Emerging trends and challenges to higher education in Pakistan
Islamabad
May 10, 2021
Education, especially higher education plays a very pivotal role in transformation and development of a nation. Higher education institutions impart the knowledge and skills to youth and make them ready for shouldering future responsibilities of running the whole system of a country. Moreover, besides teaching and learning universities are the places where knowledge is created, which further adds to importance of these institutions in the development of a nation. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic besides other walks of life also badly affects the educational activities throughout the world. Pakistan is no exception, however, the question arises here that even prior to the present pandemic higher education institutions in Pakistan were discharging their responsibilities which they were supposed to perform. Was there any pragmatic linkage between university and industry? Could the university g
ISLAMABAD: The Quaid-i-Azam University , Shaoor Foundation, National Counter Terrorism Authority , Paigham-e-Pakistan, and Iqra University jointly hosted an online conference of the vice-chancellors.
Promotion of peace, tolerance in universities underscored
Islamabad
May 1, 2021
Islamabad : The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Shaoor Foundation, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), Paigham-e-Pakistan, and Iqra University jointly hosted an online conference of the vice-chancellors on academia’s response to the challenge of religious extremism.
A total of 40 VCs from Islamabad and across Sindh attended the conference and discussed the issue of extremism in the country.
They approved a set of recommendations for the promotion of peace and tolerance at universities.
According to them, there is a need for the promotion of peace and civic education of students through co-curricular activities, faculty training on conflict resolution, the establishment of peace platforms, student societies, and elected bodies for peace and improvement in curriculum and pedagogy.