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KU evening admissions | HSC arts exams in June
Admission to KU evening programme from June 2
Karachi, May 31, 2008: The process of admissions to masters and diploma courses
under the Karachi University's Evening Programme 2008-09 session begins on June
2 with the issuance of forms and prospectuses. The classes will commence on July
1.
Director of the programme Prof M. Abu Zar Wajidi said here on
Friday that around 2,500 graduates would be enrolled in masters classes this
year as compared to 1,646 enrolled last year.
Prof Wajidi said that the
subjects being offered for the two-year masters courses included Applied Physics
(with specialization in electronics), Criminological Sciences, Economics &
Finance, Environmental Sciences, Health & Population Sciences, Public
Administration, Remote Sensing & Human Resources, Geographical Information
Systems, Education, English, Applied Statistics, Transport Management,
International Relations, Mass Communications and Petroleum Technology.
In
addition, a three-year MBA in Banking & Finance and two-year masters in
Human Resource Management are being introduced for the first time under the
evening program.
For one-year diploma courses, he said, the subjects
offered included Local Government, Audio & Speech Pathology and Inclusive
Education (Special Education), Criminology, Contemporary Arabic, Economics &
Finance, Environmental Sciences, Industrial and Organisational Psychology,
Investigative Psychology, Petroleum Technology, Mathematics, Quranic Arabic
Language and Persian.
The minimum eligibility for admission to the
masters and diploma courses is second division, he said.
The booklet
containing all information about the courses could be obtained from the UBL's
Silver Jubilee Gate branch for Rs500 from June 2 to 12 between 9am and 5pm or
the bank's Campus branch between 5pm and 7:30pm. June 12 is the last date for
the submission of applications along with copies of relevant
documents.
According to Prof Wajidi, Science department classes are held
from 3.30pm to 8.30pm and those of Arts and Management Sciences from 5pm to
8:30pm.
Prof Wajidi, who is also Dean Faculty of Management and
Administrative Sciences, said that the KU evening programme had already produced
16,000 masters degree-holders.
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HSC arts exams in June
Karachi: The Higher Secondary School (HSC) annual examinations 2008 enter the second phase on June
10, adds APP.
According to the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi
(BIEK) Chairman Anwar Ahmed Zai, examinations of the Arts Group will be
conducted in the second phase.
Around 52,000 regular and private
candidates will appear in the examinations to be held in 41 centres set up in
various parts of the metropolis.
The BIEK chairman stated here on Friday
that admit cards of the regular candidates were dispatched to their respective
colleges and of the private candidates to their residences.
He advised
those candidates who did not receive the admit cards by June 3 to approach the
BIEK office.
He said that a notification regarding the formation of
"vigilance teams" to check use of unfair means in the examinations would be
issued by June 5.
In the first phase of the process, the BIEK conducted
examinations for Pre-engineering, Pre-medical, Home Economics and Science
General Groups from May 13. The exams are about to conclude.
A total of
77,662 candidates are appearing in these examinations for which 89 centres were
set up in the city.
In the Commerce Group examinations which commenced on
May 17, a total of 72,960 candidates are appearing.
A record number of
215,000 candidates are taking the intermediate examinations this year. Dawn
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Not the right place for examinations
Faizan Usmani emailed from Landhi: I would like to draw the attention of the
concerned authorities including the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi
(BIEK) and Department of Education, Sindh, towards a very important matter
regarding the examinations of the students of commerce being held at the
Government Degree Arts Commerce College, Korangi 6.
The above-mentioned
college has been undergoing massive construction since the past one year and at
the moment, no arrangements have been made for handling such a huge number of
students within college premises. Thus, a make-shift arrangement has been made
to hold these examinations, which are absolutely against the academic rules and
regulations. During construction, the college boundary wall broke down
completely and now, there is no boundary wall whatsoever. As a result, there is
a unique show of sorts here, where a crowd of hundreds of spectators are
cheering on the students and providing them material with which they can cheat.
Interference from the outside sources is a common phenomenon but there
is no one to take care of this nuisance. Even the examiners are unable to take
stern measures against this. Furthermore, after the lifting of ban on student
unions, the college library has been allocated to a certain political group
present round-the-clock. One wonders if one can actually call these examinations
'fair'?
Thus, an inquiry into this matter is urged and all concerned
authorities are humbly requested to cancel future examinations in college till
it is completely constructed.
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DUHS to start Joint MDS programme
Karachi: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London
will start Joint Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) programme. In this regard, a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by DUHS Vice Chancellor, Prof.
Masood Hameed Khan and Prof. Ray Croucher of Queen Mary University of London, on
Friday. Through the MoU, the students will receive one-year M.Sc at Queen Mary
University of London and their credit will be transferred to DUHS to get MDS
degree.
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Books on agriculture sciences published
Karachi: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has recently
published two books in the discipline of Agriculture Sciences under its
Monograph and Textbook Writing Scheme.
The first book on 'Biological
control of Insects and Weeds in Pakistan' is authored by Muhammad Irshad, former
Principal Scientific officer National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC),
Islamabad, and is meant to supplement existing texts books on entomological
problems. It is designed to satisfy the need that fulfills the demands of
conventional biological control practitioners.
The second book titled
'Crops and cropping in Pakistan' is written by Dr Iqtidar Ahmed Khalil,
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, NWFP Agriculture University, Peshawar.
This monograph is specifically written keeping in mind the socio-economic and
agro-climatic conditions of Pakistan. The monograph describes the basic
agronomic principles and concepts in two parts. The first part of the book is
about general agriculture and cropping practices in Pakistan, while the second
part covers the crops of Pakistan including cereals, legumes, oilseed,
industrial and special crops.
So far, 24 monographs and nine textbooks
have been published under the book writing scheme, which aims to develop an
authorship cadre in Pakistan. Another 15 monographs and four textbooks are under
print. The books can be purchased at an affordable price at
http://publications.hec.gov.pk/. The News
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