O & A LEVELS PAPERS CANCELLED

As I had been pretty busy with the exams myself, I have scarcely visited my blog, but the news is that O and A levels papers which were were scheduled to take place from 21 to 25 October have been cancelled due to security reasons . The papers scheduled for next Monday will take place as usual. The cancelled papers will most probably be held towards the end of the examining session. According to a British council informant, "University of Cambridge has adequate measures in place to ensure that candidates who, by a genuine reason, are unable to take the exam are not disadvantaged in any way". While the final decision regarding the cancelled/postponed papers will be sent to the concerned schools, speculations are abound about the final status of the missed papers. Some are convinced that the examination will take place, while others assert that the expected grades sent to UCLES will be used to deduce the final grade. As we anxiously wait for the final decision about the cancelled papers, we also pray to God that the

POTENTIAL DOWNTURNS AROUND THE CORNER

While we may be lampooning the current global market downturn, some believe that more might be around the corner because of the unquenchable capability of human beings when confronted with long periods of prosperity to presume that it will continue.
Hop on to this page to find this interesting and sort of intmidating article about what dangers lie ahead.
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/325783/Ten-Bubbles-in-the-Making;_ylt=Av.fwhhLHVk9ksSQCBU0YS1brdIF;_ylu=X3oDMTEybWhkcjl1BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNhcnRpY2xlBHNsawMxMGJ1YmJsZXNpbnQ-?tickers=%5Egspc,%5Edji,xlfi

A MEAGRE CONFERENCE TO HONOUR 'LITERACY DAY'

While most of the populace of Pakistan was understandably unaware that yesterday was the World Literacy Day, it was the ignorance of the media and the government that was most astonishing. All that was done was to have the Education minister to adress some people in Marriott hotel. The minister asserted that we have been going the wrong way in proliferating education in Pakitan for the last 62 years. He also contended the notion that the new government plan was working in the direction of making education widely available and accessible. There was nothing said about the future plans or changes that the Minister intends to implement in the educational system.

HAPPY LITERACY DAY!!!

I think we have had enough of the extremely sophisticated and esoteric language of my news post and so, I use a very candid tone to wish you all a belated HAPPY LITERACY DAY!! What was said and done on this day in Pakistan comes right after this post.

KSE crosses the 8900 mark

It has happened at last,folks. While the world lampoons the signals that contradict the expectation of an economic recovery, the Karachi Stock Exchange Index (KSE) has crossed the level of 8,900 after more than eight months whereas yesterday, foreign investors made buying of $24, million, the highest during last 17 months.The trading started with increment of 76 points, however, KSE-100 Index soon cross the level of 8,900 with the increment of 200 points. Last time, such activity was witnessed in December 15, 2008 when KSE-100 Index reached at 8817 points level.Most of the buying of shares occurred in the sectors of oil and gas, banking, telecom, cement and transport.

Sorryyyyyy!!!! I forgot

I have been pretty busy lately and it seems my brain has gone into a state of hibernation. I mean, how could I forget to wish all my dear readers HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY?? May this independence day bring end to the civil war, betterment in educational facilities and improvement in our economic condition. Amen

PM's ambitious dreams!!!!!!

Today's latest news is our esteemed PM has asserted that he wants the country's literacy rate to be 100% 15 years fro now.One thing is for sure,our PM sure loves bright students. Anybodywho has seen the prize giving ceremony of the matric high achievers can attest this fact. But then, dont you think that this claim is too far fetched? One might as well start believing that the recession is going to end completely in the next few minutes.
Although,this statement shows that our PM wants our literacy rate to improve but the assertion itself is extremely difficult to achieve.Unless, Mr.president is planning to sell everybody he has and ask every country for aid(which is, of course, his favourite past time),it remains an utter impossibility - especially with the time frame given.Although, nobody is going to be happier than me if that were true.Lets hope, a miracle happens and what Mr.Gillani has said comes true:)

BIG NEWS FOR EDUCATION IN US

I was going through my daily dose of news when I saw this news and this is a biggie.President Obama announced a $12 billion plan for community colleges in an effort to aid the United States towards its goal of highest proportion of graduates by 2020. Now that is what we call ambitious.For the complete story,visit http://http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090714/pl_nm/us_usa_education_obama.Yes I have given up the practice of copying the whole story to my blog as it is time consuming and did not go well with a visitor to the blog.So I will only post links.Whoa!I wish our government did something similar as ourhigher education system is mourning its downfall.But then again we are not America,we are Pakistan. Wish I had that kind of power,then I would make the educational system my first priority.Listen everyone! Pakistan can not flourish until we get good education.Is not the vision to see pakistani people getting good education reason enough to live, to strive,to put forward one's life. For me it is!

ROLAND FRYER

Hi guys.You know,I have been thinking for a topic to write about.Tons of interesting topics come in my mind everyday but when I start typing,they mysteriously vanish.Maybe,I suffer from blogger's block.So,today I am going to tawk about a person who I am a great fan of,Roland Fryer,an economist.For,those of you who dont know him.He is a thirty something guy who became the youngest man teaches at t Havard university.Yes,that says something about him but why I really like him is not due to him being the youngest teacher at a world class university.Its the struggle he had to face during his life to become what he is today.Fryer was an african-american. Fryer's mother left when he was very young, and his father, who beat his son, was convicted of rape,effectively leaving Roland to fend for himself.
1998 graduate of The University of Texas at Arlington, Fryer attended college on an athletic scholarship; he graduated in two and a half years while holding down a full-time job. Fryer completed his Ph.D. in economics from Penn State in 2002. He also conducted post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago with economist Gary Becker. Over the past three years, Fryer has collaborated with several other academics, including Steven Levitt, the University of Chicago economist and author of Freakonomics, Glenn Loury, a Brown University economist, and Edward Glaeser, an urban economist at Harvard
Fryer is currently working as the principal investigator for the American Inequality Lab.(SOURCE:Wikipedia).
These are the people to look up to.I really think he is better than superhero because superheroes are giftes with superhuman powers,it is people like Fryer who, though, ordinary humans go on to conquer the world.Frankly,Fryer is one of the most important reasons I like Havard.Someday,I want to be like him.O! my wishfull thinking starts again!!But coming back to Pakistan,I know we dont have the resources to become a literate nation in a year or two.It would require decades or centuries.But at least we have people like Fryer to look up to and see him as an example of someone who came from an under-privileged background but made it big later on.One day,I would love to see someone from Pakistan to whom people look up to like Fryer