You can’t be a good graphic designer overnight. Like any profession, it requires a lot of commitment, time and patience. I didn’t go to school to learn this craft. I chased my dream head on and learned everything first hand. My passion drove me to seek out all the resources that were readily available to […]
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten – B.F. Skinner Swat is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan and is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty. Several hundreds of schools for children specially girls sweep across the land where, in 2012, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was […]
As we sat in Habib’s living room in the scorching June heat, I asked him how he felt about being selected for a study abroad scholarship. Shyly, he said, “I’m afraid.” Shocked with the unexpected answer, I asked him why he wasn’t excited, since the other three students were thrilled to go to Japan. Kakehashi […]
Wars have terrible beginnings and endings. They don’t provide a solution to problems but become the cause of many more. According to the UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency), 25 people were forced to flee their homes every minute in 2018, as global displacement tops 70 million. This is not just a number – these represent human […]
Today, artificial intelligence is all the hype and everybody, everywhere is discussing it. While the industry is still emerging, it is already in use in many industries and impacting our daily lives. Many myths surround artificial intelligence and the technology is heavily romanticized in pop culture. AI (artificial intelligence) is an industry that is developing […]
Miss Jannat-ul-Firdous, an educationist and philanthropist, started the Al-Firdous School in Bara Kahu with a vision of changing the lives of many. She began by opening a small sewing centre for the women of Saipan Hill. Troubled by the lack of schools in her locality, she transformed her sewing centre into a school. The Al-Firdous […]
DIL (Development in Literacy) is a non-profit organization that manages 124 schools across Pakistan with a mandate to provide quality education for students from grade 1 through 10. DIL is committed to provide a female-friendly environment by encouraging them to be active leaders in classroom assignments, co-curricular activities and IT-based projects. As a result, the […]
How can you detect the problem that your child is struggling? Kids aren’t always comfortable to share information about their school performance. We spoke to our colleagues who drew from their personal experiences to come up with a list of signs that indicate that your child is struggling in school.
The world’s oldest existing institution of higher education was opened by a Muslim woman over 1,000 years ago.
In the first part of this series about gaming, Munazza Ashraf discusses the ubiquity of gaming, and the potential it has to foster social & emotional learning among gamers. Watch this space for the next part that discusses specific games and the skills they seek to promote.