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Shortage of textbooks irks parents in Rawalpindi
Shortage of textbooks irks parents
Rawalpindi, June 24, 2008: Parents of children
studying in different schools here Monday expressed concern over the shortage of
textbooks of various classes published by Punjab Textbook Board. A parent in
Rawalpindi said that he went to buy books of Class 8th for his daughter and
Science book of Class 6th for his son but was disappointed on their
non-availability. Similarly, a large number of parents, standing outside
bookshops in the city, lodged similar complaints. "The children are suffering
due to non-availability of books, as it is time for thorough study to properly
utilise their summer vacation," a mother of a student remarked. The parents have
appealed the government and concerned authorities including Punjab Textbooks
Board to ensure the supply of required books for their children in the market,
so that their education does not suffer.
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Mathematics workshop held at Comsats
Islamabad: The Department of Mathematics, Comsats Institute of Information
Technology, organised one day workshop on 'Computational Mathematics and Related
Topics' Monday, at auditorium of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, says a press
release.
The workshop aimed to bring together practicing applied and
computational mathematicians to exchange the recent research and promote the
research activity in Pakistan, generally and at the Comsats particularly. World
renowned mathematicians Professor Dr. Abdual Qayyum M. Khaliq from Middle
Tennessee State University (USA) and Professor Dr. Abdul Majeed Siddiqui from
Penn. State University (USA) delivered lectures.
CIIT acting Rector
Professor Dr. Muhammad Azeem was the chief guest, he addressed the gathering and
said, "The CIIT has had a desirable record of expansion and development
therefore it is being ranked at number 5 from 128 universities of Pakistan and
ranked number 2 from Islamabad based universities according to the latest HEC
ranking record."
Professor Dr Q. K. Ghori delivered valuable speech
about the topic. Dr. Moiz-ud-Din highlighted that the main objective of the
workshop was to bridge the gap between the Mathematicians and Finance &
Industry.
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NUST signs MoU with AIT
Islamabad: An MoU (memorandum of understanding) was signed between
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) and Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok in a simple but impressive ceremony held at NUST New Campus,
Sector H-12, says a press release.
NUST Rector Engineer Muhammad Asghar
and senior representative of AIT, Bangkok signed the memorandum. The purpose of
the MoU is to promote higher education and research for student and faculty
members of NUST in order to build their capacity.
It encompasses PhD, MS
leading to PhD and MS degree programmes along with joint research initiatives,
student and faculty exchange, exchange of academic material and participation in
short training programmes, seminars and academic meetings. The agreement is open
to all fields of studies conducted at 'School of Engineering & Technology,
School of Environment, Resource and Development, and School of Management' at
AIT, which will offer special rebate and transfer of credits to NUST students
for PhD and MS leading to PhD programmes. The News
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