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HEC divides universities into 4 categories
Islamabad, Dec 16: Higher Education Commission (HEC) here Monday divided various
universities/institutions running all over the country into four
categories.
The first category of W that meets all the requirements
includes three universities from the federal area that include Foundation
University, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (FAST) and
Riphah International University.
The universities of Punjab that come
under the HEC Charter include Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),
Lahore School of Economics, University of Lahore, University of Faisalabad,
University of Management & Technology, Hajvery University, Beaconhouse
National University, Gift University, Superior College, Lahore and Minhaj
University, Lahore.
The universities of Sindh Include Agha Khan
University, Hamdard University, IBM, IBT Indus Institute of Higher Education,
Iqra University, Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Greenwich University,
Ziauddin University, Baqai Medical University, Newport Institute of
Communication & Economics, Istra University, Sir Syed University of
Engineering & Technology, Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology,
SZABIST, Karachi, Jinnah University for Women and Preston University
respectively.
The universities of NWFP includes Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Institute of Engineering & Technology, Topi; Abasyn University, Peshawar;
Gandhara University, Peshawar; Qurtuba University of Science & Information;
City University of Science & Technology; Preston University, Kohat; Sarhad
University of Science & Technology; and CECOS, Peshawar.
On the other
hand, two universities of Azad Kashmir failed to meet the requirements of HEC
that include Mohiuddin Islamic University, Nerian Sharif. Talking to Online,
Director Quality Controller HEC Dr Riaz made it clear that all the universities
and institutions are issued notices from time to time to fulfil the
requirements, maintain the standard and remove all shortfalls. For further
information for parents and students, details of the universities and their
campuses are available on the website. The News
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Teachers' recruitment process halted in Pindi district
Rawalpindi: The recruitment process for schoolteachers in the Rawalpindi
district has come to a halt creating unrest and anxiety among candidates who
applied for vacant posts.
Well-placed sources said on Monday
that the process for recruitment of teachers in government-run schools to meet
the shortage has been halted on the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz
Sharif for several reasons.
The major reason behind the move was that
some elected representatives of remote areas raised objections to the
appointment policy of the Punjab government. MNAs and MPAs belonging to Murree,
Kohat, Kahuta, Taxila, Hassanabdal, Kalar Syedan held a meeting with the Punjab
chief minister and expressed their dissatisfaction over the mode of recruitment.
The second reason is stated to be the political recommendations for
appointment of their near and dear ones and that too by elected representatives,
including MNAs and MPAs in the government.
Another reason cited for
halting the process is that many candidates are overage. The government, through
advertisement, had sought applications for appointment of teachers, assistants
and other teaching staff in government schools up to the age of 30 years. A good
number of candidates who applied for these posts were overage. However, the
elected representatives were backing them and calling upon the Punjab chief
minister to provide relaxation to such candidates.
Executive District
Officer (Education) (Rawalpindi district) Chaudhry Mohammad Yousuf despite
several attempts could not be contacted for his comments. However the official
spokesman, Mohammad Ishfaq, confirmed the report that the process of
appointments in government schools had been stopped on the orders of the Punjab
chief minister. However he could not give the specific date for restarting of
the process saying that several points in the agenda for recruitments were under
consideration.
He said that the process of appointments had to be
completed on November 25. But at the last moment it had been suspended on the
orders of the chief minister. It merits mentioning here that there is an acute
shortage of teaching staff and the number has reached to 3,400 in government
schools.
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APCoMS 2008 at National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
Islamabad: The first two-day Asean-Pakistan Conference on Material Sciences (APCoMS) 2008
started at the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) here on
Monday.
The moot is being organised by the NUST School of Chemical &
Material Engineering in association with the Asean Secretariat (Jakarta,
Indonesia) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says a press release.
The
two-day conference has seen one of the largest turnouts for a moot on Material
Sciences held in Pakistan in recent times. The conference is first of its kind
between Pakistan and Asean member states, and is considered as an important
event among the scientific activities in Pakistan and in the South-East Asian
region.
The well-presented opening ceremony was attended by more than 200
delegates representing more than 15 countries to participate and present their
research papers as well as diplomats and scientists from both Pakistan and the
Asean countries.
At the ceremony, both the chief guest, former foreign
minister Inam-ul-Haque, and Rector NUST Lt Gen Muhammad Asghar highlighted the
importance of R&D collaboration in the area of Material Sciences in the
South-Asian region and expressed the hope that this event would start a new
scientific era in the region and bring social and economic
developments.
Talking to media men, Chairman Media Projection Committee
APCoMS 2008 Prof Nasir Ahmad of NUST said that APCoMS 2008 specifically
addresses the theme of 'Advanced Materials: Opportunity and Challenges' and
sub-themes in the areas of Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology, Surface
Engineering and Polymer Engineering.
He said one of the great challenges
in the 21st century is unquestionably the discovery of materials of high
performance, adding that innovation, discoveries and learning in Material
Sciences is indeed a powerful engine of prosperity.
International
experts will exchange views on the latest developments and findings
in
this rapidly developing area and their discussions are expected to chart future
strategies and directions for R&D in the South East Asian region of Pakistan
and the member countries of Asean.
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LHC reserves judgement in RBISE case
Rawalpindi: The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, comprising
Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq and Justice Abdul Shakoor Paracha, here on Monday
reserved judgment in the case of alleged mishandling of the question paper by
the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rawalpindi, resulting
in failure of Riffat Batool in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
Examination.
Riffat Batool appeared in the SSC examination in 2006.
According to her, she was given a 29 marks objective paper of mathematics
instead of a 60 marks paper given to all other candidates. The lawyer to the
petitioner said her client told the examiner that she was given the faulty
question paper to solve but the examiner took no notice of it, consequently she
failed in the subject.
She, along with her 70-year-old father, kept
pursuing this matter before officials of the BISE. On July 28, 2006, the BISE,
through a letter (No. 1053), informed the petitioner that according to the
report prepared by the secrecy officer of the board she was given the correct
objective and subjective papers of 40 marks and 60 marks respectively of the
subject of English-II. Whereas there was no dispute of the paper of English-II
that the petitioner had already passed, the petitioner further mentioned in her
petition. The petitioner then filed a writ petition with the LHC regarding her
case on May 9, 2007.
Justice Khawja Farooq Saeed of the LHC, in his
decision on March 26, 2008, after listening to both sides wrote that "The BISE
examination controller undertake that the matter of the petitioner shall be
considered sympathetically by the appeal committee and decision shall be given
within two weeks positively. The petitioner is directed to appear before the
appeal committee with an application who shall decide the same within two
weeks." On next hearing Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of the LHC dismissed the
petition after the examination controller submitted before the court that the
appellants did not appeared before the appeal committee according to the letter
issued to them on March 27, 2008.
On August 27, 2008, Riffat Batool,
through a letter of the appeal committee of BISE, was informed that her appeal
against the BISE chairman has been rejected.
The father of the petitioner
who was present in the court said that they did not receive notices for hearing
before the appeal committee and in fact they received it after the expiry of the
date. Lawyer to the petitioner Riffat Batool, Muhammad Fazil Siddiqui, contended
before the court that it was the mala fide on part of BISE officials.
The
court would announce the decision in the case on Friday. In another case,
Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq of LHC in a dispute between a father and a daughter
for the maintenance allowance dismissed the plea of the father to annul the
decision of the trial court that directed him to provide his daughter Fatima
Salim with the maintenance allowance of Rs5,000 instead of
Rs2,000.
Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq observed that the girl is studying
and not married. So she is under the responsibility of her parents. Her father
Salim Chaudhry, through his lawyer Mirza Anwarul Haq, had been contending that
the girl had grown up and she was not a minor child so she does not come under
the responsibility of her father for maintenance allowance. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 23 May, 2012 |
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