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Faisal BariDawn |
Constructive work cultures do not happen by default. They have to be designed.
Each festival had some 40 to 50 sessions and 200-plus panellists or speakers.
Students do identify a ‘sense of humour’ as one of the traits that good teachers possess.
There is no reason why learning should not be an enjoyable and fruitful experience.
We need to start thinking about how we can create more income-generation opportunities.
Children are shaped by what they see their parents, family elders and teachers do.
Recruiting, motivating, and keeping good teachers efficiently employed is not easy.
Most children with disabilities remain unseen, unacknowledged and underserved.
Cambodia has focused a lot of resources on rebuilding schools.
The curriculum has always been a thorn in the side of successive federal governments.
Most private sector teachers do not make the minimum wage level and the government seems to be happy with it.
If parents and teachers are willing to rig competitions, it’s not about learning anymore.
Confidence based on knowledge and skills is a crucial outcome of a good undergraduate education.
We should talk about decentralising school closure beyond regular holidays to the district level.
Very few schools have academic counsellors and academic counselling offices.
Higher education funding has either remained static or decreased.
Underlying issues need to be addressed and we have to learn how to disagree with each other and manage this disagreement.
It won’t be surprising if departments related to education are targeted for rightsizing or closure.
It is clear that governments — federal and provincial — do not want to spend more on education.
The elites say the economy is on the mend; they do not see the rise in poverty numbers.
If a paper is leaked, why does it become an occasion for settling scores with exam bodies?
This is such a wonderful opportunity for children to do things at a leisurely pace.
Emergencies in Pakistan are becoming more frequent and raising uncertainties for everyone.
We need to see a lot more young people getting an undergraduate education of solid quality in Pakistan.
Skills do not have a good reputation.
We have so many young people in Pakistan. But most of them are uneducated and unskilled.
Attendance at literature festivals, sales at book fairs indicate there is demand for such spaces, a yearning among the young to engage.
Experts seldom have an incentive to put in the hard work needed for deeper research.
The World Bank puts the learning poverty figure for Pakistan at around 77pc.
A historian looks at Lahore as a case-study to see how his hometown has systematically lost its connection to its many-splendoured
Pakistan’s cricket future is compromised when the focus remains on short-term success.
While preparing spin-friendly wickets has its place in certain contexts, it should not be the default approach.
It is clear that we are doing our best not to invest in the children of today.
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