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Lahore private colleges admissions, scholarships
Colleges campaign to attract students
Lahore, July 25, 2008: With the admission season in the offing, most of the private
colleges have launched massive advertisement campaign employing various tactics
like offers of special scholarships in order to attract maximum number of
students.
Nonetheless, academic circles are very critical of the
escalating trend of offers urging the students and their parents to go for
institutes offering quality education and be cautious of unregistered and
non-affiliated colleges, saying such institutes lead to academic as well as
financial loss.
It is important to mention here that results of
matriculation and intermediate annual examinations 2008 are scheduled to be
announced in August while admission campaign has already been started by the
private colleges and universities to attract maximum number of students for
admissions in their respective institutes.
A survey of the city revealed
that a kind of competition has started among the private colleges, each doing
its best to attract maximum number of students for the upcoming academic
session. Special offers like fee concession, free books and scholarships are
being offered to the students through massive advertisement campaign. Huge
advertisement boards, banners and posters could be seen in different localities
of the city in connection with admission while video ads through cable network
could also been seen in the wake of upcoming admission season.
Some of
the offers include upto fifty percent concession in the tuition fee while in
some cases scholarships consist of concession in percentage with the marks
obtained by a student.
One such offer by a private college, mentioned on
a board installed near the Davis Road, goes "Get fee concession in percentage
with marks obtained in matriculation exam".
However, social and academic
circles have expressed concerns over the offers being made by private colleges
and universities, saying it is unfortunate that instead of highlighting standard
and quality of education and results, incentives are being offered to the
students just to attract maximum numbers of them.
Aftab, a citizen, said
the massive advertisement had confused the people adding it was really difficult
to select a good and high quality institute offering education at affordable fee
in the private sector.
He said parents should ensure that the institute
they were selecting for their children was working legally, adding unregistered
and non-affiliated institutes could put students' academic future at stake. "The
only way to avoid any untoward situation in future is that students and their
parents should make sure authenticity of the institute they are selecting", he
added.
Another citizen, Tanvir, said in case of students seeking
admissions in higher learning institutes they should ensure that the university
they were selecting was a chartered one or having degree awarding status from
the government. "The degree issued by a university which is not granted charter
or degree awarding status is not acceptable", he said adding therefore "Instead
of wasting time and money, legal status of a particular institute should be
sought by the students before admission".
Academic circles also believe
instead of falling prey to attractive offers by the private colleges, students
and especially their parents should check legal status of a particular
institute, its teaching staff, academic environment and standard of education
etc.
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PPSC posted 46 headmistresses, deputies
Lahore: Authorities of the School Education department upon recommendation
of Punjab Public Service Commission posted 46 female headmistresses/deputy
headmistresses in (BS-17) on contract basis for five years against the vacant
posts in different schools.
According to a DGPR handout on Thursday,
Saima Munir has been posted in Government Pilot Girls High School Wahdat Colony
Lahore, Sadia Sarwar Gill has been appointed in Government Girls High School
(GGHS) Salamatpura Lahore; Saadia Jabeen in GGHS Sansra, Goraya, District
Gujranwala; Hina Saadat in GGHS Lalupur, District Gujranwala; Syeda Saima
Bukhari in GGHS Bathal, District Sheikhupura; Riffat Sultana in GGHS Nathkalan,
Gujranwala; Sobia Samreen in Government MC Girls High School Kamoke, District
Gujranwala; Humera Iqbal in GGHS Dholan Hathar, District Kasur; Saadia Qayyum in
GGHS Bhamba Kalan, District Kasur; Fatima Jabeen in GGHS Jamsher Kalan, District
Kasur; Kaneez Zainab in GGHS Kirto, District Sheikhupura; Nuzhat Ameen in
Government Girls High School Krayal Kalan, District Gujranwala; Shabana Shahnaz
in GGHS Walipur Bura, District Nankana Sahib; Sara Bano in GGHS Lundiawala,
District Faisalabad; Nargis Jehan in GGHS Chabba Chak-169, District Nankana
Sahib; Shahida Rehmat in GGHS Muhammadpura, District Nankana Sahib; Hina Zafar
in GGHS Mangoke Virkan, District Gujranwala; Syeda Aeema Hassan in GGHS Sathiali
Kalan, District Nankana Sahib; Sumera Sattar in GGHS 96/RB, District Faisalabad;
Shugafta Habib in GGHS Rawaz Abad, District Kasur; Muniba Aqeel in GGHS Jajoke,
District Gujranwala; Saadia Noureen in GGHS Jandiala Kalsa, District
Sheikhupura; Khalida Batool in GGHS Muslim Parda, District Gujanwala; Sobia
Ashfaq in GGHS Gharayal Kalan, District Sheikhupura; Aysha Tahreem in GGHS Guna
Hoor, District Gujranwala; Naghma Shamim in GGHS Mansoor Wali, District
Gujranwala; Anees Bano in GGHS Madhrian Kalar, District Gujranwala; Shabnam Noor
in GGHS Bucheke, District Nankana Sahib; Saadia Bashir in GGHS Qila Didar Singh,
District Gujranwala; Ms Farrukh Hussain in GGHS Randhir Chak 13, District
Nankana Sahib, Ghulam Fizza in GGHS Abdullahpur Kolar, District Nankana Sahib;
Nazia Nasim in GGHS Baroya Chak 36, District Nanakana Sahib; Shazia Latif in
GGHS Sadar Gogera, District Okara; Shamsa Rafique in GGHS 18 JB, District Okara;
Naheed Akhtar in GGHS Bahadar Nagar Farm, District Okara; Nuzhat Sultana in GGHS
Pipli Pahar, Tehsil Depalpur, District Okara; Shazia Latif in GGHS Rajowal,
District Okara; Sumera Ali in GGHS Jamalpur, Tehsil Depalpur, District Okara;
Fareeha Asif in GGHS Head Sulemanke, District Okara; Saima Mushtaq in GGHS Hala,
District Kasur; Huma Arjmand in GGHS Kacha Pakka, District Kasur; Mehmooda
Shaheen in GGHS Bhoy Aasal, District Kasur; Tahmeena Hameed in GGHS Mokal,
District Kasur; Mamoona Hafiz in GGHS Rosa Tibba, District Kasur; Mussart Nasim
Kausar in GGHS Kot Niazamdin, Ckak 185/RB, District Nankana Sahib and Farzana
has been posted in GGHS Martonpur, District Nankana Sahib. The News
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