ISLAMABAD: International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have launched disaster management information system, according to a statement issued on Friday.
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New petrol price may go up to PKR 309 per liter in Pakistan
New petrol price may go up to PKR 309 per liter in Pakistan following steep fall in rupee value and expected imposition of sales tax on petroleum products.
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Development not possible without innovation in education: minister
ISLAMABAD: Rana Tanveer Hussain, Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training, has said that without revolution and innovation in the education system of the country, the development and stability is not possible.
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Returning Pakistani migrants supported for sustainable income
ISLAMABAD: Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) held a ceremony in Islamabad where participants, including returning migrants, local population, and vulnerable groups, received toolkits as an In-Kind support to enable them initiate sustained self-employment, according to a statement issued on Thursday.
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Pakistan may massively increase petroleum prices under IMF pressure
Pakistan may announce a massive increase in petroleum prices in order to meet the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Millennium Education hosts Teachers’ Development Conference
ISLAMABAD: Dr. Musadik Malik, Minister of State for Petroleum, Ministry of Energy stressed on the correlation between good education and the growth of a country’s economy.
While petroleum has a huge contribution to our GDP, having highly educated individuals as future leaders is what Pakistan needs to maintain and further prosper country’s economy in every sector.
He expressed his thoughts while addressing the 14th Annual Teachers’ Development Conference organized by The Millennium Education Group. He appreciated the role of TME Group for conducting this conference for exposure and learning capacity of teachers by upscaling their professional development.
The Millennium Education Group has revolutionized the private education sector in Pakistan through its visionary ideas and innovative modern implementations. The Annual Teachers’ Development Conference was attended by over 1100 teachers spanning from across the country. TME partnered with JS Bank, an organization also dedicated to sponsoring initiatives that work towards positive societal development, ensured the success and impact of this event.
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Since the theme of the conference was ‘Futurist- Quests- Challenges- Journey’, a revolutionary approach to teaching that does away with the conventional means of teaching and instead focuses on the finest and the most effective ways of talent development.
The conference sought to give pedagogy a whole new meaning for accelerated growth and development of the students. TME highlighted their contributive efforts towards achieving SDGs particularly SDG4 of provision of quality education.
Addressing the conference, TME Pakistan Chief Executive Dr. Faisal Mushtaq (TI) gave a revolutionary ideas for the reinvention of the conventional classroom, stating that the humble classroom ought to be transformed into a learning studio, which replaces the standard ‘lecture’ approach with ideas for innovation in instruction. Dr. Faisal Mushtaq closed off his address by doubling down on the importance of sound pedagogical foundations, interactive engagement, creativity, diversity, collaborative, and experiential learning as the key denominators to meaningful learning and intellectual development.
Under the tutelage of Dr. Faisal Mushtaq, the conference also promoted the innovative ‘Magic of 35 minutes: the minutes which could redefine, reshape and rebuild learning experiences’.
Guests at the TDC included His Excellency Andreas Ferrarese, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy, Teacher’s Development Centre Director Abbas Hussain, National Curriculum Council of Pakistan Director Dr. Mariam Chughtai, SAPM Public Policy and Strategic Communications Fahd Hussain and many other distinguished leaders from across the academic spectrum in Pakistan. TME Pakistan Executive Director Anna Faisal, Academic Director Erum Atif and Director Communication Sabina Zakir also graced the occasion with their presence.
Leading the conference, Dr. Faisal Mushtaq presented awards and certificates to the instructors who had completed their Cambridge Professional Development qualifications, foundation courses and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert certificates.
Abbas Hussain presented his ideas, wonderfully encapsulated in the single sentence ‘Let the questions turn into a quest’. He alluded to different factors that contribute to classroom complexities and suggested many strategies for resolution, including revolutionizing the classroom by radically changing how students ask questions.
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Dr. Mariam Chughtai referred to equity and inclusion as hallmark of education that ensures equal access for all learners to curriculum and programming within an educational setting. She stressed the need to close the opportunity and achievement gap because ‘Every child matters!’
From the beginning, the vision of the Teacher Development Conferences has been to bring teachers into direct contact with leading scholars, academia, and educational thinkers in a stimulating environment.
TDC 2023 strives to provide word class learning opportunities to the teachers. This conference aimed to provide the teachers with a platform to express themselves not only as educators, but also to discover the hidden potential in each one of them that leads to the discovery of their ultimate identity, as the builders of the blocks which will eventually culminate in the upheaval of the entire world.
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Awaz CDS engages significantly in achieving SDGs
KARACHI: Awaz CDS has always played effective role to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and accelerating role of civil society in process.
Post presentation of voluntary National Review Report (VNR) at High Level Political Forum 2022 by United Nations, Awaz CDS came together with Pakistan Development Alliance to strengthen development processes at national level.
A conference was held in this regard on Engaging Civil Society in Decade of Action to Accelerate SDGs Implementation -Lessons from HLPF2022 and Way Forward. The event is jointly organized by National Parliamentary Task Force on SDGs Planning Commission of Pakistan, Awaz CDS-Pakistan, and Pakistan Development Alliance.
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Awaz CDS-Pakistan and Pakistan Development Alliance led the civil society engagement processes at the national level and produced spotlight report as well as voluntary local review report in 2022 which were also launched during the conference.
Ali Kemal, Chief SDGs Planning Commission of Pakistan, said that VNR Report compilation is a massive project and civil society played a very important role in data collection and its successful completion.
VNRs provide the opportunity for countries to share their individual experiences, including successes, challenges and lessons learned, with a view to accelerating SDG implementation. He stressed on the importance of effective roles civil society plays in achieving SDGs and benefiting from the learnings of such review reports.
Romina Khurshid Alam, Convener Parliamentary Task Force on SDGs welcomed the audience and said that since the adoption of SDGs as national development goals by Parliament of Pakistan in March 2016, the government has achieved many instructional and strategic millstones to implement SDGs. Pakistan has successfully presented two voluntary national review (VNR) reports at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) at UNHQ in July 2109 and 2022.
Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Chief Executive Awaz CDS-Pakistan & National Chair Pakistan Development Alliance said that civil society has done a lot of work in the implementation of SDGs and has aided in the improvement of overall situation in Pakistan. He stressed the need for greater and more accurate data collection.
He further highlighted the need of inclusion and participation of civil society representatives at the policy level as well as VNR report making process for depiction of real on ground situation. Founder of SDGs Academy Ammar Jaffery stressed to engage youth in the process.
Munazza Gillani Country Director Sightsavers emphasized on the meaningful engagement of persons with disabilities to ensure no one is left behind to benefit from SDGs.
Representatives of VSO Hashim Bilal shared the constructive role of volunteers towards the achievement of SDGs. Mukhtar Ahmed Ali Executive Director CPDI called for the political will of the duty bearers and sensitisation of right holders in the processes.
Javed Malick Country Director Malala Fund highlighted the need of quality education and gender equality in Pakistan as main pillars to achieve SDGs. Country Director Hashoo Foundation Ayesha Khan called for more spaces for civil society so as they can facilitate governments better to fulfil international commitments including SDGs.
Nadeem Ahmed Social Policy Advisor Federal SDGs Unit Planning Commission of Pakistan appreciated the role of civil society in holding government accountable and shared that government has taken many policy and structural steps to achieve SDGs in Pakistan. He also shared that a subcommittee of National Economic Council -NEC, the apex decision making body in the country has been established to monitor the progress on the implementation of SDGs.
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Pearson, British Council host learners award ceremony 2022
KARACHI: Pearson and British Council Pakistan hosted Outstanding Pearson Learners Award Ceremony for outstanding results in iprimary, International GCSE and A Level examination in year 2022.
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K-Electric seeks highest ever reduction in power bills
KARACHI: K-Electric has requested NEPRA to pass a reduction of PKR 10.26 per unit in customer bills under Fuel Charges Adjustment (FCA) for the month of December 2022.
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Redemption date for bearer prize bonds is June 30: SBP
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday said redemption date for bearer prize bonds has been extended up to June 30, 2022.
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