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Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Beaconhouse, Pakistan’s largest and premier education company, and Knowledge Platform, Pakistan’s leading education technology company, have signed a landmark education technology agreement. Under this arrangement, Knowledge Platform will provide its education technology platform for 200 schools and over 100,000 students in Beaconhouse schools in Pakistan and seven other countries. Mahboob Mahmood, the founder of Knowledge Platform, noted: “We are thrilled and honoured to serve Beaconhouse through this landmark transaction. In terms of numbers of learners, this may represent the world’s largest education technology deal contracted to date in the private K-12 education sector.” Nassir Kasuri, Executive Director…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Institute for Art and Culture (IAC) arranged a field visit of Gurdwara Rohri Sahib, Eminabad , Gujranwala for the participants of Capacity Building Workshops for UNESCO’s project “Protection and Promotion of Cultural Heritage of Punjab through Sustainable Tourism and Economic Growth” on second day of the workshop. Prof. Sajida Haider Vandal and Prof. Pervaiz Vandal headed the field tour with the National team. Second day’s proceeding focused on reaching the assigned field which is Gurdwara Rohri Sahib, Eminabad. The aim of the field work is visit the surrounding community in groups for interaction with the local…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Institute for Art and Culture (IAC) is conducting the second phase of their capacity building trainings for UNESCO’s project “Protection and Promotion of Cultural Heritage of Punjab through Sustainable Tourism and Economic Growth” . This series is divided into three themes. The first part of the workshop series was conducted from 13-16th October that focused on Understanding Integrated System Management Plans (ISMP), Cultural Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Management and Community and Cultural Heritage.  The second phase, however focuses more on specific ISMP, Field Training. Management Framework and International Guidelines and Policies. The training will be held…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Teach For Pakistan and The Beaconhouse Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding, formalizing a 2-year partnership between the two organizations. The agreement was signed by Teach For Pakistan CEO, Ms. Khadija Shahper Bakhtiar and Mr. Nassir Kasuri, the Executive Director North of The Beaconhouse Schools System. Other members of the organization’s Board of Directors, including Mr. Osman Saifullah Khan and Mr. Tajamal Shah were also present at the occasion. The Beaconhouse Group has been a founding partner to Teach For Pakistan, supporting the organization since its launch in Islamabad in 2017 by generously donating infrastructure and financial…

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) announces the pass rates of its latest exam sitting for September 2020. After two sessions in which there was much disruption around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ACCA was able run more than 132,000 exams across the vast majority of its global markets. For the health and safety of students, additional measures were implemented in line with governmental advice. Additionally, ACCA implemented remote invigilation where local regulations did not permit in-centre exams, to enable many more students continue their ACCA journey despite the challenging conditions. This was particularly the case in…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) An online talk regarding the academic world in Pakistan was arranged by Academics Accessible, a Lahore based organization aiming at Public Scholarship. The speaker of their talk series was Mr Umair Asim, who holds a Masters Degree in Astronomy from James Cook University, Australia. He is an educator and has been a lover of Astronomy since his earliest memory and has grown in this passion for the last three decades now. He has been actively involved in the outreach programs, workshops, lectures, trainings related to Astronomy, Telescopes, Astrophotography, Scientific Data Acquisition and Analysis. He has taught students…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  The first phase of the 4-day workshop aimed for preservation of cultural heritage of Punjab concluded with thought provoking sessions and discussions at the Institute for Art and Culture (IAC), today. The workshop was held under the Pakistan Tourism Economic Global Program PTEGP-UNESCO-WB a funded project, implemented by The Institute for Art and Culture (IAC) under the main project “Development of an Integrated Site Management Plan and Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism Management of Selected Sikh Sites in Punjab”. The workshop themed around Community and Cultural Heritage. The introductory session was hosted by Prof. Sajida Vandal (Project…

Lahore   (Muhammad Yasir)  The third day of the National Capacity Building Workshop for the PTEGP-UNESCO-WB a funded project, implemented by The Institute for Art and Culture (IAC) under the main project “Development of an Integrated Site Management Plan and Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism Management of Selected Sikh Sites in Punjab” was held today at IAC. The workshop kicked off with an understanding of the National Scenario of Cultural Heritage which was led by Saba Samee (Architectural Conservation Expert, IAC). Followed by an open discussion, Prof. Sajida Vandal (Project Heritage Site Planning Expert and Vice Chancellor, IAC) and Saba Samee…

New virtual platforms are created for Pakistani students to exchange ideas, enhance practical skills, and contribute to Pakistan’s growing ICT sector Huawei launches first Innovation Competition running in parallel to support industrial digitization Competitions will facilitate connections between government, enterprises, and academia   Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) With digital technologies becoming the building blocks of the Pakistan’s intelligent society—and increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic recovery—Huawei is once again touching on an important driver of the digital transformation journey; nurturing ICT talent. The company runs the 4th edition of its flagship annual Middle East ICT Competition in Pakistan to support…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The IBA’s Career Development Center (CDC) hosted the IBA Corporate Leaders Advisory Board (ICLAB) meeting at the City Campus. The meeting was attended by representatives from more than 40 organizations including CEOs, Heads of HR, and Talent Acquisition leads. The Executive Director, IBA Karachi, Dr. S Akbar Zaidi chaired the meeting. The prime agenda of this event was to gather feedback on the quality of IBA graduates and its academic programs. The Director, Alumni and Corporate Relations, IBA Karachi, Ms. Malahat Awan presented the Employer Feedback Survey analysis which was recently conducted by the CDC. More than…