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Mathematics olympiad concludes
LAHORE, March 8(Dawn): Governor Khalid Maqbool has said five countries are
setting up nine engineering universities in Pakistan.
He was speaking at
the concluding session of third international conference on 21st century
mathematics at the GCU's School of Mathematical Sciences here on Wednesday.
About 60 mathematicians from 36 countries and a large number of delegates from
all over Pakistan attended the conference during which about 120 papers were
presented and discussed.
The governor said the countries which were
setting up universities included Japan, China, France, Germany and Australia.
The Pakistani students need not go abroad now to get higher education in
engineering and allied subjects after the establishment of
universities.
Appreciating the performance of the School of Mathematical
Sciences, he said it would also be upgraded and its building expanded to meet
the growing requirements of the students and scholars.
Governor Maqbool
said the school would be named after Nobel laureate Prof Abdus Salam.
He
said the SMS had given Pakistan an international recognition by participating in
the international Olympiad and holding Kangaroo mathematical tests for the young
students of Pakistan.
He said the importance of mathematics could not be
denied as it was the very basis of modern knowledge and sciences. Mathematicians
could lend great help to the government in planning the development schemes
using the new techniques of applied mathematics, he added.
He said the
presence of such a large number of delegates from 36 countries reflected the
recognition of Pakistan's efforts by the international community for the
promotion of knowledge and education.
GCU vice-chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab
and SMS director general Dr A D Raza Choudary welcomed the delegates and said
they had enriched the knowledge of the Pakistani mathematicians by their
valuable thoughts and new research.
Dr Choudary said the Pakistan
government was doing its best to promote higher education through the efforts of
the Higher Education Commission.
The governor gave away prizes. The first
prize was shared by three students Sarfraz Ahmad, Ahamd Mahmood Qureshi and Ms
Shaheen Nazir, second prize to Nadeem Butt, Imran Javed and Azim Haider, third
prize to Nasir Rehman and Asim Nasim and special prize to Imran Anwar and Sardar
Mohibullah Khan. Mathematical scientist Prof Dr C G Gibson of the University of
Liverpool, UK, won the special prize for presetting the best paper at the
conference.
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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