College admissions prinicipals authority
Principals can withdraw admission
Lahore, Feb 10: Principals of the government colleges of the Punjab have been
authorised to withdraw the admissions of those students for examinations who do
not attend the classes after their admission forms have been sent to the boards
or university. In this connection, the Divisional Directors (Colleges)
have been asked to ensure that classes/weekly tests are being conducted to
prepare students fully for final examinations. In addition to that, Divisional
Directors have also been directed to ensure that science labs of the colleges
are being properly used especially during the time between theoretical papers
and practical exams. These decisions were taken in a meeting chaired by
Secretary Higher Education Ahad Khan Cheema. The meeting observed that
to improve the quality of education, teachers and principals should ensure
continuity of the classes after send-ups. It was decided that the BISEs
would not issue duplicate roll number slips unless the same was verified and
recommended by the principal concerned. The principal will also ensure the
continuity of classes till the start of examinations. Secretary Higher
Education observed that Science Laboratories had been established in government
colleges at the cost of millions of rupees but students, primarily owing to
lethargic attitude of teachers, were not benefiting from these facilities and
were forced to pay huge fees for these facilities at private labs. He
directed that Divisional Directors (Colleges) would make sure that laboratories
were being used properly and practical notebooks of the students were
up-to-date. He further said they would conduct inspection of the science
labs as an integral part of their monitoring duty. The news
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Boycott against the TEVTA Authority Bill 2010
Lahore: Teachers, students and employees of institutions running under
administrative control of the Technical Education and Vocational Training
Authority (TEVTA) continued their strike on Tuesday and observed a boycott
against the TEVTA Authority Bill 2010. TEVTA employees also staged a
demonstration outside the Punjab Assembly and warned if the government tried to
impose the bill, a strong protest campaign would be launched. The
protestors, carrying banners and placards, chanted slogans while a traffic mess
was also witnessed on The Mall and other adjacent roads due to the
demonstration. In the wake of intense protest, the Punjab Assembly's Standing
Committee on Industries also held a meeting with the representatives of
different associations of TEVTA employees and instructors and asked them to
submit their concerns to the TEVTA secretary within five days. Later, Hundreds
of students and dozens of teachers of six technical
education and vocational training institutions boycotted their classes on the
second consecutive day on Tuesday in protest against a proposed Technical
Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) Bill, 2010. The
teachers also formed a joint action committee to devise a strategy to resist the
legislation that reportedly empowers the authority with enormous power. Teachers
fear the service structure in the proposed bill will deprive them of several
benefits The protesters blocked Liaquat Road for two hours and chanted
slogans against the bill. Dr Muhammad Yasin, Sahiwal College
principal, died of a heart attack on the college premises. He was 58. He held a
PhD in bio-chemistry from the UK. He is survived by four daughters.
Around 46 wardens completed a four-month training course at the
Sahiwal central jail. Chaudhry Rauf Nazir, jail superintendent, said the
wardens would help discipline the jail effectively. Dawn
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Medical teachers attitude
Lahore: Medical educationists have asserted that teachers in
medical colleges need to change their own beliefs, behaviour, perception and
assumptions about teaching and learning in order to provide quality medical
education to the students so that they could become competent doctors of
tomorrow. These views were expressed by Prof Arif Rashid Khawaja at a
ceremony organised at the conclusion of a 24-day long course for medical
faculty. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in collaboration with University
of Health Sciences (UHS) under its Professional Competency Enhancement Programme
for Teachers (PCEPT) arranged the ceremony, which was attended by 35 teachers
from different medical colleges of the province. Increasing concern over the
shortcomings of traditional medical education was a common theme expressed by
the medical educationists during the course. "In our medical colleges, the
emphasis is on the passive acquisition of knowledge rather than on its discovery
through curiosity and experiment. Students often become passive recipients of
abundant information transmitted by teachers thus resorting to rote-learning as
a 'survival mechanism' to pass highly content based examinations," said Prof
Ibrahim Khalid from University of Education Lahore. Prof Shakeela Zaman, Dean
Institute of Public Health Lahore, emphasised that teachers needed to become the
guide-by-the-side who facilitated and nurtured the intellectual and learning
process. Prof Khalid Mahmood from University of Education Lahore was of the
view that an academic who only presented facts was not a teacher, "teacher is
one who nurtures the learning process and thereby modifies behaviour and
patterns of thinking for a lifetime". The nation
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PU ASA polls
Lahore: The annual election of the Punjab University's Academic Staff Association (ASA) will be held on
Wednesday (today). The news
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CIE exams toppers
Lahore: Amn Nasir, a brilliant Lahori student, earned two top positions in the
world in Chemistry and Commerce, and topped in the best seven and eight As
category in the O-Level International Examinations of Cambridge
University. Amn is now enrolled in the A-Level programme at Lahore
Grammar School 1-A-1, and takes part in several extra-curricular activities
including parliamentary debates. The world distinction holder said she
was happy she had brought a good name to Pakistan by setting a world record. She
said she studied hard both at home and at school and never opted for tuition
throughout her academic career. She mentioned that she would pursue
higher education and specialise in genetic engineering either at home or abroad,
adding that her family had promised to meet all expenses of study and admission
to any educational institution in the world. When asked about her
future, Amn said she wanted to become a prime minister, and felt that Pakistan
badly needed a system based upon factors such as good governance, rule of law,
and supremacy of the constitution. She said all politicians, irrespective of
their political alignment and affiliation, must be patriotic and attach supreme
importance to national interests in order to make Pakistan strong and stable. APP
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