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5000 PU students receiving scholarships
Lahore: A record number of 5000 students of the Punjab
University, out of a total of 27,000 pursuing higher studies at under graduate
and post graduate courses, are being given merit and need-based scholarships.
Vice Chancellor PU, Prof Dr. Mujahid Kamran said here Sunday that fifty per
cent students have been given merit scholarships ,while the remaining were given
need-based support. "All these scholarships are being given by the university
from its own resources--without any funding either from government or public or
private sectors", the VC observed. He said that for the first time ever,39
faculty members of various teaching departments were pursuing higher studies
leading to PhD in internationally recognized universities under PU sponsorship
scheme. "Special emphasis was given to conducting international standard
research by all teachers in their relevant academic fields". The VC lauded that
brilliant students of PU, within a short span of 4 months, won 65 gold and
silver medals in various international and national declamation contests. PU is
the only public sector university in the country which is offering master level
education in more than 62 subjects while charging affordable fee but showing
excellent academic results. Dr. Mujahid said students of PU Law College also
excelled in international contest held in USA and clinched the first position.
He informed that all vacant seats of the Professors, Associate Professor,
Assistant Professors and Lecturers and non-academic staff were being filled in
through selection boards. The VC said some groups, with vested interest, were
critical of him for defeating their nefarious designs. He vowed not to deviate
from merit as he strictly believes in rule of law and discipline,as well as
healthy and peaceful atmosphere on the campus. App
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Government's security guidelines not enough?: Lahore's schools hiring private security consultants
Lahore: In the wake of reported terrorist threats for schools
providing Western educational facilities, the city's elite educational
institutions are hiring private security consultants to provide foolproof
security to students and faculty. The schools have decided not to rely
solely on the security instructions issued by the government. It was also found that some schools had even started to charge for the beefed-up
security, by adding an extra head to the fee charts. The government has termed
its security guidelines as 'state of the art', and claims that no terrorists
would be able to strike if the schools adopted the measures advised by the
authorities. The Home Department and City District Government Lahore
(CDGL), a few weeks ago, had issued general security guidelines for the
administrations of all private and public schools, after intelligence agencies
reported that terrorists could attack co-educational and elite institutions.
The warning had forced a number of elite schools to shut down in
Islamabad and other cities. The schools were re-opened after the schools'
authorities adopted more stringent security measures. In order to leave
no loopholes, the administrations of these schools have now started to hire
private security consultants. "This country is beginning to sound more
and more like a war zone, and we have so many enemies in and outside our
borders. No wise person would take a chance in a situation like this and we are
doing the same by hiring private security experts, who are striving to make a
foolproof security net around our schools," the administrator of one of the
city's most elite school chains said. He said the
administration of his school had asked the parents to inform the school of the
registration numbers of their vehicles, and the names and relations of the
people mostly coming to pick the children from the school. He said the
administration had also asked the parents for their cell phone and other contact
numbers in order to stay in touch with them. He said parking stickers were also
being issued to the students. Satisfaction: "We know that the situation
is not that critical here. There has not been a single incident of terrorism
against any private school in the country, but we can't take a chance. We don't
have any problem with what the government is advising us to do but we believe
that we need to do more for our personal satisfaction and that's what we are
doing now," he said. Checking: Lahore District Coordination Officer
(DCO) Sajjad Bhutta said that the government had assured full support to
the educational institutions seeking to improve their security. He said the
guidelines issued by the district government for schools' security were
adequate. However, he said, the government did not discourage the schools from
taking their own measures for security, including the hiring of private
consultants. Bhutta said the government was planning to check how far the
schools had complied with the government's security directives. "What we have
asked them to do is enough to ensure security but we don't have any problem if
someone takes any further measures to give their students a sense of extreme
security. We are definitely working on the issue and will check if they have
adopted at least what we had asked them to do," he said. Bhutta said the
terrorists would feel encouraged if the security guidelines were adopted in a
haphazard way.
Previous government instructions
* Every school should have three iron gates, which must be opened only after
ascertaining the visitor's identity * Schools should have private
security guards * Telephone numbers of the DCO Office, TV channels and
newspapers should be displayed on the notice board of every school * An
alarm to summon everyone at a specific place should be installed in every
school * Schools should have different closing timings * Every
school should have four telephone numbers and CLI
Additional measures taken by schools' administrations are:
* Erecting
fenced walls
* Installing walk-through gates
* Reinforcing
boundary walls
* Placing huge barriers outside the schools'
entrances
* Hiring trained and well-equipped security guards
*Ensuring that there is no place for any attacker to hide
* Disallowing
visitors
* Banning the entry of all kinds of vehicles.
DHA schools, admin first to enact security initiatives
Lahore: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) was the earliest
residential locality where the administration as well as the schools took
initiatives to increase the security of schools situated in the area. The
authority increased the number of mobile vans patrolling around the schools,
while also ensuring the presence of policemen around the institutions during
school timings. The authorities asked the administrations of the schools to
ensure the removal of any internal security loopholes. They erected fencing on
the walls, increased the height of walls around schools, and covered possible
points of entry. Plainclothesmen were also deployed around the schools even
during the night. There are seven public and a number of private institutions
situated in the DHA, with a number of them providing co-education, and they are
considered some of the most elite institutions of the city. Daily Times
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PBTE exams from 6th
Lahore: The Punjab Board of Technical Education's first annual examination, 2009, of Diploma in Commerce and Diploma
in Business Administration will start from May 6. According to a press
statement, 166 examination centres have been established in all over Punjab and
in Gilgit. Approximately 48,000 students will participate in this examination.
Roll number slips have been issued to all candidates through their colleges. The News
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Education policy to focus on technical training: PM
Lahore: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said huge emphasis will
be given to technical and vocational training in the new education
policy. He was addressing the certificate awarding ceremony of 1st batch of
various technical and vocational courses of Rangers Institute of Technical
Education (RITE) at Rangers Headquarters here on Saturday. Lahore Corps
Commander Lt. Gen. Ejaz Ahmed Bakhshi, Director General Rangers (Punjab)
Maj. Gen. Muhammad Yaqub Khan, NAVTEC Chairman Adnan A. Khawaja, TEVTA
Chairman Mohsin Syed, RITE Director Col. Ghulam Raza were also
present. Gilani maintained that the government wanted to implement an
education policy, which was in accordance with the wishes of the people and
had greater focus on technical aspects of education. "For this, all relevant
quarters are being consulted in formulation of education policy, which will
cater to all sections of the society," he added, while observing that that
technical and vocational training would turn students into a skilled workforce
having ample job opportunities, which would ultimately save them from
becoming militants and extremists, who focus on jobless people to use them
as tool to achieve their nefarious designs. "Technical education will not only
help make the youth useful citizens but also enable them to support their
families in a dignified manner," he said. The Nation
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Punjab University awarded PhD degree
Lahore: The Punjab University has awarded a PhD degree to Umbreen Javed Khan d/o Javed Anwar Khan
in Zoology after approval of her research thesis "Epidemiology, Economic
Importance and Therapy of Paramphistomosis in Cattle and Buffaloes." 0According
to a press statement, she completed her thesis under the supervision of PU
Department of Zoology Prof Dr Tanveer Akhtar while University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Department of Parasitology Chairman Prof Dr
Azhar Maqbool was her co-supervisor. The News
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