Punjab University degrees verification task
Punjab University to verify 313 degrees of legislators
Islamabad, July 02: Punjab University will be required to verify a large number
of degrees of lawmakers because 313 legislators have claimed to have completed
their graduation from that university. Next comes the University of
Peshawar which will be scrutinising the degrees of 110 members of parliament and
provincial assemblies, followed by the University of Sindh, whose 105 graduates
won the general elections in 2008. The University of Karachi has 100 of
its former students in national and provincial legislatures. The
Bahauddin Zakariya University and the University of Balochistan have received
degrees of 50 and 56 lawmakers, respectively. The Pakistan Military
Academy, which also has the status of a degree awarding institution, has
received academic documents of eight legislators. Gomal University and Allama
Iqbal Open University will be investigating 10 degrees or certificates each.
Ten members of parliament and provincial assemblies have done their
graduation from Al-Khair University. Since April 30, 2009, the university has
been stopped by the HEC from admitting any student because it did not meet the
government-approved criteria. Having only photocopies of the degrees,
the universities will be facing a challenging task to verify them. And,
the Higher Education Commission is also facing difficulties in investigating
degrees of 36 legislators who have claimed to have graduated from foreign
universities. The commission would be writing to the 36 foreign
universities to verify if they had issued the degrees, an HEC official said.
Twenty-one lawmakers had contested elections on the basis of
certificates issued by 10 madressahs boards. The HEC has already written to the
boards seeking confirmations.The election commission is yet to provide degrees
of 161 legislators to the HEC for verification. So far the HEC has sent
the degrees of 934 lawmakers to 36 degree-awarding institutions in the country
for validation. The commission has set July 13 as cut-off date for the
universities to complete the task of verification. Dawn
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PU result
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) has declared the result of Doctor of
Pharmacy, First Professional, 2nd Annual Examination, 2009. According to
a press statement, the pass percentage in the exam remained 82.61. Detailed
result is available at the varsity website www.pu.edu.pk. Meanwhile, the
PU has also announced that the B Ed 2nd Annual Examination, 2009 and 1st Annual
Examination, 2010, will commence from September 16, 2010. It has also
announced that BSc (Engg) Final Professional 1st Annual Examination, 2007, will
commence from July 8. The last date for from submission with single fee
is 02-07-2010 and forms could be submitted with double fee up till
05-07-2010.
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IT academies at 400 Tevta institutions approved
Lahore: The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA)
has approved the establishment of Microsoft IT academies at 400 TEVTA
institutions across Punjab. The approval was given in the 27th meeting of
the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority Board here on
Thursday. TEVTA Chairman Saeed Ahmad Alvi chaired the meeting while Syed
Yawar Ali, Hassan Sohaib Murad, Aezaz Hussain, Seema Aziz, Zaib Jafar, Ibrahim
Qureshi, Hussain Sardar, Muhammad Shamim Asif, Ghulam Abbas Sargana and officers
of Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority attended the
meeting. In the phase-I, 266 Technical Education and Vocational Training
Authority colleges/institutes have been selected for setting up of Microsoft IT
academies. As many as 198 colleges/institutes out of 266 have already
confirmed availability of space whereas the construction of rooms has been
planned in 68 institutes. The meeting was informed that qualified and
experienced faculty would also be hired for Microsoft Teaching Certification.
It was informed that in line with the policy guidelines of the
government and directions of Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, the TEVTA
had focused to revise the curriculum in consultation with the local industrial
elite. At present, the curriculum of the DAE in Civil, Mechanical, Electronic
and Architecture Technologies have been revised according to the modern trends
and to meet with HR requirements of market. It will help the industry to
grow and generate employment opportunities to eradicate poverty in the
province. Saeed Ahmad Alvi said the Technical Education and Vocational
Training Authority had also prioritised to impart latest training techniques to
its teachers in phases to upgrade their teaching standards. He informed
the meeting that a modern government advance technical training institute would
be established at the Sunder Industrial Estate. At least eight demand driven
technologies will be offered there initially, he said, adding that the institute
would meet the demand of industrial sector to hire the quality
manpower. The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority
chairman said one-year postgraduate diploma would be launched at the Govt
Teachers Training College, Faisalabad, adding that this college would be
affiliated with the Punjab University's Institute of Education and Research
(IER).
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University of Education Seven PhDs
Lahore: The University of Education has awarded PhD degrees to seven
students in the subjects of Mathematics, Psychology, Islamiyat, English,
Education and Chemistry.
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GCU contest
Lahore: The Government College University's Debating Society on Thursday organised Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
Intra-University Interpretive Reading and Poetry Recitation Contest 2010. As
many as 52 students took part in the event. In the English category, M Ali Jee
Saleemi secured first position. The second position was shared by Ali Zafer, M
Umer Jee Saleemi and Saba Dar. In the Urdu category, Habib-ur-Rehman Talib
secured first position while the second position was shared by Almas Sabih,
Waseem Zeb Khan and Yasmin Syed. The news
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