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PU mulls adopting TTS, cancels 600 degrees
Lahore, Jan 22, 2008
PU mulls adopting Tenure Track System (TTS)
The Punjab University (PU) held
a meeting on adopting the Tenure Track System (TTS) on Monday and decided to
take a final decision in this regard in the meeting of the Syndicate to be held
today (Tuesday).
According to a press release issued by the university,
the decision was taken in a meeting attended by vice chancellor Dr Muhahid
Kamran, deans, heads of departments and professors. The meeting discussed
various aspects of the system.
The vice chancellor said the adoption of
the TTS would raise the educational standard of the university in addition to
raising salaries of teachers. "The TTS will be adopted after the Syndicate
approves it and teachers' apprehensions are removed. Once the system is adopted,
the senior teachers will have more time for research because after receiving
handsome salaries they will be able to stop taking extra evening classes. The
junior teachers and the teachers in the middle of their career will have more
classes in the evening, hence they will receive more salaries," he said. "All
teachers and the school will benefit from the system."
Earlier, PU
registrar Prof Muhammad Naeem Khan introduced the TTS in the meeting. Dean of
Science Prof Jamil Anwar Chaudhry said the Higher Education Commission had
initiated the system about three years ago. He said currently 12 universities
had adopted the system while the Karachi University, Sindh University and
Balochistan University were in the process of adopting it. "Because the PU has
not yet adopted the system, foreign qualified teachers are not willing to join
it," he added.
Faculty of Engineering and Technology dean Prof Muhammad
Arif Butt said the Syndicate's last meeting had endorsed the adoption of the
system.
PU official spokesman Dr Mujahid Ali Mansoori said the
university, in the past, had made efforts to adopt the system. "The research
culture in the school will improve by implementing it," he added.
Under
the TTS, a professor is offered a salary between Rs 180,000 and Rs 312,500, an
associate professor between Rs 120,000 and Rs 226,500 and an assistant professor
between Rs 80,000 and Rs 161,000.
PU cancels 600 degrees
The Punjab University (PU) has
cancelled around 600 degrees of those pupils who obtained two degrees in a
year.
According to the Punjab University Act, no candidate could get two
degrees in a year, said PU spokesman Dr Mujahid Mansoori.
A PU
examination branch official said the university had received complaints from
various foreign institutes in this regard. He said these candidates had been
enrolled in various departments at the same year. He said majority of them were
enrolled in the PU Law College. He said in the past no action had been taken
against such candidates.
Prof Dr Mujahid Mansoori said, "To get two
degrees in a year is a crime. No university across the country allows its pupils
to study two disciplines at the same time."
A large number of affected
students said they had got two degrees to get a better job opportunity. PU
registrar Dr Naeem Ahmad Khan said the newly installed computerised system could
identify those pupils who were enrolled to various departments.
Abid, a
PU Law College student, said he had got his law and political science degrees,
the same year. He said the cancellation would affect the students who had
applied for their admission to foreign universities.
On condition of
anonymity, a PU teacher said move against such candidates was appreciable, but
the university should send the names of such candidates to the complainant
foreign institutes. He said, "It is the sole responsibility of the PU to
highlight the names of such candidates on university's official
website."
PU controller of examinations Prof Dr Taqi Zahid said the
university had cancelled a number of degrees in this regard. Daily Times
PU awards PhD degrees
The Punjab University has awarded PhD degree to Nasreen Akhtar d/o Iqbal Hussain in
the subject of Botany after the approval of her thesis entitled 'Biosorption of
Heavy Metals (Cr, Ni and Pb) by Immobilized Microalgae'. Her supervisor was Prof
Dr Javed Iqbal, Director PU School of Biological Sciences while Dr Saeed Iqbal
Zafar, Ex-Director General and Member Science, PCSIR Laboratories, was
co-supervisor. The Punjab University has also awarded PhD degree to Waseem Ahmad
Butt s/o Nishat Ahmad Butt in the subject of Botany after the approval of his
thesis entitled 'Optimization of Cultural Conditions on the Biosynthesis of
Xylanase by Locally Isolated Aspergillus Niger'. His supervisor was Prof Dr
Javed Iqbal, Director PU School of Biological Sciences, while Prof Dr
Ikram-ul-Haq of Biotechnology Research Centre, Department of Botany, Government
College University Lahore, was co-supervisor.
PU exams date sheets
The Punjab University
Examination Department has issued date sheet of various examinations. According
to a press release, MSc Home Economics Part-II, Annual Examination, 2007 will
commence from January 26 and will conclude on February 11. Diploma in Ophthalmic
Medicine and Surgery (DOMS), Part-I, Annual Examination, 2006 will commence from
January 29 and will conclude on February 6. Diploma in Medical Radiology
Therapeutics (DMRT), Part-I, Annual Examination, 2006 will commence from January
29 and will conclude on February 11. The detailed date sheets are available at
the varsity website www.pu.edu.pk.
Exams results
The Punjab
University Examination Department has announced the results of various
examinations. These examinations include BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, 4-year
programme, session 2002-2006, MSc (Hons) Chemistry, semester system, session
2005-2007, MSc Applied Environmental Sciences (self supporting), semester
system, session 2003-2005 and Master of Information & Operational
Management, semester system, session 2004-2006. Detailed results are available
at university website www.pu.edu.pk. The News
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