PU BA, BSc registration schedule for 2011
PU BA/BSc exams
Lahore, Aug 30: The Punjab University has announced that the last date for submission of
registration forms for BA/BSc Annual Examination 2011 with double fee Rs
3700 is August 31. No form either by hand or by post will be
entertained after August 31. The news
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A controversy over prolonged summer vacation
Lahore: A tussle erupted between private schools and the Education
Department this week over the re-opening schedule of educational
institutions, as several private institutions, contrary to the Education
Department's wishes, want to open their institutions within this week. Students
as well as parents had to face a lot of inconvenience, consequently
openly criticising the lack of cooperation between government and
educational authorities. Separately, the Executive District
Education (EDO) Department reportedly took strict action against the
owners of private schools; closing all private schools that violated the
government's notifications and re-opened the institutions before
September 9. The EDO Department also issued letters to the
private schools, warning them of legal action in case they further
violated the government's notifications. The department also performed
raids across the city, during which it had been reported that several
private schools had already opened and they openly refused to comply
with the government's orders. Separately, several private
institutions made an announcement this week, stating "the private
schools are not bound to follow the Education Department's orders and
all private schools would be re-opened today as per the schedule". A
spokesman from the EDO announced separately that "according to the
government orders, all educational institutions are going to be
re-opened after Ramazan on September 9", adding that private
institutions will violate official orders if they re-open the schools on
August 30. The EDO announced that the city district governments
and Education Department have constituted teams to keep a check on
schools and have been ordered to initiate legal action against the
schools' managements that are violating official orders. This
attitude of government authorities towards the private institutions has
been largely condemned. The private institutions have been contributing a
lot to the education sector, which had been evident in the recent
Matriculation and BA/BSc examinations, whereby the students from private
schools/colleges secured all the top positions. The unsatisfactory
performance shown by the students from government schools clearly
reflects the poor administration system at these institutions. According
to sources, the students' unsatisfactory performance could also be a
result of lack of facilities and infrastructure at these institutions.
There are several schools across the province having no roofs and
boundary walls. Several government schools do not have the facility of
"fresh water", whereas several lack proper sanitary facilities. Almost
all government schools lack libraries and labs and there are many
schools where the teachers are on official leaves for unknown durations,
while the students continue to suffer. All the government institutions
today have become a hub of corruption with the government constantly
ignoring the situation. Daily times
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Schools in flood-hit areas may open after Eid
Lahore: The Punjab school education department is hopeful of
starting academic activity in flood-affected districts within a week
after Eidul Fitr and in the meanwhile has started an exercise of
collecting reserved textbooks lying in respective districts across
Punjab. The school education department believes that it has
reserved textbooks, already printed some five per cent above the
required number, and will purchase some books from the market to be
distributed among students in flood-hit areas. School education
department secretary Aslam Kamboh said that an on-ground survey of
damaged schools, infrastructure and the requirement of new textbooks for
distribution among students had been started. "The exact figures about
the damage done by flood and the requirement of infrastructure and
textbooks will be ascertained in a week's time," he said. Mr Kamboh said that some 2,800 schools had been damaged completely as well as partially in 13 flood-hit districts. He
said schoolteachers were working in relief activities in their
respective districts and would soon start academic activity, where
floodwater had receded and displaced people had vacated school
buildings.He said the required number of textbooks for re-distribution
among flood-hit students would be ready within a week's time. Besides
collecting reserved textbooks from all districts in Punjab and
purchasing from the market, he said, the department had asked the Punjab
Textbook Board (PTB) and the Provincial Monitoring and Implementation
Unit (PMIU) to be ready to produce textbooks, if needed. PMIU
project director Capt (retired) Asif said the assessment of flood damage
had been started in certain areas, while several areas were still
inaccessible.Commenting that availability of textbooks in flood-affected
districts was a minor issue, he said, the more serious situation was
that many schools were still waterlogged, many school buildings were
serving as flood relief camps, while teachers were also busy in flood
relief activities. "The academic activity will not be affected due to
books but could be affected due to other reasons," he said. PTB
chairman Suhail Masood said the board was ready to get new textbooks
printed but had yet not received any demand either from the school
education department or the PMIU. Dawn
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Private schools warned of action
Lahore: A spokesman for Education Department has said that announcement of opening
of schools by some private schools associations on August 30 (today) is
illegal and violation of the official orders for summer vacation. The
spokesman further said the government had already notified that due to
holy month of Ramazan, all the private and government schools would
remain closed till September 9, 2010. There will be no class work except
summer camps for class 5th, 8th, 9th and class 10. The City District
Governments and Education Department have constituted teams to check the
schools and initiate legal action against the management of the schools
involved in violating the official orders.
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Degree-awarding status for PGMI sought
Lahore: The Medical Teachers' Association of
Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) and other organisations have
demanded the government authorise the institute of awarding degrees to
graduates so that the country could produce professional doctors. A
resolution was passed in this regard during a meeting presided over by
President of the Medical Teachers' Association Dr Ghayasun Nabi Tayyab,
said a press release here on Sunday. Others who attended the meeting
included Vice President of Pakistan Medical Association Lahore Dr Mumtaz
Ahmad, General Secretary Dr Tanveer Anwar, leader of Young Doctors'
Association Dr Imran Bajwa, General Secretary of Medical Teachers'
Association Afsar Ali Bhatti, Dr Anwar Chaudhry and Dr Naveed Ashraf. The
resolution said that if the institute was given the degree-awarding
status, it would be able to start the courses of medical technician and
medical engineering. During the course of the meeting, it was observed
that the graduate doctors of PGMI were not only serving in district and
tehsil hospitals, medical colleges and various universities of the
country but they were also providing services in foreign countries. It
was said that if the institute was authorised to award degrees, its
significance would increase and it would further progress rapidly. Vice
President Pakistan Medical Association Lahore Dr Mumtaz Ahmad said the
degree-awarding status would enable the institute to directly facilitate
patients with treatment. He said that acquiring education from PGMI was
inexpensive as compared to other institutes of the country, adding if
the local doctors were not given the facility of specialization in the
Institute, they would have to go abroad and they would hardly come back.
Paying tribute to Chief Minster Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for his services
to the flood-affectees, he said the doctors' community would stand by
him in this noble cause. The news
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QAMC baton-charge: More students record evidence
Bahawalpur: District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Islam, heading
one-man judicial tribunal probing the Aug 18 baton-charge of students at
the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College (QAMC), Bahawalpur, continued
recording the evidence of desirous witnesses for the second day here on
Saturday. On Friday, over 100 QAMC students, including girls,
had got registered their names to record their statements before the
tribunal. The tribunal chief had also given witnesses an option to
either record their evidence in person in his court or submit their
statements in writing. Availing the opportunity, a majority of
the girls filed their evidence in writing on Friday. Besides, scores of
students recorded their evidence before the judge. District bar
president Munir Akhtar Peerzada, with the consent of the judicial
inquiry officer, remained present to oversee the inquiry process in the
court. The inquiry officer said the inquiry
might continue on Monday (tomorrow) provided the remaining witnesses
desired to record their evidence. He said he had been directed to submit
his report within a week's time. The medical students
meanwhile continued their protest against the college principal on the
ninth day of their on-going strike on Saturday. However, the protesters
did not attempt to close down the outdoor patients department (OPD) on
Saturday. The local administration had deployed police outside
the OPD to use force if the striking students tried to close down the
OPD and push the patients out. The college administration on
the other hand held sent-up exams of the first year class. Some of the
students claimed that a majority of them, including girls, had abstained
the test while the administration's claim was contrary to it. Dawn
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PU teams working in flood-hit areas
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) relief teams
have distributed relief packets worth Rs 850,000 among flood victims
besides providing medical treatment to 1,300 patients. In a press
statement, PU Advisor Students Affairs Iftikhar Ahmad Ch said the
varsity faculty and students had stepped up their relief activities for
provision of dry ration and medical care to the people in the
flood-affected areas of Southern Punjab. He said two relief teams
comprising 11 volunteer students, varsity senior medical officer and
paramedical staff along with an ambulance were distributing relief goods
among the affectees of Jampur and Muzzafargarh areas. He said the
varsity relief teams had set up their base camps at Shah Jamal and
Rohaila Wali. The team members visit the flood affected villages in the
morning and distribute relief chits among the affectees who in the
afternoon collect packets of relief commodities from the base camp. Each
packet contains a 10-kg Atta bag, 2 kg sugar, one kg vegetable ghee, 2
kg rice and other dry ration, he added. It is pertinent to mention
here that on the directions of PU VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, the
university has already opened an account number 2502-46 at Habib Bank,
New Campus Branch, to enable the well-to-do and philanthropists to
generously donate their cash donations. The news
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LUMS students rally for flood victims
Lahore: Around 300 students from the Lahore University of Management
Sciences took to the streets of DHA on Saturday to raise funds for those
affected by the floods. The students left LUMS and marched to Masjid
Chowk and came back via H Block Market. LUMS has been collecting funds
internally but now has taken its flood drive to the community at large.
The rally was appreciated by the residents and security officials of
DHA, who were most cooperative. The students had prepared
placards and even stopped passing cars to collect funds. They
appreciated the media's support as well as that of the officials and
residents of DHA. They collected substantial funds adding to the Rs 2.5
million already collected and some of it disbursed. The aim is to
collect funds for the rehabilitation and immediate relief of
flood-affectees. LUMS is already contributing to the Pakistan Army's
relief efforts as well as an NGO, Pukaar. To join hands in the
flood-relief efforts, LUMS has constituted the LUMS Flood Relief Fund,
which is collecting donations for disbursement to those affectees by the
disaster. The LFRF is targeting LUMS' faculty, staff, students, alumni
and friends for fundraising. Institutionally, LUMS is also contributing
to this cause by cutting down on the planned activities and diverting
funds to the LFRF. In the last three weeks, the LFRF has received more
than Rs 3,500,000 in cash donations.
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KEMU sends another six medical teams to flooded areas
Lahore: The King Edward Medical University (KEMU) on Saturday sent six
fresh teams of doctors and paramedic staff to replace the previous teams
working in the flood-hit areas of Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh,
Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Jampur, Rajanpur, Mianwali and Layyah.
According to Dr Aslam Khan, the principal of the College of
Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences, the teams will establish eye
care camps in collaboration with district health authorities in the
flood-affected areas. He said all necessary medicines have also been
dispatched. In another statement issued by the Punjab Health Department,
the medical teams are working round the clock to provide medical
facilities to the flood victims and so far have treated more than
878,000 patients. Daily times
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