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Private schools will still start year in April
Karachi, Feb 16, 2008: The All Private Schools
Management Association (APSMA) Sindh has refused to accept the government's
decision to start the academic year in August and will be starting the academic
year in April as usual.
This was announced by the APSMA Central Chairman
Syed Khalid Shah at a press conference Friday.
"After extensive
consultation, we have reached the decision that private schools in Sindh will be
starting their academic year in April. Since Punjab, Balochistan, NWFP and Azad
Kashmir did not accept the decision taken by the Inter-Provincial Education
Ministers Committee (IPEMC) in 2005, they have started their academic year in
April. However, schools in Sindh have been asked to start their academic year on
August 16, 2008. Private schools have been threatened with cancellation of their
registration if they did not comply," he said, adding that the IPEMC allowed
Balochistan, NWFP and Azad Kashmir to start their academic year according to the
weather. They should also allow Sindh to start its academic year from April
because there is extremely hot weather in the interior of Sindh in August. Daily Times
No classes at KU today
Karachi: The classes (Morning & Evening) at the University of will
remain suspended, no point buses will operate and no public dealing will be
undertaken on Saturday, February 16 (today).
FUUAST:
Federal Urdu
University of Arts, Science & Technology (FUUAST) will remain closed on
February 18 and February 19 on account of general elections.
HEC:
The
Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to extend the validity period of
the National Testing Service (NTS) test results from the existing period of one
year to two years. Thus, the test cleared in January 2007 will be valid up to
January 2009.
This extension in the validity period of the NTS test
result, according to HEC, will facilitate the students and save them from
financial burden of taking repeated tests. The News
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