NED University admissions entry test 2011
NED entry test on Oct 8
Karachi, Sept 05: Test to gain admissions
to NED University of Engineering and Technology's 1,928 seats will be held on
Oct 8 on the university campus, the registrar of the university said.
Classes for the academic session 2011-12 will commence on Jan 2, NED
university registrar Prof Javed Aziz Khan added.Giving details of the admission
process which began a couple of days ago with the sale of university prospectus,
the registrar said that the prospectuses which contained an admission form were
available at the National Bank and the Habib Metropolitan Bank branches at the
university for Rs1,700.
He said that if a student wanted to apply for another category, they would
have to purchase another form which would cost them and additional Rs300.
He said that students seeking admissions to the university were required to
submit their forms along with the required documents in the university's
admission cell up to Sept 28.
He said that students would have to obtain at least 40 per cent marks in the
admissions test to become eligible for admissions.
The two-hour test would be held between 10am and 12noon on the campus and its
results would be posted on the university's website within half an hour, he
added.
He said that 1,928 admissions would be offered for the academic
session-2011-12 in 23 different departments of the university included
electrical, mechanical, civil, telecommunication, electronics, architecture and
planning, petroleum, chemical, metallurgical, construction engineering, textile,
industrial and manufacturing, computer and information system, computer science
and information technology, polymer and petrochemical, software engineering,
medical engineering, bio-engineering and food engineering department.
Answering a question about the department in which most students would be
willing to get admissions, Prof Aziz said that though the trend was changing
with each passing year, most students in the outgoing year were interested in
getting admission to the telecommunication department while the most
sought-after department in the ensuing academic session might be the electrical
department.
The university has planned an open day for successful candidates and their
parents on Oct 10 for consultation with faculty members and visit to different
departments, he added. Dawn
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Tuesday last day to submit placement forms
Karachi: Students who are interested in taking admission to the public-run colleges in Class XI under
the Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) and have not yet submitted their
placement forms are directed to submit their placement forms at the Government
College for Women, Shahrah-e-Liaquat, between 2pm to 4pm up to September
6. Chairman CAP Committee-2011 Prof Dr Nasir Ansar on Sunday said that no
further extension would be given in this regard and the students should avail
themselves of this opportunity.
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GCU classes to resume from Sept 12
Lahore: The classes and semester work will resume at
Government College University (GCU) from Monday, September 12, 2011. GCU
Registrar Prof Anjum Nisar said all classes, including intermediate, graduate
and postgraduate programmes, would start from September 12. However, the
university will reopen on Monday, September 5, after Eid holidays. The Registrar
also said that admissions to BA/BSc (Honors) programmes would open right after
the declaration of intermediate result.
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Schools, colleges reopen
Lahore: Academic
activities will resume after educational institutions reopen on Monday. A large number of private schools had announced reopening their
campuses after Eid ul Fitr despite the government announcement to reopen
campuses from August 15. Though, following the government directions,
public schools and colleges reopened after annual summer vacation, attendance
remained thin during last couple of weeks. Unlike at schools, academic
activities have yet to commence at colleges and universities because of the
ongoing admissions process for undergraduate and postgraduate there.
Colleges and varsities have offered admission for their postgraduate
programs as the Punjab University (PU) has already announced result of BA/BSC
annual examination, 2011. It is pertinent to mention that admissions to graduate
courses would formally begin after declaration of result of intermediate annual
examination 2011 by all the eight boards of the province on September 10.
Meanwhile, a number of boarding students as well as teachers who had
gone to their hometowns to celebrate Eid ul Fitr have started returning to the
provincial metropolis. Inter result on 10th: THE Boards of Intermediate &
Secondary Education (BISEs) across the province will announce the result of
Intermediate Part-II Annual Examination 2011 on September 10. According
to BISE Lahore's Controller of Examinations Ijaz Naqvi, around 150,000
candidates had appeared in the said exam from Lahore board alone. He said a
press conference would also be held on September 9 to announce the position
holders of the exam.
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Varsity with Turkish help: CM
Lahore: A delegation of the Pak-Turk Education Foundation and Pak-Turk Businessmen Association called
on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Cooperation in various sectors and
joint ventures were discussed in the meeting. Talking to the delegation,
Shahbaz Sharif said that Turkey was a brotherly Islamic country of Pakistan and
deep-rooted cultural and historical ties existed between the two countries. He
said a university would be set up in Lahore with the cooperation of Turkey for
modern education. He said Turkey was a great friend of Pakistan and
relations between the two countries had stood the test of time. It is the need
of the hour that close ties between Turkey and Pakistan should be converted into
trade and economic cooperation, he added. He said that vast opportunities of
investment in various sectors existed in Pakistan, particularly in Punjab. A
favorable atmosphere for investment has been created in the province and all
facilities are being extended to investors under one roof, he added. He
said the Punjab government with the cooperation of people and philanthropists
had constructed 22 model villages in flood-hit areas where educational, health,
sports, technical education and all modern residential facilities were provided.
The model villages will soon be handed over to flood affectees, he added. He
said the Pak-Turk Education Foundation was playing an important role for the
provision of quality education. The news
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