Month: October 2020

Arduino Expo: Enthusiastic students set to display their talents through innovative projects

Arduino Expo: Enthusiastic students set to display their talents through innovative projects

Posted by | Oct 26, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT:  With a twinkle in her eyes, Ekta an eighth grader expressed her excitement, “Robo-Sapiens is our group name and we are going to display our first ever functional model, based on Arduino platform, in the upcoming expo. We have completed it after working on it for about ten days.” Ekta Mohan was busy in making a science model as part of her project for the first-ever Arduino expo, in Pakistan, titled “Exhibit Your Stem Talent”, which is going to be held at Swat on November 1st, organized by SKOOL21, Pakistan. The Robo-Sapiens were working on...

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Students Urge Educationists to Transform the Traditional Teaching to Active Learning Method

Students Urge Educationists to Transform the Traditional Teaching to Active Learning Method

Posted by | Oct 20, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: Students and learners said the traditional stand-and-deliver teaching method was not only boring but also infective, which should be transformed into active learning method, feasible in the modern era of science and technology.   They said that it was also a high time to replace the conventional educational system into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to meet the needs of the twenty-first century. They were sharing their views while working on practical models in a five-day training workshop of Arduino platform in the STEM club at Rahimabad, Swat. The activity was organized by...

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Visually impaired persons say they are completely ignored in Covid-19 pandemic

Visually impaired persons say they are completely ignored in Covid-19 pandemic

Posted by | Oct 16, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: Visually impaired people said here on Thursday that persons with disabilities including visually impaired faced multiple issue during the Covid-19 pandemics but they were completely ignored by the governmental and non-governmental organizations. They were speaking in a function to celebrate White Cane Safety Day which was organized by the SPS College in collaboration with Pakistan Blind Association Swat chapter. Large number of visually impaired persons, social workers and civil society members participated in the event. Isa Khan a visually impaired young man who is also a student of Journalism in Swat University said that he...

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SKOOL21: A Journey to STEAM out Entrepreneurs for Smart Solutions

SKOOL21: A Journey to STEAM out Entrepreneurs for Smart Solutions

Posted by | Oct 14, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: Though the world has entered into the fourth industrial revolution with a fusion of technological advancements, replacing the conventional style products and services in all sectors, yet the old-fashioned educational system still prevailed in Pakistan. However, the initiative of SKOOL21 has been taken to transform the conventional educational system into a modern and up-to-date learning system where students solve problem rather than merely learn to write and read teachers’ notes. “The corporate partner of STEM.org  USA for SAARC region, the SKOOL21 is actually a STEM and Robotics Educational Consulting Company, aiming to modernize the conventional...

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Mental Health Day: Steps against Covid-induced stress advocated in Swat

Mental Health Day: Steps against Covid-induced stress advocated in Swat

Posted by | Oct 11, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: The World Mental Health Day was observed on Saturday with calls for people, particularly students, to consult psychologists to come out of stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A function was organised by the department of psychology in the Government Postgraduate Girls College, Saidu Sharif Swat, where the speakers, including psychologists and educationists, pointed out that the Covid-19 pandemic had put negative impact on students’ learning capacity, but with few easy steps they could easily cope with the stress during the pandemic. The speakers said Covid-19 had disrupted the education system throughout the world causing...

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