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Saving PU's prestige
Lahore, Feb 04, 2008: Further tightening
guidelines for its Indigenous Ph.D. Programme, the Higher Education Commission
has directed the country's universities to readjust or re-allocate the Ph.D.
scholars attached with supervisors who have been blacklisted by the Commission
for indulging in plagiarism. A letter recently despatched to the Punjab
University's Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP) carried explicit instructions
to immediately readjust two scholars who were being supervised by its former
Director Dr Fazle Aleem, who was removed from his position on being found guilty
of plagiarism. A report in this newspaper quoted the Executive Director of the
Commission as saying that it had "zero tolerance" for the plagiarists and its
did not want the Ph.D. scholars to suffer due to their blacklisted
supervisors.
It is for the Punjab University's administration to decide how
to go about saving the prestige of this oldest institution of higher learning as
well as getting its research funding restored. The HEC stopped the university's
research grant because the University Syndicate had failed to take appropriate
action against four plagiarist lecturers of the CHEP. They were only issued
warnings and their two annual increments were stopped. And quite understandably,
the mere removal of Dr Aleem from the Directorship of the Centre was not
considered sufficient. The Commission had asked for the imposition of major
penalties against the plagiarists, following a strong protest by a number of
foreign universities and prestigious research institutions.
The Punjab
University's previous administration cannot escape the blame for bailing out
those faculty members who brought it into disrepute. The new Vice Chancellor
will have to take some radical steps to improve its ranking, currently at a low
ebb. Booting out plagiarists will not only lead to the restoration of the Rs 110
million HEC grant, but will also help in regaining the confidence of the
international research organizations. The Nation
Results declared
The Punjab
University Examination Department has declared results of MA Urdu Part-II,
Annual Examination 2007, MSc Economics (Morning), Semester System, Session
2005-2007 and MSc Economics (Replica), Semester System. Session 2005-2007.
AIOU exams in Swat rescheduled
Islamabad:Allama Iqbal Open
University (AIOU) has announced new dates of the final examination for semester
Spring 2007 of those cancelled papers, which could not be conducted in some
centres of Swat Region.
HEC to hold series of seminars
To have a control on the tobacco use within the educational institutions of the
country, the Learning Innovation Division of Higher Education Commission (HEC),
in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health,
has decided to conduct a series of one-day seminars for teachers, students and
administrators of private and public sector universities and degree awarding
institutions across Pakistan for the implementation of Ordinance 2002
"Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non Smokers Health Ordinance 2002".
According to an HEC press statement issued last week, the purpose of the
seminars is to provide awareness about the hazards of tobacco and to prepare the
universities to implement the ordinance, declaring all higher education
institutions (HEI's) non-smoking zones. This is a matter of fact that tobacco is
the second major cause of death in the world and fourth most common risk for
disease worldwide. Use of tobacco in Pakistan has become a serious public health
problem. Likewise, the current number of deaths from smoking in Pakistan is
about 100000 per year. Seeing the alarming impact of smoking, Government of
Pakistan has issued an ordinance "Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non
Smokers Health Ordinance 2002" to arrest the menace in the country.
Subsequently, Pakistan signed and ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC) in 2004 and has become one of the 168 signatories of this widely
embraced International Public Health Treaty. Hence implementing FCTC framework
Convention, Protocols and Covenants are legally binding on Pakistan, the
statement concluded. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 09 Feb, 2012 |
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