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Norway reverses tuition fee policy, opening doors for non-EU/EEA students in 2026

Norway Reverses Tuition Fee Policy, Signalling Return to Free Higher Education

Nayab Fatima2026-07-10

Norway reverses tuition fee policy of charging tuition fees for non-resident students as a major change in policy in the country’s higher education sector. The new policies will help Norway revert to the old tradition of free university education for non-EEA residents. Introduction: Tuition Fees of 2023 Up until the year 2023, Norway’s public universities ... Read more

Out-of-school children in Pakistan sitting on an unfinished brick structure in a rural village, highlighting the country's long-running education crisis.

25 Million Children Locked Out of School for Decades, Government Report Confirms

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-06

LAHORE: Twenty-five million children in this Pakistan don’t go to school. Not this year. Not last year. For decades. A new policy review from the Civil Services Academy (CSA) puts a number on what teachers, parents and district officials have said for years: Pakistan’s out-of-school crisis didn’t happen overnight, and no single policy fixed it ... Read more

HEC scholarship 2027 US Pakistan Knowledge Corridor Program PhD admissions open for Pakistani and AJK nationals

HEC Launches 2027 PhD Scholarship Applications Under US–Pakistan Knowledge Corridor

Nayab Fatima2026-07-02

HEC Pakistan has issued an announcement stating that the application process for HEC Scholarship for 2027 through the US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor Program is now open, which is considered to be among the most competitive and prestigious scholarships for Pakistani students pursuing PhD in the United States. The HEC scholarship 2027 is awarded to the top ... Read more

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah inaugurates Google Gemini AI initiative for Education Corner at NED University

Sindh Cabinet Trained in Google Gemini AI as CM Launches 20,000 Scholarships and Pakistan’s First Gemini Education Corner

Nayab Fatima2026-07-02

KARACHI: The Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, launched three landmark projects related to digitization in one day. Each of these innovations represents the most audacious attempt at an AI-based and technological revolution by any Provincial Government of Pakistan in one day. The Sindh Google Gemini AI initiative reached every part of the ... Read more

Harvard MBA scholarship Pakistan need-based financial aid Harvard Business School

Harvard MBA Financial Aid Now Available for Eligible Pakistani Students

Nayab Fatima2026-06-27

CAMBRIDGE: Harvard does not ask whether you can afford it; Harvard asks whether you have earned your place and then figures out how to finance you after. Below is how Pakistani candidates can avail this assistance. The financial assistance program based on need for the Harvard MBA scholarship MBA program has been launched. Pakistani candidates ... Read more

Himmat Card Punjab distribution ceremony for special children at Okara Centre of Excellence.

Himmat Card Punjab Distribution Begins for 29,768 Special Children

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-22

LAHORE: The Punjab government has started issuing Himmat cards to 29,768 special children in Punjab from Monday onwards, with the first step in a welfare campaign that the Special Education Department claims intends to make the disabled children financially independent and socially inclusive. The Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Special Education, Sania Ashiq, ... Read more

MDCAT 2026 schedule Pakistan PMDC registration dates exam centers medical admission

MDCAT 2026 Scheduled for August 16, Registration Opens This Month

Nayab Fatima2026-06-19

All doctors and dentists who wish to practice in Pakistan can now see their important dates. Here is your complete list of MDCAT 2026 dates, fees, and test centers. This is indeed a huge relief for several thousand hopefuls who have been waiting for the announcement for weeks. As stated by the PMDC, the date ... Read more

Punjab colleges privatisation 2026 government handover private sector education reform Pakistan

Punjab Plans to Hand Over 150 Government Colleges to Private Sector

Nayab Fatima2026-06-13

LAHORE: The Punjab provincial government has decided to revolutionize higher education in the most populous province of Pakistan. It has chosen to implement the PPP model outside the realm of primary education into higher education by taking it straight to the college level. “Punjab colleges privatisation policy” has been announced by the Punjab provincial government. ... Read more

Pakistan Literacy Rate 2026 reaches 63% as Punjab records the highest literacy rate among provinces.

Punjab Leads as Pakistan’s Literacy Rate Climbs to 63%

Focus Pakistan2026-06-11

ISLAMABAD: The literacy rate in Pakistan has increased slightly to 63%, from 61 percent as per the Pakistan Economic Survey. This is barely any improvement in the face of gaping rifts among genders, urban and rural regions, and different provinces in Pakistan. Men’s literacy rate is 73% whereas women literacy rate stands at 54%, making ... Read more

National IT Skills Test Pakistan review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after 61% of students failed the nationwide IT skills assessment.

61% Students Fail National IT Test, PM Demands Education Overhaul

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-10

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has asked for an overall assessment of the state of IT education in the country’s universities following a national examination that found that 61 percent of IT professionals had scored below 50 percent marks. Addressing a meeting regarding higher education in the field of IT, the prime minister told the ... Read more