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Punjab devises new exam paper marking system
Rawalpindi, July 27: All the eight education boards of the Punjab have decided to start a new paper
marking system in the province, aiming to get rid of the Booti mafia
and to make the marking of papers transparent. The decision to this
effect was taken in a meeting of the boards' chairmen, held here the
other day. The system would be implemented from the examinations of
Class 10 and Intermediate classes next year. According to the old
marking system, a teacher had to mark one entire paper, but in the new
system, one teacher would mark only one question of a paper. Similarly,
10 teachers would mark the paper having 10 questions and the 11th
teacher would calculate the total marks. According to the new system,
only senior teachers would mark the papers. The News
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Youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Lahore: A 12-year-old student Babar Iqbal of DI khan has become the
youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and set a new world
record, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel, Iqbal
had already set three world records in the field of computer sciences. He became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional and Certified
Wireless Network Administrator at the age of 9 and the youngest
Certified Web Professional Associate at the age of 10. He was in Dubai
when he made the recent record. Iqbal surprised the IT experts across
the world by making this record. Daily Times
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BISE to challenge LHC verdict
Multan: The governing body of the Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education (BISE), Multan, in a meeting on Friday decided to
move the Supreme Court against the decision of the Lahore High Court
(LHC), Multan bench, that directs the board authorities to call 56
candidates for interview for 39 posts of junior clerks instead of 38
candidates. About 18 applicants filed a petition in the LHC stating that they
appeared in a typing speed test held on May 23 for the posts of junior
clerks and a test conducting committee declared them successful. A list of 56 applicants was announced by the board administration,
however, the board chairman postponed the interviews to be held on May
25 "due to political pressure" and set June 1 for interviews besides
calling the candidates whose typing speed was 30 words per minute for
interview. They said the board administration had prepared
three lists with 38, 56 and 101 candidates. They said that the
administration had dropped their names to make sure the appointment of
the "recommended" 38 candidates. On July 17, the court directed the board administration to entertain the 56 candidates.
Board chairman Prof Nawaz Javed said that there was no record of
application and typing test of the petitioners and calling these
petitioners for interview would be an act of out of way.
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Teachers rap training college shifting
Bahawalpur: A number of teachers have protested the provincial
government's move to shift the pre-service/in-service government
training college from Bahawalpur to Layyah. In this connection, a delegation of the Punjab government schools
senior staff association called on Education Secretary Nadeem Ashraf
and conveyed him their concern. A delegation member, Umar
Farooq said that the teachers informed the secretary that the
college had been working here for the past 34 years and had imparted
training to thousands of teachers belonging to the Bahawalpur division.
In 2006, the institute was upgraded as the University of
Education, Lahore, sub-campus where BEd and MEd classes were introduced
but it was shifted to Vehari for the reasons best known to the
decision-makers, thus, depriving the local students of the facility. Now the training college had been shifted to Layyah and it would make
things difficult for the local teachers who were already facing
financial stringency. The college teachers and staff would be
transferred to Layyah, which would add to their problems. It
is learnt that the education secretary gave a sympathetic hearing to
the delegation's arguments and assured it that he would take up the
matter with the higher-ups. Dawn
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Governor appoints UHS Board of Governors
Lahore: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has
appointed Justice (r) Amer Raza Khan, former finance minister Sartaj
Aziz, former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Senator Zafar Iqbal Qureshi
as non-official members of the Board of Governors of the University of
Health Sciences (UHS) for three years. The governor has
allowed Dr Jawad Sajid Khan to complete his tenure until December 6 and
appointed Prof Amir Aziz in his place as a non-official member of the
UHS Board of Governors for three years, with effect from December 7. Daily Times
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