Tag: schools

  • What is the new dress code and timings for school going students in Islamabad?

    The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has changed timings for educational institutes and announced a relaxation in uniform policy amid the extreme cold in the capital.

    Single-shift institutes will run from 8:30am to 2:30pm Monday through Thursday and close at 12:30pm on Friday, according to the official notification.

    On Monday through Thursday, evening shifts in double-shift institutions will run from 1:30pm to 7pm. On Friday, it will begin at 2:30 PM.
    Pre-I (Montessori/Prep) lessons will be offered Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 12:30pm.

    Students are permitted to dress in any warm clothing of any colour to stay warm in the month of January to February, according to the official announcement.

  • ‘Used to go to school in the same weather, never complained’ Murad Raas thinks school holidays should not be extended despite smog

    ‘Used to go to school in the same weather, never complained’ Murad Raas thinks school holidays should not be extended despite smog

    Punjab Minister for School Education Murad Raas has criticised the parents, students and teachers who are requesting an extension in school winter holidays.

    “Why are parents/teachers/students wanting more winter holidays? We used to go to school in the same weather and never complained. What is wrong with this generation – no one wants to do anything! Especially study,” the minister wrote in a tweet.

    The School Education Department held a meeting on Thursday in which the participants decided to not extend winter vacations. Education officials indicated that it would not be advantageous to extend the holidays because of upcoming examination schedules and declared that the schools will reopen on January 9.
    Lahore and parts of central Punjab are in the grip of intense smog, with reduced visibility in the early hours of the morning.

  • Video: Afghan Girls protest the closure of schools

    Video: Afghan Girls protest the closure of schools

    The Taliban government of Afghanistan has closed secondary schools just days after classes began. Dozens of girls protested on Saturday in an eastern Afghan city. Photographs shared on social media show locals and business owners watching the girls march through the city’s core.

    Following demands from hundreds of girls and tribal leaders, five government secondary schools in the eastern province of Patkia resumed classes last week. However, when the students showed up for class on Saturday, they were instructed to go home.

    “This morning when they did not allow girls to enter schools, we held a protest,” said activist Yasmin, one of the organisers of the rally.

    “The Taliban did not allow anyone to take footage of the protest. In fact, they broke some protesters’ mobile phones,” Yasmin told AFP by telephone.

    “The students protested peacefully, but soon the rally was dispersed by security forces,” one Gardez resident who asked not to be named told AFP.

    The Taliban administration this year in March announced that girls’ high schools in Afghanistan will be closed, and no female child above the sixth grade will be allowed to attend school. The announcement came only a few hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months.

  • Schools, offices closed for two weeks in Sri Lanka

    Schools, offices closed for two weeks in Sri Lanka

    Due to a fuel shortage, the Sri Lankan authorities on Friday announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools.

    “Taking into consideration the severe limits on fuel supply, the weak public transport system, and the difficulty in using private vehicles, this circular allows minimal staff to report to work from Monday,” said Sri Lankan Public Administration Ministry.

    However, essential employees will continue working.

    Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Education Ministry said on Thursday that schools will be closed for two weeks due to persistent power outages. However, the ministry said the schools should conduct online classes, if possible.

    Sri Lanka has been experiencing roughly 12- to 13-hour-long blackouts for months.

    Sri Lanka went into default on its $51 billion foreign debt in April and is currently negotiating a bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

  • 250,000 students to appear in Matric exams starting today

    250,000 students to appear in Matric exams starting today

    The Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore will begin Matric (10th Class) examinations on Tuesday (today), with over 250,000 students expected to take part. According to a BISE Lahore official, the Lahore Board has set up 759 examination centers for the exam.

    The 9th Class exams will begin on May 26 and will attract nearly 270,000 students. He noted that Intermediate exams would begin the second week of June 2022, following Matric exams.

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    BISE Lahore Chairman Mirza Habib Ali stated that these exams will cover the entire course. He also asked the concerned officials to make watertight arrangements for conducting the tests in a transparent and supervised manner.

  • Private students in Punjab will soon be able to take FSc exams

    Punjab’s Higher Education Department (HED) has decided to make another alteration to the intermediate test guidelines to facilitate private students in the province.

    Private students will now be eligible to sit at the FSc yearly examinations, according to reports, with the latest modification due to take effect in the academic year 2023.

    However, the students will be required to submit certificates to confirm their appearance in practical exams before taking the annual exams.

    The students will be able to obtain these certificates from any college affiliated with any of the eight boards of secondary and intermediate education.

    This change is undoubtedly great news for private candidates who wanted to enroll in sciences. Previously, private students were bound to choose between humanities and commerce.

  • Taliban close girls’ high schools

    Taliban close girls’ high schools

    The Taliban administration has announced that girls’ high schools in Afghanistan will be closed, and no female child above the sixth grade will be allowed to attend school. The announcement came only few hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months.

    As per a government news agency, Ministry of Education notice said on Wednesday that schools for girls would be closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law and Afghan culture.

    “We inform all girls high schools and those schools that are having female students above class six that they are off until the next order,” said the notice.

    Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani confirmed the news to AFP.

    The United Nations’ Mission to Afghanistan in a tweet said, : “The UN in Afghanistan deplores today’s reported announcement by the Taliban that they are further extending their indefinite ban on female students above the 6th grade being permitted to return school.”

  • Fear of APS like terrorist attack: Educational institutions in Quetta to remain closed for two days

    Fear of APS like terrorist attack: Educational institutions in Quetta to remain closed for two days

    All educational institutes in Quetta have been closed for two days over security concerns. Following the issuing of a security alert, all educational institutions in have been instructed to close for two days, March 17 and 18, reports Aaj News.

    According to Balochistan Board Chairperson Sadia Farooqi, matriculation exams scheduled for Thursday and Friday have been postponed.

    Tests in other districts, on the other hand, will go on as scheduled, with the dates of the postponed exams to be published later. The decision came after the provincial home department issued a security alert, prompting the education department to halt educational activity.

    Meanwhile, due to security concerns in Quetta, a combined protest event organised by a young physicians collective, paramedics, and nurses has also been postponed.

  • School restricts female students to wear ponytails because they ‘excite men’ in Japan

    School restricts female students to wear ponytails because they ‘excite men’ in Japan

    As per Motoki Sugiyama, a former middle school teacher in Japan’s school, administrators told him that girls must not wear a ponytail because exposing the nape of their necks could “sexually excite” male students.

    While referring to how most schools require girls to wear white undergarments so that they won’t show through their uniforms, Sugiyama said, “They’re worried boys will look at girls, which is similar to the reasoning behind upholding a white-only underwear colour rule.”

    “I’ve always criticized these rules, but because there’s such a lack of criticism and it’s become so normalized, students have no choice but to accept them,” he added.

    Sugiyama has taught at five different schools in Shizuoka prefecture, some 90 miles southwest of Tokyo, over the course of 11 years, all of which prohibited ponytails.

  • Selected schools in Lahore to be closed due to PSL at 1pm from today

    Selected schools in Lahore to be closed due to PSL at 1pm from today

    With the Lahore-leg of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 slated to kick-off from today (February 10), the deputy commissioner (DC) of Lahore has ordered the closure of schools at eleven different streets of the city at 1pm.

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    As per details, the DC has sent a letter to the director colleges and other officers in view of the matches.

    According to the letter, the decision has been taken to ensure smooth flow of traffic.

    Educational institutions on Davis Road, Main Boulevard, Wahdat Road, Shimla Pahari, Canal Road, and Zahoor Elahi Road will be closed at 1pm.

    The Lahore-leg matches will be held from February 10 to 27, and preparations are in full swing ahead of the first match today, which will see Peshawar Zalmi locking horns against the in-form Multan Sultans.

    In their last encounter in the Karachi leg, Sultans beat Gladiators by six runs.