SYED KAMAL HUSSAIN SHAH Women’s education in Pakistan is a fundamental right of every female citizen, according to article thirty-seven of the Constitution of Pakistan. Gender discrepancies still exist in the educational sector. According to UNDP report, Pakistan ranked 120 in 146 countries in terms of Gender-related Development Index, and in terms of Gender Empowerment Measurement (GEM) ranking, it ranked ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionUN-backed report calls for investment to educate poor children of the world
By mid-century 80 percent of students in developed countries like Japan and Korea will have access to higher education. But fewer than 5 percent of children in the world’s poorest countries will have such opportunities. A new UN-backed report says the education chasm between children in rich and poor countries is already yawning. It warns it will only grow wider ... Read More »
Half of Syria’s school children miss out on education
UNICEF and other aid organizations are trying to help children go back to school. Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai has called on governments to do more, so that Syria will still have a future left when peace returns. The civil war in Syria has been raging for five years now and there is no end in sight. Among those who ... Read More »
HRW: ‘Generation robbed of their rights to education in Nigeria’
A new Human Rights Watch report says the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria has forced a million children out of school. The military is part of the problem, Mausi Segun from Human Rights Watch tells DW. In a new report released on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that that attacks carried out by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko ... Read More »
UN: Middle East conflicts keep 13 million children out of school
About 13.7 million school age children from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Sudan are not in school because of conflict, a new UNICEF report says. It warns of ‘losing a generation’ of children. Forty percent of school-aged children from five war-torn Middle Eastern countries are not attending school, the United Nations agency for children (UNICEF) said Thursday. The report warns ... Read More »
Schools reopen in Nepal after earthquake
Thousands of schools across the districts worst hit by the devastating earthquake in Nepal have reopened. The government has directed teachers to concentrate on group activities to help children recover from the trauma. The Education Ministry in Nepal said schools should resume classes on Sunday only if their buildings were declared safe, following inspections by experts. The government also invited ... Read More »