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'PU all for entrance test through NTS'
LAHORE, Oct 27: Punjab University vice-chancellor Dr Muhammad Arif Butt
has said the varsity syndicate and its teacher associations endorse the entrance
test through the National Testing Service for admission to its various
departments.
He was speaking at a meeting during which Governor Khalid
Maqbool reviewed mega projects being carried out at the university. The governor
stressed that quality of education and research should be improved in
collaboration with the government and the Higher Education
Commission.
The governor was informed about the details of ongoing
academic and research projects being carried out in different departments of the
university. He was told that the HEC had approved Rs7 billion funds for
infrastructure projects of 46 departments of the university. So far projects
worth Rs5 billion had been started and 80 per cent of work had already been
completed.
The government, he said, was providing ample resources to
improve the standard of education in universities. He said Pakistani youth had
immense talent and the government was establishing new set-ups in the
universities by providing them higher education opportunities so that they could
play their vital role in national development.
He said the government was
establishing universities' sub-campuses in other cities to provide education to
the students at their doorsteps.
Funds for academic research were being
enhanced, said the governor, who underscored the need for digitalisation of
libraries in universities. He said the government also wanted that the
university teachers should be offered to purchase personal computers on
subsidised rates.
The briefing on mega projects were given by School of
Biological Science director Prof Dr M Waheed Akhtar, Dean of Science Prof Dr
Chaudhry Muhammad Jamil Anwar, Director Institute of Business and Information
Technology Prof Dr Nayyar Raza Zaidi, Principal University College of
Information Technology Dr Mansoor Sarwar, Director Institute of Quality and
Technology Management Dr Niaz Ahmad, Chairman Department of Physics Prof Dr
Mujahid Kamran, Dr Ahmad Mahmood Mumtaz of College of Pharmacy, Director Centre
for Clinical Psychology Prof Dr Nosheen K Rehman, Director Microelectronic
Research Centre for Prof Dr Shahzad Naseem, University Project Director Sheikh
Muhammad Ali, University Engineer Mir Pervez Khurshid and Nashir Aziz of IT
Centre.
Later, the governor visited the PU's Institute of Quality and
Technology Management. Institute director Dr Niaz Ahmad briefed the governor on
various ongoing programmes. He said it was the only institute in the country
that was offering quality management education.
At present, he said, some
500 students were studying four programmes being offered at the
institute.
The governor visited various sections of the institute,
including computer laboratory and library, and asked the students about the
standard of education and problems being faced by them. Dawn
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| Education News | | Updated: 17 May, 2013 |
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