Punjab university equitable appointments
Punjab university assigned duties wishfully
Lahore, Nov 7: The Punjab University (PU) is continuously ignoring
the equitable appointments of head examiners and paper setters for centralised
marking of B-Com Part I and II scripts of examination 2009. The ugly
practice was in vogue during the centralised marking of current year despite
representation by the senior examiners concerned, whose request has been sent to
the dustbin. According to their representation made to the PU Vice-Chancellor,
the assignments of paper setters, head examiners are wishfully preserved and
allotted to the varsity teachers irrespective of their status and designation.
Even lecturers are obliged and preferred to those of professors/associate
professors of government colleges, which is quite unjust, uneven and unfair
practice. For instance, in marking of B-Com Part II, three head examiners, one
assistant professor (Azam Shafique) and two lecturers, Ms Nabila, a lecturer on
visiting faculty in the Hailey College of Commerce and Miss Ammarah, a lecturer
in the same College on contract basis, were appointed head examiners for BC-407
(Economics of Pakistan). The senior and experienced teachers in the same
discipline related to the affiliated government colleges had been intentionally
ignored - rather dishonoured because an assistant or associate professor is
supposed to present test instalment of papers for approval before his/her own
student at the rank of lecturers, appointed as head examiners. This is an all
round practice prevalent almost in every discipline of the PU. The affected
professors, Hafiz Muhammad Ashraf, Associate Professor of Economics/Head of the
Department Government College of Science, Wahdat Road and Prof Manzoor Ahmad
Tahir, Associate Professor/Head of the Department/Vice-Principal, Government MAO
College have urged the PU Vice-Chancellor to revise the lecturers' appointments
as head examiners and appoint senior teachers invariably from government
colleges in their place. The nation
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PU to celebrate Iqbal Day
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) will celebrate Iqbal Day on the birth anniversary of
the great philosopher and poet of the East, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, with
national zeal and fervour. According to a press statement, the day will start
with special prayers for Iqbal. Punjab University vice-chancellor Prof Dr
Mujahid Kamran along with teachers, students and administrative staff will offer
Fateha, laying floral wreath on Mizar-e-Iqbal. Special buses carrying students,
teachers and employees will leave from Faisal Auditorium (New Campus) at 8:30
am. The news
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Star Laureate 2008
Lahore: Punjab University Registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan has been
selected for the "Star Laureate 2008" award by South Asian Publications Pakistan
in the science and technology category. Dawn
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Ban on postings and transfers in Punjab
Lahore: Punjab Government have imposed complete ban on
posting and transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff in the School Education
Wing (SEW) and revised the service structure for move over of primary schools
teachers (PSTs) and elementary school teachers (ESTs). The ban has been
imposed with immediate effect and a notification to this effect has also been
issued. Accordingly to the Punjab Education Department (School Education
Wing), 50 per cent of primary school teachers in BS-09 will be given move over
to BS-12 in level-1 and 35 per cent of BS-12 to BS-14 in level-2. Similarly, 50
per cent of elementary school teachers in BS-14 in level-1 will move over to
BS-15 and 35 per cent of them to BS-16 in level-2. While 50 per cent of
elementary school teachers (English) in BS-14 will move over to BS-15 in level 1
and 35 per cent of them in BS-16 in level 2. The Punjab Education Department has
declared it necessary that higher scales will be allowed on the recommendation
of the District Selection Committee (DSC) on the basis of satisfactory
performance of the teachers during the last three years provided no regular
enquiry is pending against the incumbents. EDOs (Education) on the basis of
working strength of teachers on 1st December of every year will fix the total
number of posts for each level of higher scale/upward mobility and shall notify
the same. The number of posts at each level of higher scale worked out on the
prescribed ratio approved under the notification shall automatically stand
up-graded. The nation
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Teacher invented new word for 'fifteen'
Lahore: A lawmaker from the PML-Q informed the Punjab Assembly (PA) on Friday
that during his visit to a school in his constituency he was amazed to see an
English Language teacher writing "fiveteen" instead of "fifteen" for the "better
understanding" of his students. Elaborating on the issue, PML-Q's Sheikh
Allauddin said that the recently inducted teachers in the educational
institutions of Punjab were not properly qualified to teach English as most
could not write proper English. He pointed out that they could not even spell
"fifteen" correctly. He also told the House that the majority of the 41,000
teachers lacked the appropriate qualifications to teach in the English language
despite being graduates from the Allama Iqbal Open University. Many of these
'unqualified' teachers had poor educational backgrounds, having failed exams
conducted by education boards and universities and had subsequently joined the
distance-learning programmes. Allaudin added that the government had inducted
these graduates with 'good intentions'. Dawn
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Guru Nanak varsity setup
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the Punjab
government will fully support the establishment of Guru Nanak University in
Nankana Sahab and students of all religions will be given admission to the
university. The CM was speaking at an international seminar on philosophy
of Baba Guru Nanak Ji's Interfaith Harmony organized by Diyal Singh Research and
Cultural Forum on Friday. He welcomed all Sikh Pilgrims who had arrived
in Lahore to attend the birthday celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He said
Guru Nanak had his own special place in the religious history of the world. He
said Guru Nanak's father and grandfather belonged to Jati Umraa which was in
Eastern Punjab and he visited his native village in 1964. He said he had special
affiliations with Sikhs and he kept on meeting them time and again in various
parts of the world. He amused audience with some jokes associated with
'Sardars', saying Sikhs were peace-loving people and so were
Muslims. Evacuee Trust Board Committee Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi said
Pakistani Muslims loved Sikhs. He lauded the efforts of Diyal Singh Research and
Cultural Forum, saying this institution was playing its role very well. He
requested the CM to order construction of a school and park in Chak 105 near
Faisalabad which was the native village of Sardar Baghat Singh. Renowned
Columnist Shafqat Tanveer Mirza said Baba Guru Nanak was a pragmatic person and
he believed in action. He said Muslims and Sikhs had many things in common and
one of those important things was the language. Sardar Manmohan Singh
Khalsa said Sikhs had great love and affiliation with Lahore. He said Muslims
and Sikhs both hated the caste system. He said Sikhs friendship with Pakistan
was not because of India rather we had direct links with Muslims. Sardar
Swaran Singh said basic lesson of religion was love and true religion was the
one which promoted worship of one God. He said Islam and Sikhism both disliked
Hindus. At the end, souvenirs were presented to Sikh
leaders. Speech, essay competition: The Chief Minister's Speech and Essay
Writing Competition 2009 will start from November 11. The first phase of
the competition will be held from November 11 to 14. Urdu essay writing
competition at primary level on the topic of "Safai Nisf Imaan Hai", middle
level Urdu essay writing competition on the topic of "Mehnat Mein Azmat Hai" and
middle level English essay writing competition on the topic of "Parents are the
Best Teachers of a Child" would be held on November 11. Urdu speech
competition at primary level on "Subah Ki Sair" would be held on November 12 and
middle level Urdu speech competition on the topic of "Amal Se Zindagi Banti Hey
Janat Bhi Jahanam Bhi" will be held on November 13. Middle level English speech
competition on the topic of "Students' Problems" would be held on November 14.
transfers banned: Shahbaz Sharif has imposed ban on transfer/posting of
teaching and non-teaching staff of the Punjab School Education Department. The news
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GCU skill-based training
Lahore: The Government College University's quality enhancement cell
organised on Friday a day-long skill-based training for the university faculty
members at Fazl-i-Husain Reading Room. The training was conducted by
Beth Trudell, a senior fellow in language teaching at the American consulate.
She stressed importance of students' involvement in both teaching and learning
processes. Ms Trudell briefed the participants about the new researches
on skill-based learning methods. Citing a research on 500 teaching and learning
methods by one of the largest universities of the United States, she said the
most effective was "students teaching students". She said it gave a
chance to students to lead, speak, understand and resolve. "So, group
discussions should be arranged in classes on a regular basis," she added.
Ms Trudell also gave a research summary to the GCU faculty members,
which concluded that "the less we talk in a lecture, the better our students
will do". Ms Trudell also told the teachers about some modern and
innovative teaching techniques, including cooperative learning groups, the
believing and doubting game, two minutes paper, think like a teacher, wrestle
with a problem and questioning the teacher. The instructor discussed the merits
and demerits of all these techniques. The participants praised the
two-minute paper and think-like-a-teacher techniques. She also gave a
couple of problems to the participants of the training programme to solve them
applying the techniques. She praised teachers' innovative ideas to resolve
teaching and communication problems. About critical thinking, Ms Trudell
said it was a process of evaluating, analysing, investigating and exploring new
ideas that the world did not need yes-men any more. "It is the
responsibility of teachers to make students think rationally about the issues
and create their own opinion," She said. Earlier, Quality Enhancement
Cell Director Iram Sohail said training programmes were being arranged to
improve teaching and communication skills of the university's faculty members.
She said another training programme on presentation skills will be held
on Dec 11 for the GCU teachers. Later, in a group discussion, the
participants called the training programme highly informative and expressed
their firm resolve to use the new innovative teaching techniques in their
classes and give feedback to each other. Dawn
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UVAS recognition
Lahore: The Kingdom of Jordan has given recognition to the University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore. According to a UVAS press statement issued on
Friday in a letter to the Registrar of the UVAS, the Cultural Counsellor in the
Embassy of Jordan in Islamabad said, "I feel immense pleasure to inform you that
the Higher Council for Recognition of Higher Educational Institutions in the
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan, Amman, has decided to recognize the University of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences Lahore." The letter further said that Jordan desired to maintain and
further strengthen the cordial relations between the two countries, especially
in the field of higher education.
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KEMU appointed four teachers
Lahore: King Edward Medical University (KEMU) has completed selection against four
vacant posts of assistant professor at the Anaesthesia Department and four
vacant posts of demonstrators at the Maxillofacial Department. A special
selection board, headed by KEMU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Ullah
Khan, selected the candidates after interviews. Appointment letters will soon be
sent to the successful candidates. The news
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