300 Punjab school for kiln workers children
300 schools for kiln workers' children
Lahore, Sep 05: The Punjab Labour and Human Resources Department will
set up 300 schools at brick kilns in Lahore and Kasur to provide
educational facilities to more than 10,000 children and provide
micro-credit facilities to brick kiln workers.
Provincial Labour Minister Muhammad Ashraf Khan Sohna said this during
the inspection of schools set up at brick kilns at Jallo and Wagah by
the Pak-Swedish Teachers' Association. He said the government
was committed to curbing the menace of bonded labour and had launched a
comprehensive programme for the socio-economic uplift of kiln
workers. He said the government had also allocated Rs40 million to provide
micro-credit facilities to kiln workers, especially women, during the
current financial year. More than 5,000 workers would be provided small
loans under the scheme, he said.
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Lahore matric result distinction
Lahore: Miss Namra Aqeel, daughter of
Aqeel-ur-Rehman Sheilkh, student of Divisional Public School (DPS)
Model Town, Lahore, has secured 977 marks out of 1050 (93 per cent) in
the matriculation examination of the Lahore Board 2009. The news
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Seats for the disabled on all BZU campuses
Sahiwal: The Bahauddin Zakariya University's (Sahiwal)
sub-campus has directed its departments to reserve seats for the
disabled students.
The decision has come after the intervention of Commissioner Tariq
Mahmood in the case of a disabled student whom he helped in getting
admission to MBA programme. The university administration not only
admitted the student to the programme but also allowed the other
departments to reserve quota for the disabled in all disciplines.
It is learnt that Muhammad Shadaab applied for MBA (morning session) on
the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Sahiwal campus, against the disabled
quota. The administration, however, turned down his request on the plea of not having the reserved quota for the disabled. The admission committee informed the applicant that the facility was available only on the main campus (Multan).
Meanwhile, another disabled student, Shah Muhammad, complained to the
commissioner that they (the applicants) were denied a facility that was
available at all other institutions. "Such discrimination
would discourage the special persons who already have limited
opportunities of getting higher education here," he said on behalf of
the disabled applicants. The commissioner raised the issue
with the university higher-ups and Dr Zafarullah, the BZU Multan
vice-chancellor, agreed to the proposal of allowing reserved seats for
the disabled on all sub-campuses. He immediately notified the
availability of the reserved seats for the disabled in all
courses/programmes taught in the morning session. The authorities admitted Muhammad Shadaab to MBA programme. The actual applicant could not meet the merit criteria.
BZU Sahiwal campus director Saleem Bhutta confirmed that the
notification of reserved seats for the disabled had been issued. Dawn
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GCU, UET sign MoU
Lahore: The Department of Geography of Government
College University (GCU) signed an MoU with the Department of City and
Regional Planning (CRP) of University of Engineering and Technology
(UET) in a ceremony held on Friday. Both GCU and UET agreed to
collaborate in carrying out research projects, exchange of faculty and
students and for achieving targets in specific field. According to the
agreement, workshops, seminars, symposium and similar events will be
held on priority basis. The UET was represented by Director
External Linkage Dr Shahid Naveed while GCU team was led by Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Prof Dr Khalid Pervaiz. Speaking on
the occasion, Dr Khalid Pervaiz emphasised on the importance of
knowledge sharing and wished to promote bilateral relation between GCU
and UET. Dr Shahid Naveed said that UET was developing linkages with
other higher educational institutes for promoting research and modern
education. Later, UET delegation met with GCU Vice Chancellor
Dr Khalid Aftab who said that such collaboration should be established
between the universities to strengthen academic and research culture. The news
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Tutorial on anti-plagiarism software
Lahore: The Directorate of Research of the University of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with the Higher Education
Commission (HEC) arranged a tutorial on anti-plagiarism software on
Friday. A press release said one member from each faculty of the
university attended this tutorial which was held through video
conference at the City Campus of the UVAS. HEC Quality Assurance Deputy
Director Muneer Ahmad from Islamabad conducted the tutorial training on
how to use this anti-plagiarism software named "Turnitin". Dean Faculty
of Veterinary Sciences Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad, who is also Director
Research, chaired this training session. The news
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