BS 4 years degree pass percentage

College-varsity marks ratio to determine BS (Hons) final results
Lahore, Aug 21: The examination criteria for BS (Hons) in six colleges of the city affiliated with Punjab University will remain 40:60 – papers of 40 marks will be taken by the relevant college and 60 per cent marks will be given by Punjab University in the papers that it will take after every two semesters.

This has been agreed during a meeting of principals of the colleges and the PU committee headed by Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Jamil Anwar, which is trying to settle the examination criteria. Almost the same formula will be followed by all the six universities with whom the 26 autonomous colleges have been affiliated for 4 years BS (Hons) programme.

The criteria will remain different in cases of BS (Hons) in universities and BS (Hons) in colleges because the degree will be awarded by the respective universities.

The pass percentage per paper will be 50 per cent marks within the affiliated colleges in the semester exams and 40 per cent pass percentage for per paper to be taken by the University of Punjab, the aggregate being 50 per cent marks.

The university will take examination after every two semesters. It will take two papers for each subjects/paper pertaining to one semester and second semester.

Regarding paper setting, the university will nominate one internal examiner for a paper and the other examiner will also be nominated by the varsity as an external examiner of the Punjab University.

There will be no exit in 4 years BS programme but there may be freezing of semester. The government has, however, announced there would be exit after two years and the graduates will be awarded associate degree if they do not want to complete the 4 years study.

As regards intake of students, for one BS 4 years programme, the university intake is 30 students but the college intake will be 50 students per class.

The GPA will be according to university norms. The subjects in which the PU has no BS programme, the PU/College will follow the HEC pattern like English and Commerce.

The university will declare affiliation, examination fee and registration fee after getting comments of finance/examination department of the PU. For the training, the university will pick the teachers with the help of experts and senior professors of the relevant fields. The nation

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College vacation cancelled for flood relief
Lahore, Aug 21: To invite and mobilize youth to support the government in relief and rescue activities in the wake of large scale destruction by the floods in different parts of the province, the Punjab government has cancelled summer vacation of all public colleges.

However, academic activities will not resume with the opening of the colleges.

It is pertinent to mention that the colleges were scheduled to reopen after September 9 after the summer break.

The Punjab Higher Education Department has informed college heads to call teachers and students and engage them in collecting relief goods for the flood affected people and mobilize youth to come forward with clear instruction that no academic activity would be resumed with opening of the institutes.

At the same time the colleges, situated near flood affected areas, would also cater to the dislocated people. According to the department officials, over 15,000 flood affected people had already been provided shelter in government colleges of Dera Ghazi Khan division alone.

They said the department had developed a mechanism under which all the eight Boards of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISEs) would also be engaged for packing and transportation of relief goods to the affected areas.

According to initial reports received by the department, around 9 colleges had been partially damaged by floods in Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh, DG Khan and Mianwali districts. The official said the picture would be cleared after receding of flood water, adding the number of colleges damaged by flood waters might be more than the figures received so far.

They said that, after collection of relied goods, including medicines, teams comprising college volunteers would be dispatched to flood affected areas, adding that the recently formed Youth Commission would also be involved in the whole process.

The official further said that the department was aware of problems being faced by students of flood hit areas as many of them were supposed to get admission to colleges in the provincial metropolis and other big cities for intermediate studies but could not do so in the wake of floods.

Higher Education secretary Ahad Khan Cheema said the government had already postponed the entrance test, scheduled for August 8, for admission to engineering universities and institutions of the province keeping in view devastating floods in different areas of the province.

He said the students failing to get admissions to colleges owing to floods would be facilitated even in terms of fees, however, he added, at the moment, the government was focused on the rescue and rehabilitation of flood affectees.

The secretary said no academic activity would be held at colleges while teachers and students would be mobilized to collect relief goods for the flood affected people and volunteer themselves for the cause.

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Tevta to offer 14 new evening courses
Lahore: Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) has approved 14 courses certified by City & Guilds (a UK based internationally accreditation body) to be offered at its 24 selected institutes in second shift across the province.

The 29th Tevta meeting chaired by Chairman Saeed Ahmad Alvi was informed that the City & Guilds would train 300 teachers of Tevta Institutes through Sri Lankan Master Trainers. This six week training of trainers (TOT) would not only enhance their professional skills but would also upgrade their Academic skills. The City & Guilds programmes would be launched in April 2011.

The authority has agreed to offer Three Years Diploma in Telecommunication System, Construction Industry; Technician Award in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Motor Vehicle Engineering; Two Years Certificate in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Computer Aided Drafting (Civil), Computer Aided Drafting (Mechanical), Electrical Installation and Metal Machining; One Year Certificate in Vehicle Maintenance & Repair; Six Months Certificate in Computer Aided Design and Quantity Surveying.

The Tevta approved to start these courses at its institutes located at Lahore, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Mandi Bahauddin, Sahiwal, Multan, Sargodha, Sialkot, Mianwali, Gujrat, DG Khan, Khanewal, Jehlum, Joharabad and Gujranwala.

Saeed Ahmad Alvi informed the meeting that these courses would facilitate Tevta graduates to seek admission abroad. The award of internationally accredited certifications to Tevta graduates would not only add desired quality but also greatly enhance their employment opportunity in international job market besides meeting the skilled workforce requirements of local industry, he concluded. The news

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KEMU sends medical experts to flood-hit areas
Lahore: On the directions of Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad, the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) has sent experts in ophthalmology, social organisers and ophthalmic technicians to flood-affected areas, a government statement said on Friday.

The KEMU College of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences has sent six medical teams consisting of experts in ophthalmology, social organisers and ophthalmic technicians to the flood-affected areas of DG Khan, Muzaffargarh, Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Jampur, Rajanpur, Mianwali and Layyah. These teams will stay there for one week. Daily times

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Japanese donors' team visits UVAS
Lahore: A 12-member Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) delegation visited the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) on Friday.

According to a press statement talking to the delegation headed by Hiroshi Okabe, UVAS VC Prof Dr Muhammad Nawaz said 20 per cent livestock had been carried away by flood waters in Pakistan.

JICA delegation discussed a project titled "The master plan study on livestock, meat and dairy development in Sindh province."

Meanwhile, UVAS is organizing a national workshop on "Flood Disaster Management of Livestock" on August 25.

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the problems in livestock sector, definition and implementation of remedial measures so that the loss in this sector can be minimized. The news

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