Education - 4

The group of Japanese students was ever so polite and attentive while communicating with the guests around them. Attired in Pakistani dresses of ‘kameez-shalwar’ suits, the young Japanese students were almost respectful and minded the local cultural sensitivities. Mr Yamane, who brings his students to from the Urdu Department in Osaka University of Foreign Studies [...]

Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, was awarded a gold medal in a reception hosted by Pakistani IT professionals in Dubai. The 10 year old has recently received the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in Science and Technology and the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award 2005. The smart 6th grade student revealed her plans study [...]

Muhammad Asim of Pakistan was nominated by Peregrine Fund and chosen by a Walt Disney World panel for one of the six global awards. The programme was created to support the efforts by local residents. In 2000, biologists were trying to determine the cause of a decline in vulture population in South Asia. After 9/11, [...]

A Pakistani student, Sonia, has won the top honours in the US by winning a US poem competition on water conservation. Sonia, a fifth grade student, participated in a contest across 60 schools of New York. She was awarded the president medal, Pride of Performance and Excellence Award for her creative work.

Arfa Karim, who was actually nine at the time of the honour, was last week awarded a medal in a special category for distinction in science and technology by General Pervez Musharraf. Significantly, the next day, she landed the coveted annual President’s Pride of Performance Award as well. But Maria Toorpakai Wazir has found the [...]

The district government will bear all the education expenses of a seven-year-old ‘genius’ Asad Ullah Qayyum, including his lodging and boarding. The boy, who belongs to Kanjrur village of Shakargarh Tehsil, would be sent to Aitchison College for his better education. Asad Ullah, who can reportedly deliver speeches on Seerat-un-Nabi in 12 languages, has been [...]

Pakistan is going gaga over a ten-year-old girl with a wholesome face. Last week, she was the recipient of Fatima Jinnah Medal, easily the youngest of the 60 women and four men, awarded for work that has impacted the status of women in Pakistan. Arfa is the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), which per [...]

By nominating renowned Sindhi writer and intellectual Sobho Gayan Chandani for Kamal-e-Funn Award 2004, the Pakistan Academy of Letters has taken the initiative to recognise the lifetime literary achievement of a regional language writer for the first time and set an example of promoting the spirit of literary harmony between all regional languages of Pakistan. [...]

A partially sighted student from Pakistan studying at the University of Bristol has been crowned ‘International Student of the Year 2005′ by the British Council. Muzzamil Lakhani, 22, was selected from twelve finalists to receive the top Gold Award and £2,000 in prize money. His severe visual impairment meant he was unable to walk even [...]

Forty students from various schools and colleges selected by a rigorous screening procedure from a nationwide competition, were participating in the training camp. The top five winners would be sent to the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO). First held in Warsaw, Poland, in 1967, IPhO is one of the prestigious scientific competitions participated by talented students [...]