Dawn – Staff Writer

“The Pakistan Coalition for Education has rightly criticised the government’s tardiness in announcing Pakistan’s education policy. It is now four years since the policymakers in Islamabad decided — and correctly so — that the education policy introduced in 1998, and which was meant to be in place until 2010, was highly inadequate and needed far-reaching revisions.”(more)

Daily Times – Adnan Lodhi

“The disagreements between the HEC and the federal education minister have astonished the public as they fail to understand why the authorities concerned want to disturb the verification process, especially when 75 percent of the work has already been completed.”(more)

Daily Times – Staff Writer

“ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday accorded precedence to promotion of higher education on behalf of his government. He acknowledges that education is pivotal to the progress and prosperity of the country.”(more)

Daily Times – Staff Writer

“ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Education Task Force on Wednesday called for addressing the education related issues at grassroots level and speeding up efforts to implement the agenda set in new education policy at a time when 35 percent children are out of school.“(more)

Dawn – Staff Writer

“A report released recently by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) gives a gloomy picture of education in Pakistan. About 40 per cent of the country’s children of school-going age cannot access education, and the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Competitiveness Report ranks Pakistan 117 out of 134 countries in terms of quality primary education, says the Sparc report. It adds that 20 per cent of the country lacks basic educational facilities, and that the Rs6.5bn Public Sector Development Programme 2007-08 failed to address this issue.”(more)

Daily Times – Staff Writer

“ISLAMABAD: Education experts and civil society representatives on Tuesday emphasised that provision of free and quality education to people was the state’s responsibility and no excuse was acceptable in this respect.”(more)

Daily Times – Staff Writer

“The ambassador said Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan should promote and strengthen cultural and social relations by developing stronger links in the field of education. He said Kyrgyzstan desired to learn from Pakistan in the field of engineering, food and agricultural sciences.”(more)

Daily Times – Staff Writer

“ISLAMABAD: Members of the Senate called upon the government on Monday to ensure the provision of education to every child and demanded a uniform education system across the country.”(more)

Daily Times – Adnan Lodhi

“Almost all educational institutions in Lahore faced closure over fear of terrorists targeting schools, universities. Punjab government, security agencies made strict security arrangements. Several institutions raised fees to cover cost of enhanced security measures.”(more)

Daily Times – Staff Writer

“KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting of the Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) at the Chief Minister’s House on Thursday said the prosperity of a nation depends upon qualitative education, and the government and other organisations should play their due role in this regard.”(more)