Health education in schools

Health education is about building students’ knowledge and educating them about health. This includes awareness about mental, physical, social, intellectual as well as environmental health. Health education, no doubt is important for all age groups but awareness about health at school level is much more important. Studies have revealed that students who got education about their health issues, tend to get higher grades than students who did not get this education.

Absenteeism ratio appears to be declining due to health education, but how? When in schools, children are taught about health through activities, they blithely take part in those activities and learn from them. For example, if there is a chance of emergence of viral or infectious disease, then schools can conduct seminars in which they provide maximum awareness about that disease. This also includes explanation and demonstration of ways to save oneself from that disease.

This not only includes physical health but education about mental and intellectual health is also important. For a student, an active and healthy mind is very important if he is to perform well in studies. Sometimes we misunderstand the mental health issues of students and consider them their incapilibilty. There is a need of providing education and knowledge about these issues. This awareness would ultimately lead to better health of students and they will actively participate in studies.

HEC Need Based Scholarships

Keeping in view the financial instability, lack of resources and emerging potential among students, Government of Pakistan takes responsibility to support such students through HEC need based scholarships. Scholarships have been announced for 92 public sector universities and their campuses as well.

Eligibility criteria

Scholarships are available for HEC selected public sector universities and degree awarding institutions for studies at Undergraduate level.

Students need to compete for securing admission in universities as per admission policy and students who are already enrolled in 4 years degree program are also considered eligible.

Scholarships are awarded as per needs accessed by the Scholarship Award Committee.

Number of slots are decided by the universities and if any student availing the scholarship drops out, then scholarship will be awarded to other deserving student.

In case of medicine, D-Pharmacy and other 5 years degree program, scholarship will be awarded for complete period.

Financial support

The need based scholarship criteria covers the following expenses;

·         Full Tuition fee for duration of entire course

·         Books

·         Boarding and lodging

·         Transportation 

·         Academic expenses

Stipend

In addition to the tuition fee, HEC will provide Rs, 6000/- stipend per month to students for the entire program.

How to apply

Scholarship forms can be collected from financial aid office at the participating universities or institutions. The scholarship forms are to be submitted at financial aid office along with supporting documents.

The funds under this scheme are not directly provided to students. Payments are made through respective universities or institutions.

Willing and deserving students can apply for scholarship on http://eportal.hec.gov.pk

Contact

​​Project Manager, Needs Based Scholarship Program

Human Resource Development Division,

Higher Education Commission,

Sector H-8, Islamabad.

Email; hnbs@hec.gov.pk　

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Equality for Transgender in education

Gender equality, the most heated topic now a days. We repeatedly come across news, TV programs, seminars, walks and stuff like that, which emphasize on providing equal rights to all genders. Some people take gender equality merely as feminism but let me correct you here, “gender equality is not just confined to women”. It includes men, women and most importantly the third gender, which bewailingly is not considered as a gender in most of the cases. We have always suppressed their rights, their voices and their dexterity and have never provided them equal opportunities to excel in education.

Gender equality in education is one of those major issues which we, as a nation, are not able to understand and overcome. First of all we do not have any proper institutions of education for these people. But wait! Why can’t they study in same institutions as us? The reason being, we don’t allow them to study with us because we do not consider them normal human beings. For us they are someone who should always be hated and made fun of. If we are not humble enough to treat them equally, can’t we become nice enough to provide them with separate educational institutions?

Trans genders if provided quality education system can contribute a lot towards the development of the nation. They are being recognized as normal citizens internationally and they participate in every field of their interest and choice. A lot of people from this category are doing excellent jobs in corporate, media and education as well. In Pakistan equal educational and employment opportunities must be provided to these people for they are citizens of Pakistan. If not educational, at least some platform must be provided where they can learn some skills and earn noble livelihood. Our society might first be educated to treat them like human being because they do not deserve to be hated or misbehaved. Changing society mindset and attitude is very important if we want to create opportunities for this gender.

Determination,Key factor of Education

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal, a commitment to excellence that will enable you to attain the success you seek .” 

Firmness of faith and a high level sense of determination are the qualities which bring elevation and exaltation in the educational success of a person.

Man is generally considered  to be  a social animal. Being so he cannot live alone. He needs the support  of others to satisfy his basic needs, which ultimately lead to the cultivation of society and state. Man also has to lead a life which has its own problems occuring time and again. For some life means missing out something  and for some it becomes a vicious circle.Life has its own mysteries . We have very little time at our disposal and within this we have to fulfill numerous responsibilities which will succeed us in educational field.

Just pay your attention to different factors which lead to educational success. Many people have come and many have left yet those who stay behind have to face the test of time and there is no running away from that time because it is so precious that it demands respect. It will reward you if you respect it but  will undoubtedly deform you if you go against it.Time asks to remain constant and determined. 

 Determination is the most important thing . It is the will to do something, and to do something positive and concrete so that others should follow your footsteps . History is a clear witness that many people, who are even disabled , use the tool of strong determination to attain the highest goals of prosperity in education.With  strong determination  and powerful will we can do wonders, we can make impossible possible.     

 The task is too big, the time is too short, but to cut short, we have to understand that in this world it is only determination which breeds success as Iqbal has aptly said:

             “You are a falcon breed;

              flying is your creed ;

            there are many skies for you to lead.”   

Why Technology in education is important?

In the era of continuous growth and development, the world is progressing day by day due to immense advancement in technology. Technology is considered to be one of the most debatable topics when it comes to development in education sector. Infact it would not be wrong to say that technology has now proven to be a desideratum for our new generation. Technology and education are somehow integrated and they tend to evolve and grow together with time. Lucky are those nations who sense the need of this compulsion and spare no effort to luxuriate their lives with this blessing.

With technology today, education has taken a whole new meaning. Combining both terms gives us a modified version of gaining, gathering, utilizing and spreading the knowledge, data, techniques and skills that have revolutionized the world so far. With technology educators have got multiple techniques. Various technologies like multimedia, computers, digital libraries, online profile portals, complaint and suggestion systems and informative websites are the examples of a very few technologies that have provided an outstanding assistance in education system. Hence technology knows no boundaries in revolutionizing the education system.

This is a huge universe, so immense is the knowledge therefore it is impossible for one to gather the whole knowledge .Rather different people with different approach, skill set and scope of knowledge in multiple subjects can educate each other through sharing it .And it is only possible with the help of technology. With growing education all over the world and sharing knowledge ,new and better technology emerges which in return does the same for education.

Education, The utmost necessity

As per my knowledge and thoughts I think that education is a vast aspect which starts from the birth of a baby. It goes on and on by going to institutions where one comes to get the basics of study from the teachers and mentors but it takes so long to get qualified and a time comes where one stops getting the syllabus study but if I share my thoughts education never stops not even at the last breath of life.

Education makes a man understand that it’s not about just reading the books; it’s about getting a vast experience that what's the purpose of getting qualified and getting well educated. Getting educated is what makes you different because education is necessary to know the dos and don'ts which everyone gets from it.

Education makes a man perfect human being which cares for everyone not just him or herself. It gives one the power of changing the society because the aim is to spread the same education to others. When a society is educated it gives an impact to other societies and social circles as well. It feels better to be called an educated person rather than a qualified person, because one can teach you books and you can learn them but for education one has to go through each and every individual from whom he or she is inspired, though that person could not be merely a tutor. Education is about manners not about what matters as like qualification, one can live with methods of qualification but no one can live without manners. This education tells us that what's our purpose to be born in this world, what is happening around us, how and why it is happening? That is meant to be our destiny and if we are educated then we can understand what to do and how to do.