The Jazz Smart Schools programme has been nominated at this year’s Global Good Awards under the category of ‘Best Education’. Global Good Awards is a prestigious platform that rewards organizations working towards improving people’s lives, protecting the planet and strengthening the economy. Other nominees under this category are Manchester Airport Continue Reading
In an effort to digitally empower Pakistan’s youth, Jazz, the country’s leading digital communications company and Oxfam in Pakistan, a leading international development organization have agreed to collaborate. The partnership will result in the expansion of a number of socioeconomic opportunities, especially for young adolescent girls, to create a more Continue Reading
The Jazz Smart School program has been nominated for an International CSR Excellence award and separately for a Global Good Award! Winners are announced over the next month. The program improved digital skills and literacy among 25,000 school girls and 600 teachers in Pakistan in the past year alone. The Continue Reading
Jazz’s CEO Aamir Ibrahim was invited to speak at the launch of ‘DisruptEd: Ideas that matter’ by the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He took this opportunity to talk to students about his journey to the top and importance of innovating your leadership style in this rapidly evolving digital Continue Reading
Synopsis A ceremony was held to celebrate the success of the Jazz Smart School (JSS) Programme Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister for Education, Ursula Burns, VEON’s CEO and Chairman, and Saif Chi, Huawei’s CEO graced the occasion to commend the team behind the programme and encourage its adoption in all middle Continue Reading
Krishna Kumari – Member of the Education Committee in the Senate of Pakistan talks to us about the socio-economic issues around Tharparkar, an underserved area in Pakistan. Krishna, the first Hindu Dalit woman to be elected into the Senate of Pakistan entered the political sector as a social activist to Continue Reading
Nadeem ul Haque; Former Deputy Chairman for Planning Commission Pakistan joined Aisha Sarwari Director Corporate Communications and Sustainability, Jazz for a discussion on Digital Pakistan Sectoral Conference. They spoke about the challenges, strengths, and opportunities present for digitalization in today’s age. Haque appreciated the initiative of Jazz’s ‘Digital Sectoral Vertical Continue Reading
Aisha Sarwari, Director Corporate Communications and Sustainability, and Patchamuthu Illangovan, Country Director World Bank, talk about the future of digital Pakistan and World Bank’s commitment towards the cause. Mr Illangovan is a strong proponent of digitization and the positive impact that it can create in different layers of the society and the economy Continue Reading
Pakistan’s current education system faces a myriad of issues. From millions of out-of-school-children, to poor learning outcome levels of those already enrolled in schools, the existing state of education is worsening – a major hurdle in achieving any meaningful economic reform. The biggest challenge that the system faces is the Continue Reading
