Action against Punjab's government colleges principals

Punjab 26 colleges principals suspended for poor BA/BSc results
Lahore, Oct 4: The Punjab Education Department has suspended 26 principals of different govt colleges on account of poor performance of their respective institutions in the BA/BSc Examination 2009 held by the Punjab University.

The action has been taken against the heads of colleges with success rate 10 per cent or less in BA, BSc examinations. The decision was announced on Saturday while the action was contemplated at a high-level meeting with provincial Education Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman in chair on August 8 soon after the announcement of BA, BSc result. Additional Chief Secretary Javed Aslam, acting secretary education Ahad Cheema and other officials were also present in that meeting.

The meeting was told that the result of 26 colleges was less than 10 per cent while not a single student from 14 of these institutions was able to pass the exams.

The principals suspended by the government has been asked to report to DPI colleges with immediate effect. Three of these 26 colleges are of Lahore i.e. Government MAO College (08.75 per cent result in BSc, and 27 per cent result in BA), Government College for Boys Gulberg (zero per cent result) and Government College for Boys, Raiwind (BA 4 per cent, BSc zero per cent).

Other colleges included Govt College Bochal Kalan, Chakwal (zero per cent), GC Bhaipheru, Kasur (zero per cent), Govt Taleem-ul- Islam College, Chenabnagar, Chiniot (7.69 per cent), GI Chiniot (8.33 per cent), Govt Farid Bux Ghosia Science Degree College Faridabad, TT Singh (8.5 per cent), Govt College Gojra (7.14 per cent), Govt College for Women, Rahwali, Gujranwala (zero per cent), Govt College, Chak No170/JB Jhang (zero per cent), Govt College for Women, Dina Jhelum (zero per cent), Govt Degree College, Jaranwala (9.09 per cent), Govt College, Kamoky, Gujranwala (5 per cent), Govt PST College Kamalia (zero per cent), Govt Shalimar College, Baghbanpura (8 per cent), Albaruny Govt College, Pind Dadan Khan (7.69 per cent), Govt PYS Degree College Phalia Mandi Baha-uddin (zero per cent), Govt Degree College Pattoki (zero per cent), Govt College Asgharmal, Rawalpindi (zero per cent). Govt College, Shakargarh (zero per cent), Govt Allama Iqbal College, Sialkot (zero per cent) Govt Allama Iqbal College for Women (9.52 per cent), Govt Jinnah Islamia College, Sialkot (zero per cent), and Govt College, Sumundri (with 5 per cent result).

The principals who have been suspended include Muhammad Ijaz Janjua, Rana Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Jehangir Ahmed, Zulfiqar Ali, Zia-ul-Hassan, Muhammad Zafar Ullah, Amra Cheema, Nasir Ahmad Khan, Nusrat Masud, Abdul Qayum, Salman Bashir Nagi, Zaair Hussain, Muhammad Zahid Butt, Qazi Ikram Bashir, Nadeem Akhtar Siddiqui, Prof Zafarul Mohsin Pirzada, Nuzhar-ur-Rehman Ranjha, Muhammad Arif Tarar, Muhammad Anwar Saeed, Muhammad Aleemuddin, Sikandar Hayat, Abdul Latif Mughal, Siraj-ul-Haq, Akhtar Jameel, Imtiaz Khalid and Khalid Zafar Daoodi. The nation

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PU dept head admits granting grace marks
Lahore: Punjab University (PU) space science department chairman Prof Dr Muhammad Ali has admitted that the department examination committee has this year again granted possible grace marks to its Semester-IV students.

In a statement issued here on Saturday, Prof Ali stated the departmental examination committee had considered the request of students, reviewed their results and gave them grace marks.

He said that six students on average had obtained marks between 63 to 67 per cent. He said a political group was demanding that below the average students should be granted additional grace marks so that they could also pass in first division.

He said this demand was unjustified. "If the demand of these very few below average students is accepted, then the future of more than 100,000 students must also be reconsidered who failed in the last BA/BSc examination because they also have equal right to get jobs and scholarships," said Prof Ali.

Responding to protest by students on Friday, Prof Ali claimed that the protesters were neither students of space science department nor belonged to the department in the past. He said only a few politically motivated activists were involved in such activities.

He also stated that as many as 17 students out of total 22 students of MSc Semester-IV had given in writing that they were unaware and unconcerned about protest against the department administration.

Prof Ali also stated that the department faculty members had unanimously agreed that the demand of granting 70 per cent or above marks by adding grace marks in previous semester was unjustified.

Still, some faculty members said that the wrong practice of granting grace marks to the students was started by the chairman, Prof Ali, himself, which was evident from the two transcripts including one with revised marks.

The faculty members said the university administration should conduct an inquiry and found that why students were being granted additional marks without any reason.

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Graduation classes in colleges formally inaugurated
Lahore: Graduation classes in the colleges being run by the Pakistan Railways were formally inaugurated at a ceremony here on Saturday.

Colleges being run by the railways were offering intermediate courses till recently when the Punjab University granted them permission to start BA/BSc classes, says a press release.

Later, Railways General Manager (Operations) Saeed Akhtar, General Manager (Welfare and Training) Maqsood Ahmad Khan and General Manager (Manufacturing and Services) Farooq Aziz distributed cheques of the raise given to the teachers and lecturers working on contract. Dawn

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