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HEC postgraduate studies programme in France
190 PhD students to leave for France in Sept
Lahore, June 25, 2008: The French Embassy in Islamabad, along with the Higher Education
Commission (HEC), Pakistan, has launched the 2008 edition of their programme of
postgraduate studies in France.
A reception hosted by director of
Alliance FranÁaise de Lahore, Matthieu PINEL, at a local hotel to celebrate the
departure of the 2008 batch of Pakistani students.
In his speech, the
director praised the students who had passed the competitive selection and
wished them best of luck for their studies in France. He reminded them that it
was an opportunity for them to act as ambassadors of Pakistan during their stay
in France and hoped they would also become ambassadors of France upon their
return in Pakistan.
The growing attraction of Pakistani students towards
France, especially in the last 5 years, has led 102 students to start a Masters
degree and/or a PhD (in various fields: sciences, social studies, economics) in
France in 2005, 147 in 2006 and 160 in 2007. For 2008, a strict selection
process was conducted all over the country and as a result 190 students will
join the French universities in September 2008 at PhD level. The s students for
this program have been selected through the HEC selection process on the basis
of academic merit and interviews with the French professors. The selected
candidates are undergoing French language training in Pakistan at one of the
four French Cultural Centres (Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi). As many
as 27 students are leaving from Faisalabad and 48 from Lahore. After the
successful completion of the training programme by the end of June 2008, the
selected candidates will travel to France where they will again take up an
advanced training course in French enabling them to effectively carry out their
further studies in French. Students are supported by: the French Embassy which
funds French language classes in Pakistan and France, the French Government
which grants them free tuition in the French universities, and the Higher
Education Commission of Pakistan which provides them with full PhD
scholarships.
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College DOs demand withdrawal of affiliation fee
Lahore: Eepressing concern over the affiliation fees charged by public
sector universities from government colleges, the District Officers (Colleges)
have demanded the higher authorities review the prevailing situation. They
further said the requirement of affiliation after introduction of every new
discipline was not justified adding, for this purpose, separate fees were
demanded by the universities each time when a new subject was introduced in a
particular college.
The issue regarding affiliation of government
colleges came under discussion at a meeting held on Tuesday. Secretary Higher
Education Punjab Arifa Saboohi chaired the meeting while DOs (Colleges) from
across the province were also present.
A participant of the meeting,
seeking anonymity, said that most of the Dos, expressing concern, said
the Punjab University (PU) and the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan
were charging hefty amounts as affiliation fees from the government colleges
while Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) was not charging any fee from the
public colleges for this purpose.
They further said the colleges were
also required to seek affiliation from the universities every time when a new
subject was introduced adding separate fees were also demanded for this purpose
which was not justified.
It is learnt that Secretary Education told the
participants of the meeting that the matter, regarding collection of affiliation
fees especially after introduction of every new subject, would be reviewed.
Sources said the DOs also highlighted the issue of non-functional
colleges saying because of this colleges were operating in rented buildings
adding in such circumstances government colleges were also being denied
affiliation by the universities. They further said shortage of teaching staff
and absence of libraries and laboratories in government colleges were also
hurdles in connection with affiliation.
Sources further said the matter,
regarding incomplete schemes of colleges, also came under discussion and it was
informed that many development schemes of colleges were still incomplete. It was
informed that schemes launched by district government were left incomplete in
many colleges after colleges' repatriation to provincial government from
district governments in 2006. Citing an example, a DO said development scheme of
Government Girls College Phoolnagar, Kasur, started by district government, was
abandoned after colleges' repatriation adding even the provincial government
also provided required funds.
Secretary Higher Education was further
informed that although some district governments had completed schemes
afterwards yet most of the schemes in other districts were abandoned and were
still incomplete.
The monitoring of colleges also came under discussion,
however, DOs informed that the previous management of the department had barred
them from visiting colleges. It is learnt that Secretary Higher Education has
asked the DOs to submit reports regarding incomplete schemes, affiliation
matters and other issues so that an action can be taken in this regard. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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