National Curriculum Framework: All you need to know
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018, highlighted how Pakistan lags behind its regional peers in providing uniform and quality education across the country. The discrepancies in multiple education systems, inconsistency among public schools in terms of curriculum, textbooks, and assessment methods, medium of instruction and caliber of teachers were some of the urgent […]
8 Emerging Yet Overlooked Educational Fields for Children in Pakistan
Let’s face the fact! Most of our generation believed in 1989 sequel to ‘Back to the Future’ and expected flying cars to be here somewhere around 2015 (Obviously not in Pakistan but at least in the USA). But 2015 has now passed and flying cars still sound like a crazy idea. However, it is also […]
Why Early Learning In Mother Tongue More Effective for Quality Education?
Studies by educational experts show that learners benefit more from using their mother-tongue for education in early years. British Council Pakistan, is one of the main organizations for learning English language in the country. It persistently suggests that mother-tongue still remains the best medium to increase real time literacy rate in underdeveloped countries. Global Campaign […]
Welcome to Parenthood: Self-Care Tips for Parents
Parental stress is a real struggle with most parents whether one expresses it or not. As soon as we become parents, the focus shifts from ourselves towards that new addition in our life. Parents are so much focused on raising, nurturing, financially and emotionally supporting the child that they often forget about their own needs. […]
How Parental Stress interferes with child development?
As a parent, we often forget that our children are like sponges. We tend to take out our parental stress on everything around us including our children. The stress of parenting and its after effects are now extensively studied due to several emerging issues in child behavior. This parental stress is even a graver issue […]
How to Practice Safety Scenarios with your kids for risky situations?
The concept of safety for children is not a simple phenomenon and requires several steps to make these lessons effective. It is unrealistic to expect small children or young adults to react perfectly to any danger situation irrespective of how well they have memorized the rules. Our school-going children are daily exposed to so many […]
Is Online Teaching Ineffective for Younger Children?
Online education has been part of our lives for the past decade or so with many colleges and universities providing online education and degrees to students. In U.S. more than 250,000 students are enrolled in K-12 education programme since 2011. For countries with poor infrastructure like Pakistan, education for children via online portal is being […]
Does Screen Time causes language delay in children?
Our lives are hitched to technology through use of computers, television, tablets, smartphones or video games. This exposure is not limited to adults as even babies are hooked up to screens. This technologizing of kids, their childhood seems to be a buzz around parenting circles and for quite valid reasons one must say! Before acquiring […]
8 Important Body Safety rules for children
Daily rise in incidents of child abuse is storming Pakistani media today. We as parents are doing everything in our reach to keep our children safe. We can control their commute, exposure to outside world, teaching them physical defense strategies and bunch of other things. However, when it comes to communication with children, Pakistani parents […]
5 Activities to Stop Brain Drain in Kids during Covid-19 break
Parents today are coping up with their agitation during the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting added quarantine responsibilities. Kids, on the other hand, are not only losing their freedom to play outdoors but are also suffering from major learning loss. The online classes do provide some relief to parents in terms of keeping kids busy. However, […]
