Rote Learning Vis-à-vis Physical Comprehension

It’s beautiful to design an experiment. It’s equally beautiful to construct a working theory from the empirical information.

Pedagogical Mockery and Plagiarism

The art of copy-pasting and compiling made its way in the education system through the student body. In order to stipulate effective anti-plagiarism policies, the authorities need to realize that there are other surging participants in the system that als

Teachers and the Impact they have on Students

Each student will not have the same potential. Each will be challenged in some way. It is up to me, as a teacher, to find the 'key' that unlocks each child’s ability to maximize his full potential and inspires him to learn.

Cosmetic Surgery

Karachi University Students must now wear black gowns while they’re inside the campus ...the decision was taken so that teachers could be distinguished from students, and not get beaten up during the occasional clashes between political groups.

A Pakistani Woman’s Voice

'I have decided to dedicate my writing to women,' says Tahira Naqvi very determinedly. Ms Naqvi is an acclaimed fiction writer, translator and professor who considers herself to be a ’feminist’ although she finds the word itself to be quite li

Bapsi Sidhwa: From The Pakistani Bride to Earth

Bapsi Sidhwa is one of Pakistan’s most prominent English fiction writers. In 1991, Bapsi Sidhwa was the recipient of Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s highest honor in arts bestowed upon a citizen.

A Student Remembers a Great Teacher

As a university teacher of a popular seminar class, or as a key speaker in a teach-in, Edward Said had this ability to establish a connection with his audience.

Gujarat, Madrasas and Other Things

I thought I had only five identities

Islam in Crisis (part 1)

Problems with Universities in Pakistan

Who is the real culprit, the educated class or the mullah?

How Not to Reform Universities

By a stroke of some bureaucrat’s pen, the ’University of Malakand’ has now been deemed to exist

Why I Began Paper Making in Pakistan

greatest issue for true development in Pakistan

Joint Indo-Pak School History Textbook on the Web

A team of historians from South Asia will jointly write a history text suitable for middle and high school students.