PU Institute degrees recognition issue
PU students protest against non-recognition of degrees
Lahore, May 24: Students of Punjab University's (PU) Institute of Mycology and Plant
Pathology on Saturday protested in front of the Governor's House and
the Lahore Press Club against the varsity administration and the Higher
Education Commission for not recognising their degrees as equivalent to
agricultural degrees. The protestors chanted slogans against
the PU and the HEC and demanded Punjab Governor/ PU Chancellor Salmaan
Taseer and Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice take notice of the
issue. They also held a press conference at the LPC and highlighted
their problems. The students urged the Punjab governor to instruct the
PU administration to recognise their degrees as equivalent to
agricultural degrees. They complained that four batches of BSc (Hons)
and two of MS (Hons) had passed out but all the students were jobless,
as their degrees were not recognised. The students complained they had
raised the issue with the varsity administration but they had
threatened them. They disclosed that even their teachers were asking
them to open tuition academies if they had no jobs. The students
demanded that the name of their degree should be changed from MSc
(Hons) in Mycology and Plant Pathology to MSc Agriculture Philosophy
with specialisation in Plant Pathology. They told the media that they
were studying agriculture courses but their degrees were not being
recognised as agricultural degrees. The students blamed the PU
administration and the HEC for their unemployment and warned that if
their problems were not resolved soon their futures would be destroyed.
Mycology and Plant Pathology Department Incharge Dr Ghazala
Naseem said that the HEC was confused on this issue and had
not decided on a new name for the department. She said they would
rename the department, follow the HEC syllabi and request the
Agricultural University to recognise their degrees at the earliest. PU
Registrar Dr Naeem Khan said the Board of Studies had sent
recommendations on the issue and the administration would support the
studens in this regard. He said Life Sciences Dean Dr Shahida Husnain
was also looking into this matter and the issue would be resolved soon. Daily times
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Security at PU reviewed
Lahore: A University (PU) acting vice-chancellor Prof Dr Jamil
Anwar, during a surprise visit on Saturday morning, termed the security
arrangements at the varsity New Campus unsatisfactory in view of the
prevailing law and order. According to a press statement
issued here, while presiding over a meeting of senior security staff
after surprise visit to check the level of vigilance on the part of
security staff on duty at various varsity gates, entry points,
underpasses, etc, the acting VC pointed out various shortcomings
besides suggesting remedial measures on the spot. He said
that, in addition to further beefing up the presence of security guards
round the clock, the existing checking procedure at gates and entry
points should be strictly enforced so that no vehicle or visitor could
enter the varsity without prior proper identification. During
the visit, Dr Jamil Anwar also checked the efficiency and preparedness
of the rapid deployment security personnel and found the same
satisfactory. All the heads of departments shall be personally
responsible for enforcement of proper vigilance in and around their
respective departments with the help of guards, he added.
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Two PhD degrees awarded
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) has awarded PhD degrees to two candidates in the
subjects of High Energy Physics and Zoology. A PhD degree has been
awarded to Rashid Ahmed s/o Muhammad Yaqub in the subject of High
Energy Physics after the approval of his research thesis titled
"Electronic Band-Structure Calculations of Solids Using Computational
Methods". The research has been completed under the supervision of PU
Prof Dr Haris Rashid, Director, Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP).
Another PhD degree has been awarded to Muhammad Abid s/o Muhammad
Ashraf in the subject of Zoology after the approval of his research
thesis titled "Growth Pattern in Labeo Rohita (Hamilton) under
Intensive Culture System". The research has been completed under the
supervision of PU Zoology Department's Assistant Professor Dr Muhammad
Shafiq Ahmed. The news
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Teachers' plea to Shahbaz
Lahore: The Joint Action Committee Asataza Punjab has urged the
chief minister to take note of 'highhandedness' of the Board of
Intermediate and Secondary Education officials that has put the future
of scores of students at stake. A joint appeal on Sunday
signed by committee leaders Rana Arshad, Jan Alam Khan, Rana Liaquat
Ali, Ishaq Rehmani, Zafar Sindhu and Malik Saeed said the candidates
appearing for the intermediate (part-I) exam had been the latest
victims of the 'inefficient' BISE officials. Discrepancy
between the date-sheet on the roll number slips of scores of candidates
and the subjects the candidates had opted is causing a great deal of
inconvenience to students and examination staff alike. "Instead of
concentrating on preparation, candidates have to run from pillar to
post to get the correct slip. In order to oblige certain
private academies, selective examiners are being posted for practical
and viva examination at certain centres at the behest of contract
branch. Teachers have appealed to the chief minister to order
immediate action against the corrupt in the BISE and save the future of
scores of students. Dawn
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Education boards incompetence exposed: teachers
Lahore: Joint Action Committee Asataza, Punjab, (JACAP) has said that irregularities
and unfair procedures adopted by education boards in matriculation
exams have exposed their incompetence and bias. According to a press
statement issued on Sunday, JACAP office-bearers Rana Muhammad Arshad,
Jaan Alam Khan, Rana Liaqat and others said the appointment of illegal
exam superintendents at various centres, erroneous printing of the date
sheet on the roll number slips and innumerable such incidents had
proved the incompetence of the education boards. They demanded the
government take strict notice of the situation and run an inquiry into
all the matters with immediate effect to eradicate all these
irregularities.
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75% attendance a BISE rule: GCU
Lahore: The mandatory 75 percent attendance
rule for intermediate students is a rule that was decided on by the
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) and the university
only follows it, a Government College University (GCU) official said on
Saturday. The GCU spokesperson clarified that the university
did not set the attendance criterion and it was not in the university's
domain to relax any such rule. He said it was BISE that regulated the
rule, according to which a candidate may stand ineligible for an exam
and an admission form once submitted may be withdrawn if a he/she ran
short od the required percentage; 75 percent of the total lectures
delivered. Daily times
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Pak maths school
Lahore: Government College University (GCU) Abdus Salam School of
Mathematical Sciences (ASSMS) put the Pakistani Mathematics on the
world's map, as the European Mathematical Society (EMS) had
acknowledged the doctoral school as the Emerging Regional Centre of
Excellence (ERCE) for its contributions to research at the
international level. The decision to acknowledge GCU ASSMS as
the Emerging Regional Centre of Excellence came at a joint meeting of
EMS Committee for Developing Countries (CDC) and UNESCO in Budapest,
the capital of Hungary. Only three institutions from all over
the World are acknowledged by EMS as Emerging Regional Centers of
Excellence. The other two are in India and Vietnam. "The school has
indeed put Mathematics on the map of Pakistan and the Pakistani
Mathematics on the map of the world," said Higher Education Commission
Executive Director Dr S Sohail H. Naqvi. He added that he felt great
pride on this prestigious achievement. EMS-CDC Vice Chairman
and Institute de Mathematiques, Paris, Professor Michel Waldschmidt
predicts that Mathematical Sciences have a bright future in Pakistan.
He says that the EMS will also provide funds to GCU ASSMS for research
since teaching without any research is not at all desirable, even at
graduate level. "If required, the bright students of the centre will be
provided scholarships and other necessary support for research and
doctorate programme in the institutions of the highest level in
Europe," said Waldschmidt. The EMS-CDC Vice Chairman said he
was a witness to the excellence of Abdus Salam School of Mathematical
Sciences (ASSMS), as he had taught there for several months. He
believes that Pakistani students are very bright, intelligent,
enthusiastic and hardworking.
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UVAS centre approved
Lahore: The Bioequivalence Study Centre (BeSt Centre) of the University of
Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) has been granted approval by
the Ministry of Health, Pakistan, on Saturday. The head of the BeSt
said the approval would pave the way for cost effective drugs/medicines
supplies to public and private sector health facilities. He further
said the approval marked a milestone in the history of research and
development as well as regulatory process in the pharmaceutical sector
of Pakistan and provided solutions to the issues of quality, price and
cost effectiveness of the pharmaceuticals manufactured in Pakistan. The news
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