National
April 20, 2021
VEHARI: Assistant Education Officers (AEOs) of the whole district staged a sit-in outside the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office against suspension of their colleagues and raised slogans against the CEO education. Addressing the protestors, AEO district president Waheed Aslam accused Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sohaib Imran of having personal grudge against their colleagues.
Suspension of classes of eighth grade and below extended till May 1
Karachi
April 19, 2021
The regular classroom-based teaching up till eighth grade in the government and private schools in Sindh will remain suspended till May 1, 2020 due to surging Covid-19 cases in the province.
The announcement to this effect was made by Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani in a statement issued on Sunday. The statement read that the provincial education department had held a meeting to consult the relevant federal and provincial, ministers, authorities and experts before taking such a decision.
The teaching for the students of up till eighth grade, however, will continue during this period through homework-based study assignments and different methods of online education, using email, WhatsApp and other modes of electronic communication.
Suspension of classes of eighth grade and below extended until May 1
National
April 19, 2021
KARACHI: The regular classroom-based teaching up till eighth grade in the government and private schools in Sindh will remain suspended till May 1, 2020 due to surging Covid-19 cases in the province. The announcement to this effect was made by Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani in a statement issued on Sunday. The statement read that the provincial education department had held a meeting to consult the relevant federal and provincial, ministers, authorities and experts before taking such a decision. The teaching for the students of up till eighth grade, however, will continue during this period through homework-based study assignments and different methods of online education, using email, WhatsApp and other modes of electronic communication. The regular classroom-based education of students of ninth till 12th grades in the government schools and colleges in Sindh will conti
By Reuters Staff
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia’s Axiata Group Bhd and DiGi.Com Bhd suspended trading of their shares on Thursday, pending a “material announcement”, both telecommunication companies said in exchange filings.
Last month, local newspaper The Star reported citing sources that talks have resumed between Telenor ASA, the largest shareholder in DiGi.Com, and Axiata for a merger between their mobile telecoms unit.
Both parties had explored in May 2019 a potential non-cash combination of their telecom and infrastructure assets in Asia in a new entity, but called off the talks in September.
Reporting by Liz Lee, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
18 April 2021 - 21:57 By TimesLIVE The Sarah Baartman hall at the University of Cape Town is surrounded by a haze of smoke after a fire destroyed parts of the campus on Sunday. Image: Bruce Sutherland City of Cape Town
University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng announced the suspension of academic activities following a runaway fire that destroyed several parts of the campus on Sunday.
In a communique to students and staff, Phakeng hoped that the campus community was “safe and well under these frightening circumstances”.
“In light of the fire affecting the Rondebosch campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT), and the impact this is having on the university’s buildings as well as the evacuation of residences, all academic activities will be suspended tomorrow and on Tuesday.