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18 colleges declared 'English medium'
Karachi, Jan 25, 2008: Eighteen colleges of the city would be made "Model English Medium
Colleges," declared caretaker Minister for Education Shujaat Ali Beg at an
inaugural ceremony held at PECHS College on Thursday.
These colleges, he
said, will be made to adopt English as the medium of instruction. Of the 18
colleges, 10 are for men.
A crash course for principals and senior
professors of the government colleges, aimed at brushing up their English
language skills, will commence from January 28. All the subjects at the college,
except Urdu and Islamiyat, will be taught in English.
In this
connection, a notification has already been issued by the Higher Education
Commission (HEC), according to which an English proficiency test would be made
mandatory for all students and those failing to qualify would not be awarded
degrees by colleges.
Speaking on the occasion, Beg said that English is
spoken all over the world and, in order to compete, Pakistan would have to
introduce the extensive usage of the language in all its colleges. He said that,
in the initial phase of its effort in this regard, the government has decided to
declare 18 colleges as English medium and, with the passage of time, this
practice would be adopted in other colleges, too.
The caretaker minister
of education said that this practice would be followed in government schools of
the province.
He also announced the setting of some rules in the
colleges, such as making uniforms compulsory. Academic calendars and teaching
diaries should be prepared by the teachers, he felt.
He also said that
courses and syllabi should be completed before the examination, and stressed
said that the attendance record of the students and staff should be properly
maintained.
He instructed that all graffiti, flags and banners be
immediately removed from college buildings. The News
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