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Education news archive for October-2008
Oct 6
- Confusion over HEC four-year BS degree programme
- World Teachers' Day came & went unnoticed
- UK Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Karachi reopening on October 8
- University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) BS degree recognition issue with Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC)
- Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) tests schedule for various posts
- Walls erected in front of Punjab University hostel rooms
- Sindh University LL.B. announced entry tests schedule
- Punjab University faculty urged to improve standard of teaching
- Private schools demanded representation in Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA)
- Punjab University librarian upgraded to grade-20 by HEC
Oct 7
- Punjab University registration for BA/BSc annual examinations 2009 completed
- Allama Iqbal Open University entry test schedule for admission in Commonwealth Executive MBA/MPA Programme
- SZABIST's LLB external program graduates awarded degrees
- Weapons recovered from Punjab University grounds: PU groups condemn admin for accusing 'innocents'
- Jinnah University given holiday over bomb hoax
- Bolan Medical College (BMC) entry test deadlock entered second week
- Why do only Karachi schools pay commercial tariffs for electricity?
- Discriminating against O/A-levels
- Vehicles not allowed inside Karachi University Campus
- University of Sindh Masters and Bachelors degree admissions test from 19th
- Punjab University to welcome new students on 14th
- 18 million teachers needed for universal primary education (UPE)
- 100,000 youth to be imparted technical training during 2008-09: NAVTEC Chairman
- Model colleges of Islamabad to get 297 female teachers
- Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) diploma/degree courses
- Students of Sindh, Mehran and Liaquat universities protest against police
Oct 8
- A-level students admission in medical colleges. Only 53 students got admission
- HEC's universities project delayed scheduled to be established through Foreign Assistance Collaboration Programme
- Medical entrance test 2008-09 unfair and lacking in transparency
- BSEK Class IX (Gen. group, regular) marksheets collection schedule
- Park at your own risk: Punjab University plagued with vehicle theft
- Classes begen at Sindh Agriculture University (SAU)
- Punjab University took strict notice against IJT's threats
- University of Sindh got new IT lab
- Punjab University VC urged students to focus on academics
Oct 9
- IBCC denied O-Level IT students equivalence certificate in sciences
- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) MA results announced
- Delay in US visa clearance, students suffer
- Punjab University policy for affiliated colleges contradictory
- Ghost schools continue to haunt education sector
- BISE, Peshawar SSC supple exams to start from 22nd
- Punjab University MBBS final Exams rescheduled
- New mass communication building at Karachi University, offering a world of new opportunities to put students on the road to success
- Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) convocation on 15th
- Karachi University launched disaster management volunteer corps
- Two colleges affiliated with Wali Khan University
- King Edward Medical University (KEMU) allocated Rs 10m for research work
- Senate body for amicable solution to AIOU tax controversy
Oct 10
- Dr Atta-ur-Rehman resigned as HEC chief
- Karachi University M.S and Ph.D. pre-entry test schedule
- Punjab government has approved Nawaz Sharif Medical College for Gujrat
- Karachi University announced B.Sc. Physiotherapy results
- Students cannot use Punjab University for group activities, said Punjab Governor Salman Taseer
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) admission test on 26th
- SPLA slamed govt for 'doing nothing' to save Government Islamia College Building complex
Oct 11
- Local Universities in trouble, HEC budget cuts
- NED University pre-admission test schedule for 2008-09 academic session
- Rs 2bn Talent Endowment Fund for Punjab students
- Sindh University LLB admission test on 14th
- Taliban collect donations at University of Peshawar (UoP) campus
- Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College Admission test schedule
- Balochistan teachers called off exam boycott
- SSC Part-I scrutiny applications to be accepted
- Punjab University - SUPARCO lease issue
Oct 13
- IJT & PSF clashed at Pak Swedish Institute
- University of Peshawar announced BA, BSc results
- NED University increased seats for new session
- Varsities asked to defer uplift projects: Shortage of HEC funds
- University of Sindh announced new schedule for entry tests for L.L.B.
- HEC to provide free access to digital library
- Admission test for MBBS course held at Sindh Medical colleges
- Bomb hoax at Government College University (GCU)
- International Islamic University, Islamabad, (IIUI) to open college with 500-bed hospital
Oct 14
- Dr Attaur Rehman accused of wasting billions. On the other hand, Attaur Rehman defended his position
- The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) announced SSC suppl exams schedule
- Higher Education Commission (HEC) awards 136 JICA scholarships'
- O/A-level Students protest against IBCC equivalence policy
- The City School exam postponed following bomb threat
- Universities introduced new disciplines for session 2008-09
- Sindh Agriculture University employees protested as VC resumes charge
- GCU teachers awarded scholarships
Oct 15
- PPP favourites in race to head HEC. NRB Chairman and SZABIST president are front runners
- Punjab annual exams for class 5 & 8 in March in collaboration with UNICEF
- Karachi University extended BA, BSc & B.Com exam forms date
- Enforcing quality in higher education. Unfortunately most of the traditional public universities in Pakistan are infected with the politics syndrome
- National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust) ranked 376th in world universities
- Board of Secondary Education Karachi announced SSC part-I exam forms schedule
- First historic welcome party at Punjab University for new students
- Most private schools in Karachi refused polio vaccination
- Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari elected to varsity student council
- Jinnah University for Women admissions schedule
- Government College University (GCU) prize distribution on 17th
- Ivy League schools in the US recognised IELTS
- Environment Asia-2008 conference held at UET
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) seeked Rs743.1m grant to face financial crisis
Oct 16
- Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) BE degree accreditation issue with Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
- Punjab University BA/BSc Supplementary exams from 22th
- University of Balochistan (UoB) boys' hostel sealed after clashes
- British Council holds largest ever IELTS exam batch
- Punjab Education Department 'sits on' cases: College lecturers, professors waiting for promotion
- Karachi University extended LLB, LLM admissions date
- Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) begins five-year law programme
- Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad students protested power cuts
- Assistive Technology Lab (AT Lab) inaugurated at LUMS
Oct 17
- Dr AQ Khan blasted HEC's outgoing chairman, made public a long charge-sheet against Dr Attaur Rehman
- Sindh teachers' recruitment independent test for over 15,000 schoolteachers
- Economic crisis bites: HEC cuts back on projects
- The University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore among top 600 international varsities
- Islamia College University admission forms for the inaugural session of postgraduate classes
- Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) exams schedule
- Balochistan University and the Bolan Medical College closed after clashes
- KU improvement of division forms of B.A, B.Com. B.O.L. and B.Sc. being accepted
- 3,000 teachers 'to be recruited' in Rawalpindi
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Admission test schedule
- 'Web surfing stimulates the brain', New research suggests
- Sindh University expenses to exceed earnings by Rs306.9m
- GC University Lahore declared M. A. Urdu result
- Karachi University students establish 'Care n' Cure' clinic
- Overloaded school vans unsafe for children
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) welcomes new students
Oct 18
- Sindh new academic year of schools, colleges from April 1
- HEC top slot: Rift developed among PPP
- Karachi University extended enrolment date for BA, BSc and BCom students
- Government should review CSS exam 30-year age limit for candidates
- Private schools' regulation
- NED University displayed students' data-record
- Punjab University declared MA Finance result
- Ministry of Education plan to withhold enforcement of educational curriculum till 2010
- Punjab Govt considered doubling senior teachers' workload
- Application forms shortage for Rawalpindi teaching jobs annoyed candidates
Oct 20
- Dr Asim Hussain has been finalised as new HEC chairman
- Class IX (SSC Part I) Science General Group results announced
- Dr Atta tells Dr Khan 47 new varsities set up who had recently criticized his performance as HEC cheif
- 118th Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Long Course
- Universities asked to provide digital copy of each PhD thesis
- 'Rs 16,454m for 22 education projects'
- The rise of English
- 25,000 students waiting for free books in Lahore
- Samaa-HEC to launch scholarship programme for Mass Communication students
- Jamia Fareedia resumed classes
Oct 21
- SSC part I Science group results of examination-2008 & HSC-II (Humanities) results
- Inter-Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC)'s officials ignoring O, A-level students
- Karachi University facing a storm of criticism over the NTS (National Testing Services) entry test fiasco
- University of Balochistan (UoB), Bolan Medical College (BMC), Agriculture College still closed after clashes
- Punjab University announced BSc Home Economics supply exams schedule
- Karachi University announced BA, BCOM, BOL and BSc registration forms dates
- 47 female medical cadets commissioned in Army Medical Corps (AMC)
- Punjab University issued MBBS date sheets
- Education Ministry finalised national education policy
- Student's petition against Punjab University dismissed
- Karachi University 2 depts to continue MA/Msc programmes
- Hoax callers panic schools in Rawalpindi
- Punjab University to thrash out language studies issues
Oct 22
- Karachi University pre-entry tests for bachelors' programme put on hold
- Another Rs2bn shock for Higher Education Commission (HEC)
- Karachi University announced schedule for registration forms MA, Double MA and Improvement of Division 2007
- Pakistani students resist global favourite Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama
- Karachi University Students Alliance protested against admissions policy
- Government College University (GCU) may be renamed Ravi University
- Karachi University announced BL (Part-I) Annual Exams result
- 4,286 Punjab schools to get IT education
- FUUAST announced schedule for submission of semester exam forms
- University of Sindh announced schedule for BFA aptitude test
Oct 23
- No electricity, no study: teachers and students unite
- HEC in trouble!
- Saudi Arabia closed employment doors for illiterate Pakistanis
- Saifee College closed after vehicle set ablaze
- Anti-US grafitti spoils Punjab University underpass
- Registration for civilian staff jobs in PAF
- Gulberg Government College for Women (GCW) expeled student over 'extreme misconduct'
- Education secretary, Pindi DCO served notices: Teachers' promotion case
- Government College University Faisalabad students protested increase in university fees
Oct 24
- Karachi University agitation against Admission policy by members of the Student Alliance
- Change in HEC, by Dr Muzaffar Iqbal
- 'No change in Karachi University admission policy', KU VC, Prof Dr Qasim Raza Siddiqui
- HEC remains without chief after Atta's exit
- Over 18,000 students irked by litigation: Islamia College complex
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 5-year DVM degree
- Unregistered schools getting illegal BSEK enrolment
- Punjab Intermediate and BA/BSc toppers to visit European universities
- Power outage crippling research, uplift activities of edu institutes
- Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) M.Phil exam form submission shedule
- 'Pick and choose strategy': SHC allows SSUET's petition against NAB
- Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) students stage protest on campus for accreditation of BE degree with PEC
- Dr Rizwan made chairman of PU Science Education Dept
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) changes edu schemes
- Edu Dept officials visit Gulberg Government College for Women (GCW) over student expulsion
- Mathematics; not a headache
Oct 25
- Karachi Inter (Arts) results announced with pass percentage of 35.35
- More than 2,000 US institutions accept IELTS for admissions
- Passing-out parade held at PAF Base, Kohat
- Activities remain suspended in Karachi University on account of protests by students and non-teaching staff
- LUMS Drama Fest 2008 begins with five plays
- Karachi University announced BS admissions schedule
- UHS medical students demanded cancellation of paper
- New Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) VC took charge
- USAID funds educational project
- Sindh University issued merit list for MA admission
- College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang college faced closure
Oct 27
- University of Health Sciences (UHS) issued first MBBS merit list. 1,862 students gain admission to govt medical colleges
- Pakistan Education in futility
- Karachi University teachers warned government against rollback of HEC projects
- Punjab Education Policy 2008
- Karachi University extended BA exam forms date
- Aga Khan University of Health (AKUH) 14th PGME graduation ceremony
- Balochistan varsity to stay closed till row resolved
- 7,300 candidates take test for admission to Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET)
- 'Efforts on to save future of Islamia College students'
- Education Ministry to give more scholarships to FATA students
Oct 28
- Karachi class 9 & first year exams on new pattern
- Loadshedding affecting research work at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU): VC
- Transforming science education. Written by Leon Max Lederman, a Nobel Laureate in Physics, is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
- Lahore Intermediate supplementary examination cheating
- Karachi University announced M A (Previous) International Relations and Political Science results
- Peshawar University announced B.Sc Home Economics result
- GCU students face action over 'indiscipline'
- SSUET aptitude schedule for degree admission courses
- Report sought on irregularities in teachers transfers in Rawalpindi
- GCU defeated LUMS in Sondhi debates
- Teachers' hiring defy merit, rules in Hyderabad
- Punjab University VC chairs int'l research conference
- Islamia College building issue
- Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Convocation
Oct 29
- HEC controversial mobile phone use policy on campuses
- International Islamic University will not adopt co-education system
- Punjab SSC exam result startling facts, questions high-ups' performance
- Medical college to be set up in Islamabad
- GCU expels 200 students. GCU absentee students protest against university rules
- Karrakuram international university fee hike
- Islamia College Complex: SHC dismisses petition against vacate order
- Rs.10m grant for Kohat Cadet College
- Seminar on 'Exploring the Universe' held at Karachi University
Oct 30
- Karachi Intermediate Part-I Science groups (pre-medical, pre-engineering and general) annual examinations-2008 results announced
- Karachi University BA annual exams from Nov 3
- Dr Atta-ur-Rehman. This article serves to highlight one hidden assumption that seems to be held against Dr Ata-ur-Rehman which I do not believe to be true
- Police baton-charge protesting students of Islamia College
- Lahore High Court (LHC) seeked reply from King Edward Medical College University (KEMU) on 'grace marks'
- A library that Islamabad lost
- A-Level students face discrimination by the Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC)
- Sindh University admission test for bachelors degree programme on Nov 2
- Punjab University revised date sheet of MBBS
- University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi (UAAR) faces financial crisis
- Hyderabad HSC supplementary exams schedule
- Police on mission to arrest 'terrorist' GCU students
- Students thanked Govt for Islamia College Peshawar upgradation
- Digital library changed concept of studies: Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rahman
- French school closed down in Islamabad
- Ban on appointments irks Quaid-e- Azam University (QAU) workers
- Forensic sciences institute for Lahore
- Women varsity in Sukkur soon, said District Nazim
Oct 31
- US colleges, universities punished by global economic crisis
- University of Peshawar (UoP) convocation. 900 graduates in various disciplines were given away degrees
- Government College University (GCU) students angry over raids. Punjab Higher Education Department surprised.
- Baqai Medical College principal, Prof. Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, passes away
- Students oppose Islamia College University Peshawar plan
- All Pakistan Inter-University Debate Competitions. Foundation, Quaid-e-Azam varsities win contests
- Punjabi mushaira: a success at Punjab University Oriental College
- Karachi University Teacher Society (KUTS) election
- Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design (CEAD) admission test on Nov 8
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