79% parents do not like co-education in Pakistan
Gilani Research Foundation survey claim
Peshawar, Apr 03: Majority of people prefer girls-schools for their daughters to study.
According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup
Pakistan, majority of all Pakistanis (79%) claim they prefer all-girls
schooling for their daughters whereas 16% say that if the standard of
education and cost were the same they would prefer to send their girls
to co-educational institutions. The remaining 5% were either unsure or
gave no response. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the
country were asked "Suppose the standard of education and the fee
structure are the same, would you then prefer to educate your girls in
a co-educational or an all girls institute?" Seventy nine percent
parents said they would prefer all-girls- schools for their girls
whereas 16% claimed they would send their daughter to co-educational
institutes. The remaining 5% of the respondents were either unsure or
gave no response. The findings of the survey reveal that preference for co-education is
higher amongst urbanites (24%) as compared to their rural counterparts
(12%). The study was released by Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup
Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International. The recent
survey was carried out among a sample of 2989 men and women in rural
and urban areas of all four provinces of the country. F.P. report
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Sindh VCs agree to enhance cooperation
Karachi: The vice chancellors of various public universities of
Sindh have agreed to enhance mutual cooperation to enhance the
educational standards and allow talented students to receive higher
education even if they are faced with financial issues. The vice
chancellors reached the consensus at a meeting at the University of
Karachi (KU) on Friday. The meeting, presided over by KU Vice
Chancellor Prof Pirzada Qasim, also decided that the collaboration
should include administrative cooperation as well. It was also decided
that the future meetings will be arranged via Video Conferencing. The
meeting was attended by Prof. Dr Nazeer A. Mughal, VC, Sindh University
Jamshoro; Prof. Dr Masood Hameed, VC, Dow University of Health
Sciences, (DUHS); Eng. Abdul Kalam, VC, NED University; Prof. Dr A. Q.
Mughal, VC, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam; Prof. Dr Nilofar
Sheikh, VC, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur; Prof. Dr Nishat A.
Siddiqui, VC, Liaquat University of Medical Science, Jamshoro; Prof. Dr
Wahid Buksh Soomro, VC, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science
and Technology, Nawabshah and Prof. Sikandar Ali Sheikh, VC, Shaheed
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto University, Larkana.
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KUTS condemns hooliganism incident
Karachi: Dr Abid Hasnain and Dr Fayyaz Vaid, President and Secretary
respectively of Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) have
condemned the incident of hooliganism by a student organisation against
the Vice Chancellor and other teachers of The University of Punjab (PU)
at Lahore. The expressed their solidarity with the teachers of PU and
have asked the authorities to take stern action against such unruly
elements. Meanwhile, Registrar, KU, has announced that polling to the
Senate and Academic Council of University of Karachi (KU), under the
University of Karachi Act 1972, from the Constituency of College
Teachers will be held on April 22.
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Environment clubs to be set up at 5,000 Sindh schools
Karachi: School Environment Clubs will be established in 5,000
schools in the province. This was disclosed by Sindh Minister for
Environment and Alternative Energy Shaikh Mohammed Afzal while talking
to a delegation of teachers and students of various schools. He
pointed out that both implementation of environmental laws without
discrimination and creating awareness about the environment among the
new generation are equally important. For this purpose, he said,
a comprehensive project titled "My natural Sindh" is being prepared for
creation of environmental awareness with special focus on educational
institutions. The project will be launched from next year after its approval, the minister said. Under
the project, he explained, environment clubs will be established in
5,000 schools throughout the province which will function under the
supervision of in charge teacher for co-curricular activities of the
school. The school environment clubs will organise a programme
every month with reference to creation of environment awareness and
environment protection and submit a regular report thereof to their
district coordinator and all the district coordinators will provide
monthly report to scheme director and overall report issued to the
media. The minister advised the teachers and students to ensure
protection of environment.
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Students observe German Day at C.A.S. School
'German Day' was observed at the C.A.S. School to pay tribute to great
German personalities. The event was organised by the Foreign Language
Department (FLP) of the C.A.S. School. Students of classes 7, 8 and 9
who have taken up German as a foreign language, presented little skits
in German on famous German personalities such as Goethe, Beethoven,
King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (who discovered the
x-ray), Carl Benz and Angela Merkel. The students researched on the
personalities themselves and then converted their finding into little
skits into German. A student of class 9 played the German and Pakistani
national anthem. At the end of the presentation, one instrumental music
piece by German pop singer Nena and a German song by the same artist
was performed by students of classes 7 and 9. Dr. Christian
Brecht, German Consul General, attended the event as guest of honour.
Among the other distinguished guests was the Director of the Goethe
Institut, Dr Markus Litz along with some of his staff, the
representative from the Swiss Consulate, members of the German Speaking
Womens Club -who organized the refreshments- and the parents and
students of the C.A.S. School. German as a foreign language is
being taught at the C.A.S. School from August 2009 and more than 50
students have enrolled for the classes. The news
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