By Our Correspondent KARACHI: Countries across the globe should not ignore the sustainable development goals aimed at addressing the inequalities relevant to people’s well-being, gender, healthcare, and other basic necessities, while they are busy taking measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, said speakers at an
KARACHI: Karachi had a total of 3,036 government-run schools up to the higher secondary level in 2019, with 459,001 students and 22,079 teachers, according to the recently issued official school census report (2018-19). A maximum of 745 Sindh government schools were located in the Malir
KARACHI: The University of Karachi (KU) held two different events related to plants and flowers, aimed at improving the overall greenery situation at the campus and giving an impetus to works being carried out by the varsity’s plant scientists, which witnessed a considerable enthusiasm among
KARACHI: The Sindh Minister for Education and Labour, Saeed Ghani, announced that the government has decided to defer the reopening of middle schools until September 23 as there were reports confirming the COVID-19 infections among teaching staff. “Unfortunately, educational institutions, both private and public, are
KARACHI: The Sindh Minister for Education, Saeed Ghani, has declared that educational institutions in the province will reopen from September 15 to 30 in phases, while observing the relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). In accordance with the federal government’s decision, the institutions will be allowed
By Mukhtar Alam: The administration and teaching faculty at the University of Karachi (KU), on April 22, examined the preparations for introduction of online teaching in the wake of prolonged coronavirus epidemic in the country. At a relevant meeting, held with KU Vice Chancellor Prof
By Mukhtar Alam: The first phase of upgradation works of the Sindh government’s Chemico Bacteriological Laboratory (CBL), undertaken by the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, may take another five months or so to complete, this emerged on April 19. According to sources
By Our Correspondent KARACHI: The University of Karachi held a ceremony to mark the launch of construction of a new building for its Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programme, recently. The event was held at the site of the proposed building, next to Dr M