Punjab government & private colleges admission forms
Colleges charge at will for admission forms
Lahore, Aug 10: The Punjab government's indifferent attitude towards admissions to government and private
colleges has led to the sale of admission forms and prospectus at exorbitant
rates. The sale of admission-related material at un-controlled prices has
been greatly irking students and their parents who have demanded the government
to take notice of the situation and stop this "fleecing" in the name of
education. A comparison of prospectus prices of different educational
institutes clearly shows that there is no uniformity in connection with the
prices of prospectus of government colleges and universities offering
intermediate classes. Similarly, private institutes are also taking full
advantage of the situation and selling prospectus at higher rates, causing
troubles for students and their parents. The Govt College of Home Economics is
selling its prospectus at Rs 300 besides Rs 20 is being charged for a charity
ticket. The Government College University (GCU) is selling its prospectus for
intermediate at Rs 200 only while the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU)
is charging Rs 300 with Rs 25 ticket. Similarly, Rs 75 to Rs 200 are being
charged by a number of colleges, including the Govt MAO College, Govt College of
Science, Govt Islamia College, and Govt College for Women, Cooper Road, for
admission to intermediate classes. It is pertinent to mention here that
most of the private colleges and universities, offering intermediate level
education, have been charging minimum Rs 500 for prospectus and admission forms,
etc. A citizen complained that prospectus of the Govt College of Home Economics
did not mention its price, adding that at least the government should ensure
that all institutions print prices of admission forms and prospectus. It is
generally observed that students usually apply for admission to more than one
college with an aim to securing admission at any of these while there are also
those who apply in more than one discipline which shows how much such
students have to spend on admission related documents. The news
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'University community college' at UAF
Faisalabad: The University of
Agriculture Faisalabad will launch a 'University Community College' where
graduates and others will be equipped with technical and vocational education.
This was stated by UAF Vice-Chancellor Dr Iqrar Ahmed while talking to a
USAID delegation that called on him at his office on Tuesday.
Briefing the delegates led by Director, USAID Punjab, Ms Beth Paige, Dr Ahmed
said the community college would be established on the US model. He said the
university had revived the FSc (pre-agriculture) system and about 400 would be
enrolled this year.
He said in 1980 the cotton production was three million bales per annum but
at the end of 2010, the country was able to obtain 12 million bales because of
the efforts made by agriculturists and scientists. "In 1980's the poultry was
standing no where but now it has become second major industry of Pakistan."
He said the university had strong relations with other institutes that could
be gauged from the fact that the UAF signed 90 international MoUs and 20
national memorandums.
Ms Paige said USAID Fulbright Programme had sponsored 182 new students,
including 78 women, and currently 75 Pakistanis were being supported by the
programme.
"The programme has a 98 per cent return rate with 106 master-level graduates
returning to Pakistan this year."
The delegates also met USAID scholarship holder students of the university at
Old Senate Hall. She said over 3,000 education administrators and 12,000
teachers had been trained in management and teaching techniques to improve
quality of education under USAID in Pakistan.
The delegates are: Dr Randy Hatfield, Asadullah Khan, Haroon Raheem, Karan
Swaner, Kamran Niazi and Habibur Rehman.
She said continued support to 34 existing Pakistan-US collaborations between
universities and higher education institutions had benefitted 1,400 Pakistani
researchers and practitioners - 45 per cent of them were women. Dawn
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Students meet PU VC
Lahore: Students of Punjab University Electrical Engineering Department
students, showing outstanding performance in co-curricular competitions, met the
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran in his office on Tuesday. The nation
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PU student wins best hiker award
Lahore: Punjab University Hailey College of Commerce student Atif Amin met the
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran in his office on Tuesday. He had won
"Best National Hiker 2011" in 19th National Rover Scout Hike 2011 held in Nanga
Parbat in July, 2011.
College Principal Prof Dr
Liaqat Ali, Prof Dr M Amin Athar, Prof Dr Amir Ijaz, Director Sports (women)
Shamsa Kanwal, Advisor Student Affairs Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhry and members of
College Sports Committee were also present on the occasion.
Vice-Chancellor Dr Mujahid
Kamran congratulated Atif Amin on his brilliant success and said it was an
honour for the varsity. It is worth mentioning here that Atif had also won Best
National Hiker award last year. Daily times
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'Withdraw transfer of teachers'
Lahore: Punjab Professors & Lecturers Association (PPLA) demanded of the government to
withdraw recent posting orders of teachers through which they had been displaced
and posted at far flung areas of the province. A press release said the
demand was put forward during an Iftar dinner organised by the PPLA.
Many college teachers attended the Iftar dinner. They rejected the new
promotion policy saying it was allegedly against seniority rules and merit
policy. PPLA and Itehad-e-Asataza office-bearers said many male and female
teachers were disturbed after they were posted in far flung areas. They
said it was not possible for teachers to travel to these areas under prevailing
law and order situation of the country and growing incidents of terrorism,
adding absence of proper residential facilities including hostels etc for
teachers in these areas was another grave issue.
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Call to extend summer holidays
Lahore: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Asataza Punjab demanded for extending summer vacation
till September due to Ramazan and bad weather. In a press statement JAC
office-bearers including Rana Arshad, Syed Sajjad Akbar Kazmi, Rana Liaquat and
others said many teachers had carried out duties in summer camps and many of
them including students also observe Aitkaf in Ramazan so the summer break
should be extended for another 15 days. They said construction was also underway
in different schools. It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government
had announced annual summer vacation till August 14 this year. Secretary Schools
Aslam Kamboh had been claiming that there would be no extension in holidays so
that schools complete academic year.
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KU awards 33 degrees
Karachi: The Registrar, University of Karachi (KU), Professor M Kaleem Raza Khan, on Tuesday
announced that the Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR), KU, in its
meeting held under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor, KU, Professor Dr
Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, awarded 33 degrees. Eight MPhil and MS
degrees and 25 PhD degrees were awarded during the BASR meeting, he said. Afshan
Ali from the Pharmaceutics received an MPhil degree (CW), while Meher Ali of
Chemistry (HEJ) got MPhil, Humera Khatoon from Pharmacology obtained MS, Amna
Shaikh of Special Education was awarded MPhil. Dr Itefaq Hussain (MBBS) of
Pharmacology received MPhil, Rabia Perveen from Special Education got MPhil,
Jehan Alam of Microbiology was awarded MS, and Azra Shaheen, who belongs to
Clinical Psychology, received MPhil degrees, he further said. Meanwhile,
Muhammad Atique Akhter of Zoology, Maqbool Ahmed from Usool-ud-Din,
Khalil-ur-Rehman of Quran & Sunnah, Shaikh Tajuddin Nizami from Mathematics,
Husan Bano of Pharmacognosy, Shakeel Ahmed Khan of Urdu, Syed Asif Ali from
Computer Sciences, Syed M. Murshid Raza of Mathematics, Habibur Rehman from
Islamic Learning, Karamatullah of Philosophy, Nadra Nahid from Chemistry (HEJ),
Yasmeen Jam of Political Science and Simeen Mansoor from Genetics received PhD
degrees. Moreover, Aman Karim of Chemistry (HEJ), Muhammad Imran Ali also
from Chemistry (HEJ), Mumtaz Zia Saleem of International Relations, Syed Faraz
Moin from Chemistry (HEJ), M Hashim Zuberi of Chemistry, Muhammad Sadiq Ali Khan
from Computer Sciences, Fouzia Yaqub of Botany, Muhammad Zamin Ali Khan from
Computer Science, Zulfiqar Ali Mirani of Microbiology, Rehan Khan from
Chemistry (HEJ), Ruqaiya Hasan of Physiology and Dr Arif Hussain (MBBS) of
Microbiology also obtained PhD degrees, he added. The news
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PDMA commends SSUET reports on disaster management
Karachi: Sindh government has highly appreciated the work done by
Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) in various fields
pertaining to disaster management. In a communication to SSUET Chancellor ZA
Nizami, secretary rehabilitation department, Provincial Disaster Management
Authority, especially mentioned university's report on 'Rain Emergency 2011'. An
official of SSUET said here on Tuesday that secretary rehabilitation department
desired to hold a meeting with Disaster Management/Relief Cell, Institute of
Human Settlements and Environment of SSUET, to work out further details on the
operational implementation of report on 'Rain Emergency'. The PDMA also
commended university's three reports on disaster management and development of
warning system for coastal regions of Pakistan and the report on global warning
besides report on seismic zones of Pakistan. The PDMA called for power point
presentations for each report along with workable action plan to mitigate in
case of disasters as elaborated in these reports. app
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