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Mobilink and UNESCO to Take Forward Award Winning SMS Based Literacy Program
By Mehwish Khan | May 23, 2013 No CommentsMobilink Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have signed an agreement to enhance the award winning ‘SMS Based Literacy’ program. The ‘SMS Based Literacy’ program uses Short Messaging Service (SMS) to impart education to learners across Pakistan. The program was conceived by UNESCO Islamabad, who started piloting this project with Mobilink in May 2009. The fourth (4th) phase, in 2013, [...]
Read MoreMobilink and NUST Enable Students to Solve Everyday Problems
By Mehwish Khan | May 22, 2013 No CommentsNational University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) and Mobilink have collaborated to encourage students to identify everyday problems and propose solutions using technology as a medium. NUST’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) took the lead in developing a competition titled ‘Finding Innovative & Creative Solutions (FICS)’. The competition was a means of providing a [...]
Read MoreITU-Punjab Launches BS Program in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
By Mehwish Khan | May 21, 2013 No CommentsThe Information Technology University of the Punjab (ITU-Punjab) held a successful Information session on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Arfa Software Technology Park. Aspiring students gathered in large numbers to inquire about the undergraduate programs being launched by the ITU in the fields of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering as well as its existing graduate program in Computer Science. ITU-Punjab’s Vice Chancellor, Dr. Umar [...]
Read MoreITU-Punjab to hold Information Session at Arfa Karim STP
By Mehwish Khan | May 16, 2013 No CommentsThe Information Technology University Punjab (ITU-Punjab) is set to hold an Information session on Saturday, May 18, 2013, 4:00pm onwards at the Arfa Software Technology Park located on Ferozepur Road, Lahore. This event will be a great opportunity for prospective students to learn about ITU’s existing MS program in Computer Science and also its undergraduate program being launched this year. ITU will be offering four-year [...]
Read MoreGlow Sponsors Media Fest at Kinnaird College
By Mehwish Khan | April 29, 2013 4 CommentsGlow by Warid has said to continued its mission of engaging and enabling the youth of Pakistan by sponsoring the second Media Fest of Kinnaird College for women. The Media Fest was organized to allow students, aiming to major in media studies, to unleash their talent. The two day fest was organised by the Kinnaird Media Society. Teams from Punjab University, Government College University, University [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft Pakistan Inspires Young Girls Towards IT Professions
By Mehwish Khan | March 29, 2013 6 CommentsMicrosoft Pakistan recently conducted DigiGirlz Camp 2013 to foster Information Technology related education among young women of Pakistan. DigiGirlz is a Microsoft Youth Spark Program which is a signature platform to invest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education for young women and build a pipeline of future workers ready for the challenges of the global economy. The Microsoft DigiGirlz High Tech Camp was [...]
Read MoreIBM Technology Breaks Barriers for Deaf Children
By Mehwish Khan | March 27, 2013 3 CommentsAt first sight, children at the Deaf Reach School (DRS) in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi are like any other school going children. They enjoy playing cricket, are excited to receive visitors and love going to computer class. The difference is that all of these children are deaf, and many are attending school for the first time. Apart from the most rudimentary sign language, the students at DRS [...]
Read MoreWarid Offers Career Advice to Students
By Mehwish Khan | March 20, 2013 2 CommentsWarid Telecom has extended its outreach to Pakistani graduates studying in the UK by participating in a British Council career counselling initiative. Warid’s participation not only allows them to provide career guidance and advice to Pakistanis studying at British universities, it also allows these students to seek job opportunities as prospective Warid employees. Warid had previously engaged students in Pakistan through participation at major job [...]
Read MoreIntel Pakistan Signs MoU with Pakistan Science Foundation
By Mehwish Khan | March 7, 2013 2 CommentsIntel Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF – Federal Ministry of Science & Technology) to support Intel Pakistan in holding Science Fairs all over the country. The MoU will bring Intel Pakistan and PSF together to work for accelerating the pace and scale of education in Pakistan and will create awareness and promote research in Sciences. PSF works [...]
Read MoreSamsung Unveils B2B and E-Learning Solutions
By Mehwish Khan | March 1, 2013 No CommentsSamsung has unveiled its e-learning or smart-education for B2B markets at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Forum 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. There is much interest and investment in the e-learning sector from governments around the world, seeking to deliver Smart-Education to the masses. Samsung is inspiring further investment in this sector by introducing digital Smart-Education solutions and experiences to [...]
Read MoreKPK to Give Away 25,000 Dell Laptops to Students
By admin | February 8, 2013 9 CommentsFollowing Punjab government, the provincial government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) has selected Dell to provide 25,000 Inspiron 3420 laptops, which will be distributed to students in the province. Initially, the laptops would be distributed among the students of four-year Bachelor of Studies (BS) programme and students of professional colleges including medical and engineering. Furthermore, laptops would also be given to the top 10 position holders of [...]
Read MorePakistani Telecom Professional Wins Kofi Annan Fellowship
By Mehwish Khan | January 1, 2013 5 CommentsWhen it comes to professional and academic excellence, Pakistani professionals are no lesser than any other nation in the world. Indeed it’s a matter of great pride and pleasure for Pakistani people in general and the telecom industry in particular that Mr. Tauseef Afzal, a Pakistani telecom professional has won the prestigious Kofi Annan Fellowship. The Kofi Annan Fellowship is granted annually to 2 persons [...]
Read MoreSabaq.PK Offers Free Online Video Tutoring In Urdu
By Aamir Attaa | December 18, 2012 23 Commentsاسے اردو میں پڑھیے Inspired by Khan Academy, Sabaq.PK is offering free online video tutorials for Pakistani students in Urdu. Sabaq.PK, a team of developers and professional teachers, is a non-profit organization out of Islamabad aimed at educating Pakistani students with online videos. Starting with Maths, Sabaq.PK has over 400 videos of Mathematics courses for several Pakistani boards. Sabaq.PK, launched just a week ago, told [...]
Read MoreUfone Concludes Its First Summer Internship Program
By Saleh Sikandar | December 14, 2012 2 CommentsUfone recently concluded the first cycle of its formalized Summer Internship Program (SIP). The program was aimed at training over 150 fresh graduates from Pakistan’s top 35 universities in different fields, and intended to introduce them to emerging technology trends, while developing their career scope in the thriving telecom sector. A ceremony was hosted at a local hotel to acknowledge the hard work put in [...]
Read MoreGet Your Final Year Project Funded by ICT RnD Fund
By Mehwish Khan | December 10, 2012 4 Commentsاسے اردو میں پڑھیے ICT R&D fund has announced the launch of National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative for Undergrads for year 2013, with which undergraduate students can get their final year project funded by ICT R&D Fund. ICT R&D Fund said that this initiative aims to promote, enable, and encourage R&D culture at the grassroots level by funding R&D projects initiated by ICT related undergraduate [...]
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