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AIOU gets PEC accreditation of BE | HEC external audit
AIOU gets accreditation of BE Telecom from PEC
Islamabad, July 31, 2008: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has granted accreditation to Allama Iqbal Open
University (AIOU) for its currently enrolled students of BE Telecommunication
programme.
It was decided in the
53rd meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the PEC held on July
10. Earlier, the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee of the PEC had
also recommended the case of AIOU in its meeting held here in May, this
year.
According to the details, the AIOU
offered its BE (Telecom) programme for the first time in the year 2000 and a
total number of intake from 2000 to 2005 has been 1311. The students of all the
six entries have been considered by the BOG meeting of the PEC.
AIOU has received the criteria for
the accreditation of its currently enrolled students from PEC which are being
followed by the university while the criteria for the registration of graduated
students are being finalized by the PEC governing board and will be communicated
to the students as soon as they are received by the university.
With this historic decision, the
long standing issue of the accreditation of AIOU BE has been resolved and all of
the currently enrolled students who successfully complete the programme will be
benefitted after passing some additional courses offered by the university as
recommended by the PEC.
These students will be registered
by PEC as Telecommunication engineers after graduation. App
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"I want to give my Ist and 2nd Year exam as private candidate because iam office boy.Anyone give suggestion please."
Name: fahad
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City, Country: Isalamabad, Pakistan
"This is the historic decession taken by PEC. We all appreciate it. Allthough this could b done earliaer."
Name: Shehzad Fida
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City, Country: Isalamabad, Pakistan
"Thanks to the PEC, Finally they recognized AIOU BE degree program. It's a historic achievement for AIOU. Being as Ex. IET AIOU student, I am a bit concerned about the current PEC decision, what they are going to do with Ex. students? How they will get accreditation? Are there any further talks between PEC and AIOU about the issue? Or they will leave us in dark Street? Muhammad PERVAIZ Ex. student Batch-1 (IET RWP, AIOU) Superintendent Engineer Wärtsilä West Africa, Dakar Senegal."
Name: Muhammad PERVAIZ
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City, Country: From Dakar, Senegal
"I m student of 6th entry and my final year has been started.my question when 5th entry students will be registered with pec.they have completed the whole requirments of pec.reply on my id please "
Name: Haseeb
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City, Country: Islamabad, Senegal
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Govt decides on external audit of HEC accounts
Islamabad: The federal government has decided to conduct external
audit of the accounts of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), sources in the
HEC said. Despite the intervention of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf
Raza Gilani, the Finance Ministry did not release the fourth quarterly
instalment of development and recurring grant worth Rs 7.4 billion for 2007-08
to the HEC, which caused serious financial crisis for the commission and its
recipient universities. Although the federal government allocated Rs 18 billion
for the HEC in the 2008-09 budget, the commission still awaits the release of
the first instalment of funds by the Finance Ministry. Daily Times
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Iqra University, Islamabad Campus (IUIC) convocation
Islamabad: Gowns, caps and a lot of cheer - this time the due share of
celebration was for the very first graduates of Iqra University, Islamabad
Campus (IUIC), who were awarded their degrees in a ceremony held here at Jinnah
Convention Centre Wednesday.
More than 250 graduate and postgraduate
students in the disciplines of Fine Arts, Fashion Design, Textile Design,
Business Administration, Technology Management, Computer Sciences,
Telecommunications, Development Studies, Social Sciences and International
Relations received degrees on the occasion.
The much-awaited event had
Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Atta-ur-Rehman as the chief guest.
Dr Rahman, in his speech, said it is regrettable that the Ministry of Finance
refused to approve the Rs570 billion budget of HEC, approved by the prime
minister last month. "It is unaffordable to cut down HEC's budget, as it means
the reversal of rapid advancements made in the field of higher education in the
last few years," he said.
He lamented that already, only 1.9 per cent of
the GDP is reserved for education while the standard set up by Unesco for
developing countries suggests it to be at least 4-6 per cent. "Among that share,
only 13 per cent is allocated for higher education in our country, whereas
internationally, 30-40 per cent is recommended," he
highlighted.
Accentuating the achievements of the Commission, the HEC
chairman said 23,000 international journals and 25,000 textbooks have been made
accessible online for students related to different disciplines of higher
education. "Apart from that, 30 universities are enjoying the video conferencing
facility and students of another 30 institutions will be able to learn from
professors of acclaimed international universities in the next two months," he
disclosed.
In acknowledgement of their outstanding academic performance,
27 students were bestowed upon gold medals. In this respect, students in the
disciplines of Fashion Design, Fine Arts and Textile Design included the names
of Sumaira Sajjad, Sabeeha Khanum Bhatti, Rabia Anwar, Sehr Pervez, Farah
Tehsin, Zainab Mujtaba and Saira Fatima Ashraf, while those of Business
Administration included Leviza Ayaz, Khalid Ali Khan, Areej Ishaque Qureshi,
Aasia Sadaqat, Zubair Ahmed Raja, Maliha Sadaf, Mohammad Jafar Murtaza, Zainab
Ihtesham, Mohammad Daood, Yariha Jaffri and Ali Raza Altaf.
The
discipline of Social Sciences and Development Studies received eight awards and
included the names of Samia Iram Malik, Yasmeen Ikramullah Khan, Sundass Khaliq
Shad, Mohammad Kayoum Safee, Haniva Ali Zaidi, Hadia Nusrat and Mohammad Arshad
Khan. While the award winning graduates in the discipline of Computer Sciences
and Telecommunications and Networks included the names of Saleem Raza and Shah
Hussain.
Earlier, Dean Iqra University, Islamabad Campus Dr Jamil Ahmed
presented a comprehensive report about the Campus and highlighted its main
objectives, achievements and vision. He said that IUIC is successful in
obtaining a Rs3.5 million grant of foreign collaboration under the HEC linkage
programme phase II. "Under this project, the university has established 2+2, 3+1
linkage schemes with Coventry University, UK," he said.
He informed that
the University has also received a grant of Rs6.5 million from the government of
UK under the PM12 programme to establish an MSc programme in Engineering
Management at IUIC with the collaboration of Coventry University, UK. "Cisco and
Communication Lab, established through donated equipments worth Rs1.5 million
from Cisco Organisation, is actively engaged in providing Cisco certification of
various levels to students and professionals," he said. The News
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