Tag: higher education
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List of illegal, unrecognised universities across Pakistan made public
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan recently released a list of illegal and ‘fake’ campuses of universities and higher education institutions across the country. According to the HEC, degrees obtained from these institutions will not be recognised by the commission. To ensure students across the country obtain valid degrees, the HEC has urged students…
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AI instructors to teach Harvard students next year
Harvard University, one of America’s most prestigious and expensive colleges, is planning to introduce an AI-powered teaching assistant to instruct students in its popular introductory coding course.
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PM Shehbaz allocates Rs14 billion for Pakistan Endowment Fund for Education, adds coding to national curriculum
On Wednesday, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif officially launched the Pakistan Endowment Fund for Education, which includes the incorporation of computer coding and constitutional studies into the National Curriculum. During the launching ceremony, he announced a budget of Rs14 billion for the program over the next four years, with Rs3 billion allocated for the current…
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Govt’s ‘Rehmatul-Lil Alameen Scholarship’ to also cover non-Muslims
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has launched the Rehmatul-Lil Alameen scholarship program for underprivileged students, Radio Pakistan has reported. As per details, a budget of 27.93 billion rupees has been approved for this national-level program which will be used over the next five years. The program will be implemented in 129 public sector universities across the…
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Peshawar university employees take pay cuts after varsity runs out of money
The administration of the University of Peshawar has announced that it will not able to “disburse full salary to its employees for the month January” due to the financial constraints. In a notification issued by the registrar on Jan 21, the university said it will only be able to pay “basic and personal pay” due…
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No pension for new hirings at KP universities in ‘Naya Pakistan’: report
In what appears to greatly contradict claims of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for ‘Naya Pakistan [new Pakistan]’, Higher Education, Archives and Libraries Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has issued a notification to the public sector universities directing it to implement “no pension liability” for all future initial recruitments in addition to other strict measures…