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KU & FUUAST results | School wall collapse
KU results
Karachi, Sep 13: The University of Karachi (KU) announced on Friday the
first year examination results for the new B.S. in physiotherapy
course.
Eighty-one candidates took the exam and 73 passed. KU said that
the certificates have been issued and the candidates have been asked to collect
them from their respective institutes. app
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Fuuast results
Karachi: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science &
Technology (Fuuast) on Friday announced the results of BCom (Private), BSc Hons
Physics-I and BSc Hons Mathematics-I annual examinations-2007. Ppi
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School wall collapse
Karachi: The death of four youngsters who were crushed under the weight of a 100-year-old wall which
collapsed in a school on Manora Island on Thursday, speaks volumes for the kind
of priority the educational authorities attach to safety at school. Although the
school in question had been abandoned for a newer building nearby, the question
rankles as to why it wasn't demolished or fenced off. The old building had
apparently been vacated six years ago as it had become a looming threat to the
students and teachers. However, even after the students were shifted to a new
school the concerned authorities continued to ignore demands to demolish the old
structure. Pakistani schools face severe problems of infrastructure, such as the
absence of boundary walls, dilapidated buildings, unusable furniture and so on.
The statistics issued in 2007 are telling: 52 per cent of government schools in
the country have no boundary wall while 15 per cent are without a proper
building, placing the students at great risk, especially in light of the
frequency with which school collapses are reported.
Last year when a
school collapsed in Jacobabad, there were nine injuries but luckily no
fatalities. However, Kashmiri children in 2005 were less fortunate when a
massive earthquake caused schools, many of them poorly constructed, to collapse
like a pack of dominoes. This is one problem facing the education sector to
which there is a simple solution - money. The government can give a boost to
existing infrastructure by allocating more funds to improve the condition of
school buildings. Not only will this provide a more nurturing learning
environment for children, it will also counter potentially life-threatening
circumstances. The government needs to learn a lesson from the latest tragedy
and direct all its attention to the renovation of such buildings so that they
conform to safety norms. In this regard, a focus on quality is imperative. It is
evident that the material used in the construction of schools is of poor
quality. Moreover, inspection should take place at the time of building to
ensure the safety of design and structure, while regular checks should be
carried out once the school is operational. Meanwhile, the authorities in this
case should be brought to book. Dawn
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JI, IJT hold joint demos
Karachi: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) held a
joint protest demonstration on Friday at the Lasbella Chowk against the killing
of JI workers and IJT students at the University of Karachi Campus at the hands
of workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the All Pakistan Muttahida
Students Organisation (APMSO).
They demanded of the government of Sindh
to immediately arrest the killers and sack the Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ebad,
under whose connivance, they alleged, a reign of terror was let loose in the
city.
Secretary JI, Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, speaking on the occasion,
said that certain elements wanted to disturb the peace of the city and that,
though the Rangers were positioned at the KU to maintain peace, they remained
silent spectators during the mayhem that took two innocent lives.
He said
that, under a planned agenda, the MQM had been given a target to unleash
terrorism in the city and also held the provincial as well as federal
governments responsible for giving licence to the MQM. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 26 May, 2012 |
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