 05, 2023
Szabul facing delays in moving into purpose-built facility despite its completion
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Law University , Karachi, the first of its kind in Pakistan, is facing delays in moving into its purpose-built facility,...
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November 21, 2023
Probe continuing into MDCAT ‘paper leak’: PMDC chief
A student can be seen attempting her exam paper in this undated image. — APP/FilePakistan Medical and Dental Council President Dr Rizwan Taj has...
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November 07, 2023
Durbeen’s first batch of BEd programme starts teaching after graduation
This representational image shows a teacher teaching students in a class room. — Facebook/FileTo make the teaching sector better and more...
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October 30, 2023
Matriculation mark sheets yet to be issued to students
A representational image shows students appearing in an exam. — PPI/FileThousands of matriculation students in Karachi are facing an uncertain...
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October 12, 2023
Dr Naushad Shaikh made CIEC chairman
The former vice-chancellor of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, and former president of the Pakistan Medical Commission,...
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September 28, 2023
Member of panel probing MDCAT ‘paper leak’ resigns
Dr Asad Ilyas, the registrar of the Institute of Business Administration Karachi, has tendered his resignation as a key member of the six-member...
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August 17, 2023
CM okays summary to advertise SZABUL VC’s position
Instead of approving Dr Rana Shamim’s extension for another four-year term as vice chancellor of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto University of...
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August 12, 2023
Department of Boards and Universities fails to honour SHC orders
The Department of Boards and Universities seems to have become a one-stop shop for appointments and transfers even as the provincial government’s...
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August 10, 2023
Lower grade govt school positions being ‘hurriedly’ filled in Sindh
Under the Department of School Education, the recruitment process for lower grades in government schools across the province, including the seven...
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July 20, 2023
Inter board gets new chairman
The Sindh government’s Universities & Boards Department has expedited the procedures of transfers and appointments in the education boards barely...
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July 04, 2023
Is education department misusing authority in grade-19 promotions?
The decision of the Sindh chief secretary to give authority to the education department of the provincial government to promote and transfer...
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June 16, 2023
CIE offers options to candidates whose exams were cancelled on May 10, 11 and 12
The Cambridge International Examination has communicated the following options for candidates whose examinations were cancelled on May 10, 11 and...
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June 01, 2023
‘CM increases varsities’ budget to Rs21.70bn for next fiscal year’
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has significantly increased the budget for the public sector universities of the province for the next financial...
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May 26, 2023
CS dismayed at failure to cut off drug supplies to educational institutions
karachi: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mohammad Sohail Rajput has expressed his dismay at the persistent distribution of illegal substances among...
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March 13, 2023
CAIE removes Israel, Palestine chapters from history syllabus
KARACHI: The Cambridge Assessment International Examination has removed two chapters related to Western Asian and Middle East countries from the...
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November 22, 2022
AIOU VC acting charge withdrawn from minister
KARACHI Following publication of a news item in daily The News, the appointment of Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana...
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November 15, 2022
PMC to give grace marks to MDCAT candidates following complaints received by students
Pakistan Medical Commission will release complete MDCAT results in a week's time
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November 10, 2022
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture offers Career-Related Studies to students
In a first-of-its-kind partnership for Pakistan, students of International Baccalaureate’s Career-related Programme can now avail Career-Related...
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October 20, 2022
HEC reviewing graduate programme as new system not helping private master’s candidates
Understanding the difficulty being faced by thousands of candidates awaiting examinations of private masters programme in arts and commerce, the...
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September 20, 2022
Sindh boards cannot survive delay in release of funds: COC
KARACHI: The Committee of Chairman , a committee consisting of heads of education boards across Sindh, has expressed concern over the non-release of...
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August 17, 2022
BIEK postpones exams amid heavy rains in Karachi
Heavy rains have hit Karachi damaging roads and affecting daily life in the city
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August 16, 2022
Process to appoint VCs not begun as search committee awaits govt notification
The appointments of vice chancellors, directors of finance, chairmen of education boards, controller of examinations, and secretaries in the...
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August 06, 2022
NED entry test results show dismal standards of educational boards in Sindh
The admissions tests for the bachelor's degree programme at one of the country's top engineering universities, NED University of Engineering and...
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June 23, 2022
Question mark over director’s appointment to KU’s Benazir Chair
KARACHI: The Sindh government has appointed director of the Shaheed Mohtarmma Benazir Bhutto Chair at the University of Karachi against a violation...
