Rawalpindi institutions summer vacations from 1st June
Summer vacation in Pindi from June 1
Rawalpindi: The summer vacation in educational institutes in Rawalpindi would start from 1st June.
According to the circular issued by the Punjab education department reveals that
the educational institutes would resume their educational activities on August
15. On the other hand, some educational institutes in Rawalpindi have decided to
open school in connection with Pakistan's Independence day on August 14. The News
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RMC contractual workers demand job security
Rawalpindi: The contractual employees of Rawalpindi Medical
College (RMC) and the city's three allied hospitals on Saturday took out a rally
on Benazir Bhutto Shaheed (BBS) Road to press the government for regularisation
of their services. Scores of the RMC contractual employees gathered on the
RMC premises and took out a rally that culminated at Marrir Chowk after passing
through Liaquat Bagh. The rally brought the traffic to a standstill on BBS Road
for an hour. Long queues of vehicles were witnessed during the rally. Daily Times
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AIOU exams from today
Islamabad: Examinations of various programmes of the Allama Iqbal Open
University (AIOU) will start from Monday. According to a press release
issued here, the examinations of APTC, CT, ATTC, B.Ed, matric, intermediate and
bachelor programmes will be held across the country. Slips to the students of
postgraduate programmes are being dispatched and their examination will start
from June 4. Meanwhile, the AIOU has changed its examination centres
from Swat and Malakand division to other cities due to ongoing military
operation in these areas. Dawn
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AAUR staff donate 2-day salary for IDPs
Rawalpindi: All teachers, officers and employees of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University,
Rawalpindi (AAUR) have donated their two-day salaries for the IDPs from Malakand
Division. This was decided in a meeting of Dean/Directors of the University
under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor AAUR Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Khan, says
a press release. A camp was also established at the University campus to collect
food items and other necessities. Meanwhile, the students of various departments
collected funds worth Rs125,000 for the cause. The News
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134 foreign graduates pass PM&DC examination
Islamabad: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has announced the
results of the examinations held for registration and equivalence of foreign
graduates under National Examination Board (NEB) here on Saturday. A total of
409 candidates appeared in the examination for MBBS/BDS Theory, in which 118
were declared successful in medical examination, whereas in the dental
examination out of five only one candidate was declared successful. The
clinical or Objective Structure Clinical Examination part of the examination for
candidates, who had already cleared the written part, was held Friday. A
total of 151 candidates appeared in the examination, in which 134 were declared
successful. These students will be allowed to get register with the PMDC for
house job. The clinical or OSCE examination for dental graduates would be
held on May 29 and May 30, 2009 at d'Montmorancy College of Dentistry,
Lahore. The examination is conducted biannually to assess the professional
competence of the foreign medical and dental graduates having Pakistani
nationality in order to register their basic qualifications with the
PM&DC.
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FDE employees given preference to teachers
Islamabad: Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has given full concession
of fee and transportation charges for the two children of its
employees. Teachers however have been deprived of such
concessions. According to a circular issued on April 27 two children of each
employee of the FDE in Federal Government Schools and Islamabad Model Colleges
studying from primary to degree level will be granted exemption from payment of
fees and transportation charges. Whereas the question of providing free
education to teachers' children studying in various schools has never come under
consideration of the directorate, it was learnt reliably. However,
Education up to class XII is free for all children of FG schoolteachers in their
own schools and two children of the FG schoolteachers are allowed fee concession
in classes I to XII in Model Colleges. "There is no such rule for the teachers
of Model schools regarding fee concession for their children and exemption of
transport charges. Even teachers themselves are not given transportation
facility free of cost and charges are deducted from their salaries," said a
teacher of Model School. Male teachers can somehow arrange some transport or
can use motorcycle but at least female teachers should be granted transportation
facility, he further added. "Schoolteachers are already underpaid. They are not
given transportation facility and nearly Rs 500 are ducted from their salaries
if they use school transport". Earlier, parents were paying in terms of
transportation monthly charges Rs 250 which were increased up to Rs 500 but on
the protest of parents it was fixed up to Rs 350. At primary level almost Rs 400
is a monthly fee in Model Colleges while up to class X parents pay Rs 500
monthly. The Nation
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