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Karachi secondary eduation board stopped preparing merit list
Karachi, Dec 20: The fate of the centralised admission policy for admissions to
first-year classes in the public sector colleges of the city hangs in the
balance as the Board of Secondary Education Karachi, which used to prepare merit
lists of candidates to facilitate the centralised admission committee's
placement work, has excused itself from undertaking this task from the next
academic session. Citing an inordinate delay in the announcement of the
results of Class IX (Science) annual examinations-2009, an official of the BSEK
in a letter sent to the provincial director-general (colleges) has stated that
the board will not be able to undertake the work assigned to it by CAC for
admission to first-year classes in the city's government colleges in the future.
The reason for the inability it cited was that the task consumed a lot of time
of its many officials and, as a result, the BSEK's actual duty of preparing and
announcing results of various examinations of Class IX and X suffered.
Expressing their concern over the BSEK's reported letter through which
it had expressed its inability to perform its CAP job, sources in the education
department said the BSEK being an examining body for the secondary school
certificate examinations could not excuse itself of such a responsibility
because no other organisation could be assigned this task. Commenting on
the BSEK's refusal to undertake the task of placing matriculates in government
colleges on behalf of CAC, the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association's city
chapter's secretary, Prof Iftikhar Azmi, said that the BSEK could not excuse
itself of this duty as it had been obligatory on the board since the
introduction of CAP for the city's public sector colleges in 2001. Asked
if the fate of CAP seemed uncertain if the BSEK stuck to its decision, he
replied in the affirmative. He, however, suggested that senior officials
of the provincial education department should immediately take up the CAP issue
with the controlling authority of the BSEK, or else CAP would cease to exist and
the old system of getting admissions to the city's prestigious colleges, based
on favouritism and nepotism, would reemerge. Dawn
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New BSEK chairman appointed
Karachi: Anzar Hussain Zaidi, a retired bureaucrat, has been appointed as the new
chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK). The new chairman
assumed charge on Saturday. Since the expiry of the term of former board
chairman Brig (retd) SHafiullah Qureshi, secretary BSEK had been officiating
charge in the board. A spokesman for Sindh Governor House confirmed the
appointment of Zaidi and said that a notification in this regard had been
issued. The news
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No date announced for B.A. Annual Examinations
Karachi: The candidates appearing in the B.A. Annual Examinations are in a quandary as
the Examinations Department, University of Karachi (KU), has yet to announce a
date in this connection. The candidates complained that they have not
received a satisfactory answer from the examinations department nor from the
affiliated colleges in this regard. When contacted, an official of an affiliated
college said that the Examinations Department of Karachi University has
not communicated a date for the commencement of the B.A. Examinations. He said
that as and when the date and programme is received, it would be communicated to
the candidates. Meanwhile, a KU official said that the date for the B.A.
Part I and II Annual Examination would be announced after the notification of
the B.A. Supplementary Examinations result. However, no date for the
announcement of the Supplementary Examination result has been announced
either. The candidates have appealed to the vice-chancellor of KU to look
into the matter and ensure that the date is announced at the earliest.
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KU MBA, BS aptitude tests
Karachi: Director Admissions University of Karachi, Dr Salim Shehzad has announced that
the Aptitude test of MBA (Evening Program) which was postponed due to
unavoidable circumstance will now be held on Sunday, December 20, at 2:00pm in
the Faculty of Arts, KU. Candidates are advised to report at the centre at least
an hour earlier than the given time. It also notified the candidates of BS in
Computer Science/ BS in Software Engineering, who could not appear due to
confusion of the time in the aptitude on December 16 are advised to appear in
the test to be held, December 20, at 10:00am in the Faculty of Arts. Candidates
who have already appeared in test are not eligible, and should not appear in the
test. The news
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KU admissions review committee formed
Karachi: The vice chancellor of the Karachi University has constituted
an admissions review committee 2010 comprising Prof (Dr) S.M. Aqil Burney, Prof
Malahat K. Sherwani and Prof (Dr) Hyder Abbas Rizwi. The committee is
tasked with looking into the problems that occur in admission tests, fee
submission procedures etc. The committee will also review the present
admissions process and can suggest mandatory measures in order to improve the
existing process of admissions. The committee will work in consultation
with the director of admissions and other departments concerned and will
participate as observers in meetings. According to a KU announcement,
further suggestions can be dropped at "Drop-Box Admissions 2010", ground floor,
Administration Block, KU. PPI
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Workshop on patch clamping
Karachi: A national patch clamping workshop is being organised at the
International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) of the
University of Karachi on Dec 21. According to an announcement of the
institution, more than 50 faculty members and students are expected to attend
the workshop which is being organised by Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular
Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), University of Karachi, in collaboration with
COMSTECH under the supervision of Prof (Dr) Kaneez Fatima Shad.
International patch clamp experts will facilitate and train the
participants. Karachi University Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr) Pirzada Qasim Raza
Siddiqui will inaugurate the workshop. APP
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Zardari to inaugurate medical college
Karachi: President Asif Ali Zardari will make his first-ever visit to PPP's
stronghold, Lyari, to inaugurate the first-ever medical college, Benazir Bhutto
Medical College (SMBBMC), by December end, it has been learnt. According
to reliable sources, after receiving the instructions from the Presidential
House regarding the inauguration of the college by the president, the
authorities have accelerated the renovation work of college to complete it
before the deadline of December 27. Renovation of the structure that was
allocated for the college as well as the rehabilitation work of Lyari General
Hospital are underway while mismanagement in utilisation of funds worth Rs500
million, allocated for renovation of the building, has been witnessed. It
will be the first-ever visit of Zardari to Lyari since his tenure in
presidency. On the other side, Project Director
Hasan Dost Afridi said that the proposed medical college would start functioning
from January 1, 2010. Giving details of its admission procedure, he said new
admissions would be opened soon and the candidates would be selected purely on
merit basis. Total 50 out of 100 seats would be reserved for the deserving
students of Lyari. He said that applications for appointments of professors,
assistant professor, administrators and other supplementary staff would be
invited by December 22. He said Rs500 million had been allocated for the
renovation and up-gradation of the project building previously used as nursing
institute in the premises of the Lyari General Hospital. It is pertinent to
note that the present building of Ayaz Samoo Nursing Training Institute was
established in 1989 in the premises of the hospital and now has been converted
into medical college on temporary basis in the first phase. Afridi, who
is also the principal of the college, has said that the allocated
fund had been used for refurbishing the building and the consultant would soon
handed it over to the college authorities. The project director also informed
that the college is being established according to the standards set by Pakistan
Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), Islamabad that is the regularity body of the
medical institutes. He made it clear that the present building will be used
on temporary basis and the new building for the college would also be
constructed in the backyard of the Lyari General Hospital after the demolition
of all illegal structures. Afridi said that the Chief Secretary had been
approached for this purpose and expressed hope that necessary steps would be
taken for the removal of illegal structures. He said in case these structures
were not removed, the college site would be shifted to Kemari Town or some other
place. The medical college is a component part of multi-billion Lyari
Development Package announced by the President for the socio-economic
development of the neglected area of Karachi. Under the package, various
development projects had been launched in the most under-developed town of the
City, which include construction of a university, law college, two girls
colleges and establishment of a new modern cardiology ward in Lyari General
Hospital. The work on these projects has been progressing well while 80 to 90
per cent work on infrastructure has been completed. The provincial government
has hired the services of a former and senior bureaucrat, Shafiq-ur-Rehman
Paracha, for the purpose of coordination and monitoring of these projects. The nation
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43rd CPSP convocation
Karachi: Some 680 candidates who have been successful in the 2008
examination of the College of Physician and Surgeon Pakistan (CPSP) were
admitted to college qualification in the 43rd convocation held here. Of
the 680 candidates, 423 were admitted to fellowship and 257 to membership of the
CPSP. Speaking at the convocation, health professional underlined the
need for more doctors to combat the growing diseases burden in the country.
They also underscored the need for training more specialists in the
medical profession. The former principal of the King Edwards Medical
College, Prof M. Akhtar Khan, was the chief guest. Prof Khan praised the
role of the CPSP in producing professionals and specialists in the country.
Earlier, in his welcome address President of the CPSP Prof Zafar Ullah
Chaudhry informed the participants of the event that the college now has 139
accredited training institutes within the country and 96 of them overseas and a
vast network of training comprising 2,069 supervisors and more than 12,000
trainees from across the country and abroad. "It certainly is not easy
to resist the temptation of securing funds from the government, which usually
are anchored with some sort of compromise on the policies and autonomy of an
institution. As a result the CPSP has not only emerged as a prestigious academic
institution, but also one of the very few robust, organised, self-reliant and
self-sustaining institutions of the country," he added. He said training
and examinations of the CPSP are compatible and comparable with those used by
Royal Colleges of UK and other centres of excellence of the world and it gives
the CPSP an edge over all other countries in the region as no other developing
or Muslim country has an institution using such rigorous frameworks. He
said that the college offers fellowships in 53 disciplines covering almost all
clinical and basic medical science disciplines. The membership offered
by the college is only in 18 disciplines with the aim to prepare specialists who
can serve in primary and secondary health care facilities located in rural and
remote areas. He said that the CPSP has reached an agreement with the
King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia, according to which 23 Pakistani doctors
to be trained there. The total number of specialists produced by the
college is 18,294 including 10,970 fellows, 7,206 members and 118 diploma
holders. "As I speak, 12,290 candidates are in different phases of training in
the country. CPSP has also made great efforts in exploring possibilities of
finding and expanding training slots both within the country and abroad."
Prof S.M. Rab, a founding fellow and the leading physician of the
country, was also present at the convocation. Dr Nafisa Saddrudin, Dr
Javeria Aijaz, Dr Uzma Nadeem, Dr Suhail Siddiqui and Dr Zarin Kiran were
awarded gold medals for their excellent performance. PPI
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