Lyari varsity delegation discusses IT projects with president
Karachi
April 26, 2021
A six-member delegation of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari (BBSUL) headed by Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Akhtar Baloch called on President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday to discuss research and ongoing development projects in the varsity, especially the recently developed project for blinds named eWalk.
The meeting took place at the Governor House. The delegation included Dr Mazhar Ali, incharge of the BBSUL faculty of computing sciences and information technology, and Dr Shafique Awan, the supervisor of the eWalk project, and three students of the department of information technology.
Karachi
February 7, 2021
Educators and academics have expressed reservations over a recently-passed bill from the Senate for making the teaching of Arabic compulsory at all the educational institutions, saying that the economic prospects of teaching Arabic are low and adding more languages to the curriculum will further deteriorate the teaching standards of mathematics and science subjects.
A few days earlier, the Senate of Pakistan passed the Compulsory Teaching of Arabic Language Bill 2020, to make Arabic a compulsory subject at all the educational institutions.
Talking to The News, a number of educators said the legislators should try to fill the loopholes of the educational system instead of overburdening the students. They opined that about 74 per cent of students from grade I to X were learning two languages Urdu and English – as compulsory subjects. Likewise, learning their mother tongue in various regions of the country was also compulsory for the students from grade