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British Council to help less privileged students
LAHORE, March 17(Daily Times): The British Council's (BC)
School Link Programme is being redesigned for the less privileged students,
Karachi chapter British Council director Marcus Gilbert said in a
videoconference on Tuesday.
He was speaking to reporters on a training
workshop organised by the British Council in collaboration with the Commonwealth
Press Union. He said under the programme a small number of schools from across
Pakistan had been linked to the UK schools. He said more schools would be
linked. He said the links had been offered to schools that offered O-levels and
A-levels exams. He said the programme would include the schools that do not
offer UK-based evaluation.
He said more funds would be invested in the
Muslim countries in order to bridge the gap between people of these countries
and the UK. Open learning centres, he said, supported by the council in Peshawar
had been a success. He said the programme could be extended to other parts of
Pakistan to benefit the students of the madrassahs.
The BC was working
with the Sindh government to upgrade the mainstream education in the province,
he said. Replying to a question about possible reaction by European countries
over the shift of the council to the Muslim countries, he said, "There will be a
reaction, but we will reach the European people through the Internet."
He
said the Council was working with the Inter Board Committee of Chairmen to solve
the equivalence of O-level and A-level with the local qualifications. He said
under the Recognition Scheme the council had provided training to agents to help
Pakistani students get admissions in the UK institutions. Unfortunately, he
said, some unscrupulous agents were cheating the students. The UK had issued
visas to 11,500 students in 2006. He said students with counterfeit documents
had failed to get visas. "6,500 Pakistani students are studying in the UK
universities," he said.
He said no one would get free access to the
council's offices in Pakistan in the next five years because of security
reasons. He said the 9/11 incident had alienated nations. He said the Muslim
youths were affected the most. He said, "The council wants to help those
alienated youths."
He said, "There is a need to build links between
Pakistan and India." He said the military and politicians of both the countries
were spending a lot of money on their defence. The money could be used on the
development projects especially education, he said. "There should be more
collaboration between India and Pakistan."
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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