LHC directs Punjab schools, colleges to provide pick and drop service to students
The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered schools and colleges in Punjab to provide pick-and-drop arrangements for students to help combat air pollution, with the smog season approaching
ChatGPT may hinder student learning despite improved practice performance
Does AI truly aid student learning? A recent study conducted in Turkey offers a cautionary perspective on the role of AI in education. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that Turkish high school students who used ChatGPT while practicing math problems performed worse on subsequent math tests than those
Govt to distribute ‘e-bikes’ to top-performing school students
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Saturday that the government will provide electric bikes to top-performing students in government schools.
ICT schools to launch evening classes
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education, in partnership with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, has launched an initiative to introduce evening classes in schools across Islamabad. According to media reports, the programme, designed to boost enrollment and retention rates, aims to address the educational needs of children
Almost 100 students hospitalised after eating biscuits in school
At least 80 students from a district council school in Maharashtra district were hospitalised after eating biscuits given in a nutritional meal programme. The children began experiencing nausea and vomiting in the morning. Then, the students were taken to the nearby rural hospital for treatment, and their condition is currently stable. Read more:
Google map mistakenly sends five students into forest, rescued after 11 hours
Five students from a private college in Cuttack, Odisha, found themselves stranded in a dense forest near Dhenkanal for 11 hours after Google Maps directed them off-course during their return journey from Saptasajya temple. Sujitya Sahu, Surya Prakash Mohanty, Subhan Mohapatra, Himanshu Das, and Arakshita Mohapatra had set out on
Karachi’s top university offers full scholarships to all students
NED University of Engineering and Technology has started a program called the Undergraduate Fellowship Program. It’s for undergraduate students, including the 2,900 new ones. They’ve set aside Rs 23.3 million for this. The aim is to help students financially so that nobody has to quit studying because of money problems.
Bike distribution among students faces further delays
The distribution of bikes among students under the Punjab government initiative has been further delayed following the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to extend its stay order. During the yesterday’s hearing of the case, LHC’s Justice Shahid Karim directed the government to present a policy keeping in view the environmental
Process of e-balloting for interest free bikes in Punjab completed
WEB DESK: The process of e-balloting for bikes on interest-free or easy instalments, under youth initiative, has completed in the Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s office. According to media reports, Provincial Minister for Transport Bilal Akbar Khan has approved the e-balloting for bikes and petrol bikes on no interest and
ANF busts drug peddling network supplying students in Islamabad
The female suspect is believed to have smuggled drugs from Peshawar, which she then supplied to her accomplice in Islamabad.
