Punjab University 2009-10 Rs 3.647b budget
PU approves Rs 3.647b budget
Lahore, July 01: The Punjab University (PU) syndicate has approved Rs 3.647billion
budget for the financial year 2009-10 with 10 percent increase in the
examination and registration fee for private students. The 1678th
meeting of the PU syndicate chaired by vice-chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran
was held at the New Campus on Tuesday. However, no increase in tuition
fees of on-campus students has been made this year while Rs 70 million has been
fixed for awarding scholarships to students. Under the scholarship
programme, 2.500 needy scholarships, 2,500 merit scholarships, 30 sports
scholarships and 100 scholarships will be awarded to each PhD and MPhil students
while special scholarships will be awarded to special students.
According to the budget estimates, Rs 50 million has been fixed for
research activities under faculty development programme funds for awarding
overseas PhD scholarships to teachers has been increased from Rs 40 million to
Rs 65 million. Allocation for development works has been increased to Rs 200
million as compared to the last year's Rs 100 million. An amount of Rs
33 million will be provided for library books, Rs 10 million for improvement of
hostel facilities, Rs 100 million for providing medical facilities to students,
teachers and employees. The university has also increased pay and pension from
15 to 20 per cent as per the government announcement. The syndicate also
decided that university would explore ways and means to generate more funds from
its own resources. It is estimated that the PU, like previous year, would earn
Rs 2.2 billion from its own resources; Rs 1.2 billion will be provided by the
Higher Education Commission while the rest would be managed through savings and
good governance. Talking to The News the Treasurer confirmed 10 percent
increase in examination and registration fee for off-campus students. The News
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Demand for PEC recognition
Faisalabad: Students of the Government College University Faisalabad's
bachelor of telecom engineering on Tuesday lifted their voice to demand
recognition with the Pakistan Engineering Council. The university
administration, however, says the requirements for the PEC have been completed
and a team is expected to visit the institute soon to give a go-ahead to the
accreditation. The students boycotted their classes and blocked traffic
at main Imambargah, Narawala, Chiniot and Kutchery Bazaar chowks and
demonstrated outside the press club. The banners and placards they had
held were inscribed with slogans highlighting their demand. The students
said the university had set June 30 as deadline for their discipline's
accreditation with the PEC but the authorities failed to do so much to their
disappointment. They questioned the varsity administration's claim that
they had fulfilled all requirements for the PEC recognition though, they said,
the PEC website declared the course week. They appealed to Chief Justice
of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take suo motu notice of the situation
and direct the PEC to recognise the department. Dr Shahid Mehboob Rana,
the vice chancellor, said the varsity had fulfilled the requirements by
recruiting a professor, two deputy directors, two assistant professors, nine
lecturers and two lab engineers. He said they would join the institution within
two to three days. "The university has also provided nearly 2,500 books
to the department and formed a contemporary lab to meet the other PEC
requirement," he said. Dawn
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PEF gives right to appeal to schools
Lahore: Chairman Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) Raja Muhammad Anwar has announced that the PEF
has given the right of appeals to the schools rejected during phase V of
Foundation's Assisted Schools (FAS) Programme. Raja Muhammad Anwar, who is also
Chairman Taskforce on Elementary Education, said the appellate committee had
been constituted, consisting three members from Board of Governance, and all
necessary measures had been taken to keep the applications processing
transparent. Moreover, he stressed that every individual application would be
processed in an effective and proficient manner. He added that the PEF was about
to launch phase VI of FAS programme throughout Punjab after summer vacations.
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Tevta to train 40,000 youths
Lahore: In order to provide trained manpower to the industry locally and internationally
and to alleviate poverty, the NAVTEC will pay Rs 480 million to TEVTA to train
40,000 youth. In this regard, Technical Education and Vocational Training
Authority (TEVTA) signed an MoU with National Vocational and Technical Education
Commission (NAVTEC) at TEVTA Secretariat on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by
Secretary TEVTA Rafia Nazir and Regional Director NAVTEC Abid Javaid. Chairman
TEVTA Mohsin Syed and other officers were also present. The News
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