ISLAMABAD: At a time when the world is celebrating literacy day, Pakistan does not have much to boast about in the wake of unsatisfactory literacy figures...
Talking to Dawn, Mr Chaudhry said the rate mentioned in the Economic Survey was based on a projected figure in the absence of the latest census...
ISLAMABAD: Despite their tall claims of placing a special emphasis on the education sector, the provincial and federal governments could not improve the literacy rate over the past five years...
In 2010-11, the country’s literacy rate was 58 per cent whereas in 2013-14, there was virtually no improvement at all, according to the Economic Survey...
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif claims special attention is being paid to increase literacy rate and improve standard of education in the province...
In a message in connection with International Literacy Day on Tuesday, the chief minister said only those nations progressed who paid due attention to the education sector, therefore, the Punjab government was attaching top priority to the promotion of education...
ISLAMABAD: The literacy rate increased by 1...
7pc in 2014-15, according to the Economic Survey of Pakistan launched on Monday...
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2020-21 has revealed that the literacy rate in the country remains stagnant at 60 per cent and education-related expenditures witnessed a decrease of 29...
“According to the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLSM) district level survey 2019-20, the literacy rate of population (10 years and above) is stagnant at 60 per cent in 2019-20 since 2014-15,” it read...
ISLAMABAD: Although Pakistan is among countries where most content is restricted on Facebook, cases of harassment remain under-reported due to a lack of public awareness on reporting mechanisms...
Facebook is set to launch digital literacy programmes in Pakistan in 2020, with the help of local partners — such as the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) — to raise awareness related to the safe usage of social media platforms as well as...
• Task Force member says citizens visit hospitals after developing complications • Poor health, diagnostic facilities another reason for high number of deathsISLAMABAD: Though health experts have been claiming that Covid-19 has proved less lethal among Asians, global data shows that Pakistan’s mortality rate is far higher than many regions...
A document of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), available with Dawn, said...
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) will set up 540,000 literacy centres throughout the country...
“This intervention will increase the literacy rate by 10 per cent,” said newly appointed Chairperson of NCHD, Senator Rozina Alam Khan...
If you look up the profiles of the countries that have ratified the Domestic Workers Convention in the last five years, you find that all of them have a literacy rate of 90 to 100pc...
But the fact remains that literacy and educational attainment play a pivotal role not only in labour market outcomes and overall national economic development but also in transforming the workers into agents of social change...
MUZAFFARGARH: A rally was arranged in the district to mark the International Literacy Day here on Tuesday...
She says she studied at a non-formal school of literacy department for six months and later her children taught her how to make a draft in Urdu on computer...
According to a press release issued by Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network here on Tuesday, the civil society members observed International Literacy Day with the theme ‘Literacy is the only key for sustainable development’...
On the occasion, several activists and students termed lack of funds, facilities and infrastructure as the main reasons of low literacy rate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering launching a capacity development project in Pakistan and Afghanistan to improve legal literacy of women, government, judicial officials and religious and community leaders on gender-based violence...
According to ADB, the project will help increase skills of government, civil society organisations, legal and judicial officers to respond to clients on gender issues, and...
MUZAFFARGARH: A large number of employees of the Literacy department from across the province have threatened to protest outside the Punjab Assembly in Lahore on Sept 7 on the International Literacy Day if their job contracts are terminated prematurely...
Employees said they feared removal from their jobs after the Punjab literacy secretary had merged all literacy related projects into the non-formal education project while the...
ISLAMABAD: A new model of non-formal education that combines literacy and labour and market skills for illiterate children and youth is being developed and will be piloted in selected districts of Punjab and Sindh provinces with World Bank assistance...
The project will deliver two core services to the beneficiaries: accelerated learning programmes for out-of-school children of primary and secondary school age, and integrated literacy...
Whereas, UHC is central to the sustainable development agenda and is a foundation of the current national health policy in Pakistan, it is concerning when one hears confusing statements about the concept...
Unlike the right to education, Pakistan’s Constitution still does not explicitly provide for the right to health — something that needs to be addressed through a constitutional amendment...