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‘Teachers can impart skills meant for nurturing tolerant society’
A teacher can help build tolerant society by inculcating in the students the habit of listening to each other, respecting diversity, and asking questions in a form and manner that does not show animosity.
These thoughts came in a…
‘Teachers should share multiple perspectives with students’
Teachers are duty-bound to open multiple vistas to students. They should disassociate their understanding of the world to a single identity, whether ethnic, religious or sectarian. Instead, they should impart students with multiple views,…
Capacity-building urged to ensure charity goes to the right hands
Provincial Dialogue Forum – 3
The money collected in the name of charity is often misused for extremist causes, in part because the state lacks capacity to trace terror financing but also because the donor lacks awareness of the end…
“Teacher must support environment of co-existence in classroom by promoting curiosity and…
To bring about mutual co-existence in a diverse country like Pakistan, it is imperative to listen to all concern stakeholders without resorting to conflict. The mutually-agreed solution to the problem should be founded on logic and rational…
‘Teachers should play intellectual input in today’s time to stay as role models’
PIPS workshop with teachers and educationists-I
For a teacher to be relevant in today’s time, he or she must pay attention to critical intellectual challenges of the country and stay updated with the usage of modern technologies. Only…
‘Revive Punjab’s pluralistic culture to fight extremism’: Punjab dialogue forum
Punjab’s cultural diversity is regarded as shield against the extremist views, but violence has been eroding that pluralism. Even the rich cultural events have been overtaken by narrow events along sectarian lines in otherwise inclusive…
‘Functional SAARC viable for regional cooperation’: Nepalese scholar
A functional SAARC is a viable option for regional cooperation and progress for the South Asian belt. And will provide a stronger “bargaining power” for the member countries against non-member states while forging new relations.
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“Teachers should learn how to engage with students of diverse faiths”
PIPS workshop with teachers and educationists-III
One of the central challenges to teachers of Islamic studies is how to engage with the diversity around them. Curriculum with questionable content, for sure, is one thing, but equally…
Teachers asked to adopt critical thinking and an inclusive educational approach
PIPS workshop with teachers and educationists-II
Teachers need to adopt tools of critical inquiry in their own research as well as in teaching others. This will help them keep their teaching content and approaches uninfluenced by political…
‘Safeguarding minorities will promote Pakistan’s soft image in world’
PIPS workshop with teachers and educationists-I
Renowned educationists and scholars argued that followers of the majority faith do not have the right to impose their ideologies on minorities. Instead, they say, protecting minorities and…