Inter first-year admissions under CAP 2011

Inter first-year admission process begins
Karachi, Aug 09: The process of admission to first-year classes in the city's 132 public sector colleges (67 male and 65 female) and 24 Higher Secondary Schools (12 male & 12 female) under the centralised admission policy (CAP) will begin on Tuesday with the sale of brochures at 41 branches of the Allied Bank.

According to the chairman of the centralised admission committee (CAC), Prof Nasir Ansar, the CAP brochures, containing placement forms, could be obtained from banks for Rs60 and Aug 20 had been fixed as the last date for purchasing and submitting the forms at the designated branches of the bank.

Candidates who did their matric from the Karachi Board are required to attach one powder copy of the placement form, two powder copies of mark sheet or admit card of their matriculation examination, GCE (O Level) students would be required to attach two copies of their marks sheet of all subjects while those who had passed their matriculation examination from the Technical Education Board are required to attach copies of marks sheets of both Class IX & X examinations.

The CAC chief said that in all 100,015 seats were available in the city's 132 government colleges and higher secondary school in six different faculties/groups and these included science (pre-engineering and pre-medical), computer science, commerce, humanities and home economics.

Of the total 100,015 seats available in the colleges, 47,490 seats have been allocated for male candidates while 52,525 seats are available for female candidates and their faculty-wise breakup include a total of 23,830 seats for pre-engineering group (15,250 male and 8,580 female); 16,835 for pre-medical (5,740 male and 11,095 female); 1,500 for computer science (800 male and 700 female); 34,470 for commerce (20,300 male and 14,170 female); 22,780 for humanities (5,400 male and 17,380 female) and a total of 600 seats for home economics group.

He said that a two per cent quota for girls students with co-education and two per cent quota for disabled candidates had been allocated this year also while one per cent quota for sports had been reserved for the students who participated in the national/provincial and district level (certificates required) tournaments in five male and five female colleges of the city.

14 claim centers set up
In all, 14 claim centers — eight for female and six for male candidates — have been set up. The female centers are: Sir Syed Govt Girls College, Nazimabad; Govt College for Women, Korangi-4; Khursheed Govt Girls College, Shah Faisal Colony; BAMM PECHS Govt College for Women, Nursery; Shaheed-i-Millat Govt Girls College, Azizabad; Govt College for Women, Shahrah-i-Liaquat; Govt Degree Science & Commerce College, Block 7, Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Govt Girls Inter College, Moosa Lane, Lyari.

The male centers have been set up at Adamjee Govt. Science College; Govt. Superior Science College, Shah Faisal Colony; D.J Govt Science College; Jinnah Govt College, near Secondary Board's office; Govt College for Men, Nazimabad and Govt College for Boys & Girls SRE Majeed Stadium Road.

The CAC chief said that though 14 claim centers had been set up at abovementioned colleges, all colleges would act as guidance centers for the students.

The five female colleges where one per cent quota for sports has been reserved are: Govt Degree Girls College, Pak Colony; Govt Degree Girls College, Saeedabad, Baldia Town; Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Govt Girls College, Azam Basti; Govt Girls College, Landhi Mill Area and Govt Degree Girls College, Ibrahim Hyderi.

The male colleges where one per cent quota for sports has bee allocated are: Govt Degree boys college, Jungle Shah, Keamari; Govt Degree Boys College, Konkar, Gadap; Govt Degree Boys College, KMC Store, Nishtar Road, S.M Arts & Commerce College-No. 2 and Govt degree Boys College, Metroville No.3, SITE.

At the outset, Prof Ansar said that a total of 113,716 students had passed their matriculation examination from the Karachi Board this year while about 5,000 candidates, include O' Levelers, matriculates from other than Karachi Board, Technical Board and those who could not get admission previous for any reasons, were expected to seek admission in the city's public sector colleges and higher secondary schools The admission policy, he added, had been designed to facilitate/accommodate all the candidates who had passed their matriculation examination.

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Classes to begin on Sept 10
Karachi: The new academic session for Class XI students in city's public sector colleges and higher secondary schools will commence on Sept 10, Centralised Admission Committee's chairman Prof (Dr) Nasir Ansar said on Monday.

He said that the entire process of admissions to first-year classes would be completed by first week of September.

The condition of attaching mark-sheets along with the placement forms for first-year admissions had been removed, he said.

Students were required to attach admit card of their matric exam, he added. Dawn

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BSEK to accept enrolment forms from tomorrow
Karachi: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) will accept the enrolment forms of SSC Part-I Annual Examination 2012 for regular candidates of science and general group from Aug 10 (tomorrow). BSEK Secretary Hoor Mazhar announced this on Monday. These forms would be accepted without any late fee up to Sept 10. With a late fee of Rs 150, the forms would be accepted from Sept 12 to Oct 1. The enrolment forms will be available from National Bank of Pakistan (Board Office booth), Habib Bank (Board Office booth), Askari Commercial Bank (Board Office booth), it was further stated. app

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Private colleges benefit from delay in CAP announcement
Karachi: Like previous year, first-year students of the city's private colleges would have an edge over their counterparts of public sector colleges and higher secondary schools in terms of number of academic days as the process of admission of fresh matriculates to the government institutions under the centralized admission policy (CAP) could not be initiated till Friday although more than five days have elapsed since the declaration of their results.

Senior professors of some government colleges suspected that the delay in initiating the process of admission to first-year classes in the public sector colleges and higher secondary schools was aimed at favouring the private colleges, where admission process had already begun.

They said that it was surprising to note that the Centralised Admission Committee (CAC), whose task was to accomplish the entire admission process before the commencement of the new academic session for first-year students, had not yet been able to announce the centralised admission policy despite knowing the new academic year was scheduled to begin in the first week

of September while it takes almost one-and-a-half month to complete the admission process.

"Isn't it surprising that more than five days have elapsed since the announcement of the Secondary School Certificate, Part-II (Class X) annual examinations by the Board of Secondary Education Karachi but the CAC has neither announced the admission policy nor provided brochures containing admission forms to banks whereas such an exercise earlier used to be carried out a couple of days prior to announcement of the SSC examinations," remarked an associate professor of Govt D J Science College.

He said that at a time when the process of admission to first-year classes in the city's government colleges was being delayed, a considerable number of fresh science matriculates with good grades would prefer to get admission in private colleges of the metropolis.

A number of senior teachers of government colleges deplored that it was for the last couple of years that the first-year students of the city's government colleges had been having much less academic days as compared to their counterparts in private colleges of the city as well as the students of other cities of Sindh and the rest of the country.They said that the CAC had not yet taken measures to initiate the admission process in the government colleges and higher secondary schools and, as such the possibilities of short academic days for the students of public sector institutions of the city could not be ruled out this year, as well.

They called upon the senior Sindh minister, Pir Mazharul Haq, to direct the CAC members to expedite the process of admission to first-year classes in the city's government colleges and higher secondary schools so that their ensuing academic session could begin on schedule.

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SALU campus
Shikarpur: The new campus of the Shah Abdul Latif University in Shikarpur will start functioning this month and start admission in the first week of September, according to Vice-Chancellor Dr Nilofer Shaikh.

She said during a visit to the campus building that admission to commerce, business administration, IT and computer science would begin in the first week of September and students from Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore-Kandhkot, Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts would be eligible. Eighty seats had been reserved for each subject, she said.

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Works by NCA principal on display
Karachi: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures and ceramics titled 'Remains of Ruins' by Prof Bashir Ahmad, Principal National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, opened at the Ahmed Pervez Art Gallery, Arts Council, Karachi, on Sunday.

The event, inaugurated by writer Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi, was also marked by the launch of a book with the same title by Prof Bashir Ahmad.

Prof Ahmed is known and famous for his miniature work. But it's a soul-stirring experience witnessing his oil-on-board and mixed media exhibits highlighting the debilitating effects of war and violence, and the artist's earnest desire for a lasting peace in the world. Each piece is accompanied by a detailed caption, which in a manner of speaking dilutes the impact of the artist's efforts, but is nonetheless understandable because Prof Ahmad, probably, wanted to propagate the seriousness of the issue in clear terms, shunning artistic suggestiveness.

'I Want Peace' and 'Paucity of Peace' (oil on board) are two pieces that immediately make the viewer comprehend the symbolism in Prof Bashir Ahmad's work. The use of the colour red is reflective. In one of the captions he explains that the ratio of red to white vis-à-vis the violence that has marred our world is 90 to 10, the former being the repercussions of war and the latter, only 10 per cent, the sign of remaining peace. Mind you, the splash of colour is not done in a frenzied way; it's not even blood red; it's red with multilayered implications, one of which is that the whiteness can gain ground only if we wish to and work towards it.

'Nucleus of Heat', 'Mercy for Peace', 'Flying Humans' and 'Catastrophe' (oil on board) more or less touch on the same theme with subtle variations. However, it's 'Impression on the Ground' where the viewer sees the colour green for the first time, reason being it's a comment on 'oxygen depletion' or the dangers that the ecosystem faces. This series culminates in a brilliant work 'Calamity' topped off by 'Uncouth Eye', an eye which sees nothing but 'murder'.

'Terror of War Frozen in Metal', 'Museum of Remains' and some other assorted exhibits called 'Garden of Penguins' and 'Japanese Gardens' are remarkable works of art, particularly the section in which he laments the destruction caused in World War II in Japan. No different are ceramic creations grieving over the dropping of atom bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Commenting on Prof Bashir Ahmad's endeavours Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi said his diligence and passion had turned the abstract into the concrete.

Critic Marjorie Husain opined the artist had tried to make us remember what we tended to forget.

Artist Shahid Sajjad also lauded Prof Ahmad's attempts. Prof Bashir Ahmed thanked all of them. The display will last till Aug 9. Dawn

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HU announces B.Com results
Mansehra: The Hazara University (HU) declared the B.Com results on Monday, said a press release. A total of 2,472 male and female students had appeared in the examination held earlier this year and 1,397 were declared successful. The students of Muslim College Abbottabad clinched top two positions as Jabbar Ali stood first with 1,116 marks and Shoaib Malik bagged second position with 1,092.

Sofia Shaheen of Haripur College of Commerce and Management Sciences got third position by obtaining 1,050 marks. Meanwhile, admissions to the education semester of 2011 are in progress in 32 departments at the Hazara University and its campuses in Havelian and Haripur. The news

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