College education funds Annual Development Plan (ADP) 2009-10
College education funds cut likely
Lahore, May 29: The budgetary allocation for higher education in Annual
Development Plan (ADP) 2009-10 is likely to be substantially low as the Punjab
government has proposed to allocate only Rs 6 billion unlike last year when Rs 9
were allocated for college education. It was learnt that the school
side is, however, likely to receive almost similar budgetary allocation of over
or less than Rs 16 billion. An amount of Rs 16.4 billion was allocated for
school education in ADP 2008-09. According to sources, some of the new
initiatives of Higher Education Department Punjab for ADP 2009-10 include
establishment of 51 new degree colleges in various parts of the province,
establishment of cluster centres for examinations in northern and southern parts
of the province, teachers training, restoration of Quaid-e-Azam Library,
monitoring and evaluation system, provision of missing facilities to colleges
and improvement of colleges' infrastructure, etc. The main features of
the School Education Department Punjab for ADP 2009-10 include provision of
equipment for launch of vocational training at 1,050 schools of the province,
establishment of Danish School System for the destitute and most poor segments
of the society, teacher training and centres of excellence etc. The
sources in the higher education department said the department could not utilise
around 50 percent of the development budget during 2008 to 2009. An official
seeking anonymity said the department did not have the capacity of Rs 9 billion
while the Communication & Works (C&W) Department was also overbooked and
overloaded owing to which the whole allocation could not be used. He said
some problems had to be faced because of absence of management and
implementation unit ever since bifurcation of the Education Department into
school and higher education departments. "The Programme Management and
Implementation (PMIU) is currently for school side only," he added. The
official said the aim behind establishment of cluster centres in line with
cluster centre of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore
was to eliminate the menace of Booti Mafia. According to the sources, the
school department had utilised around 60 percent of the ADP 2008-09. A senior
official of the department said the budget allocation was yet to be finalised
adding it could be around Rs 16 billion for ADP-2009-10. He said 30 high
schools from each district of the province would be provided with equipment to
launch vocational training for students. He said students from Class VI to Class
X would be provided vocational training besides regular students. "The aim is to
equip the youth with employable skills," he said. The official said
budgetary allocation for construction of new building for Directorate of Public
Instructions (DPI) Elementary Education had also been proposed. He said the
government was likely to increase non-development budget adding the budgetary
allocations would be finalized by the first week of June. The News
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Prof Nasir appointed BISE secretary
Lahore: Punjab Education Department has appointed
Prof. Muhammad Nasir Jamil from Chemistry Department of Government Shalimar
College Lahore, as Secretary of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
(BISE) Lahore. The BISE spokesman said here Thursday that Prof. Nasir assumed
his additional charge as the Board's Secretary. Earlier, Prof. Muhammad Nasir
Jamil served at Government College Sheikhupura and Government Inter College
Doltala Rawalpindi. He has also vast experience in working with Education
Department and handling the examinations process of the BISE. Meanwhile, the
BISE Chairman Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Kashmiri welcomed the new secretary and
hoped that he would help earn good repute for the Lahore Board. App
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Achievement of GCU debating society
Lahore: The Former Joint Secretary Debating Society of
Government College University Lahore and an acknowledged public speaker Muhammad
Umar Jee Salimi was selected by the Government of the Republic of Korea for the
"2009 Korean Government Invitation Program for University Students". On the
successful completion of the program, Hallym University has granted him full
scholarship in the course entitled "Intensive Korean Program". He has also been
appointed as a delegate of Hallym University in Pakistan. The Vice Chancellor GC
University Lahore Dr. Khalid Aftab has congratulated him on his accomplishments. F.P report
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UHS announced MBBS result
Lahore: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has declared the result of the Final Professional MBBS
Supplementary Examination, 2008. According to a press release on Thursday, 354
candidates of 11 affiliated medical colleges had appeared in the exam and 269
were declared successful with the pass percentage of 75.99.
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Tevta to train 14,000 youths
Lahore: The Technical Education and
Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) has planned to train 14,000 youths in the
newly established 42 institutes in the field of construction sector in order to
meet the need of trained youth power for the industry, locally and
internationally. The training will be provided in collaboration with the
National Vocation & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) which will also
meet the demand of the Middle East in the field of construction. The News
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Libraries attract research scholars
Lahore: Punjab University is facilitating the students of
different institutes by providing them an easy access to its main library and
over 66 departmental libraries for their research work and literature review.
The departmental libraries contain much authentic work of their students. The
process to approach particular material is very easy. Libraries contain variety
of latest books as well as thesis of BS, MS, M. Phil and PhD which become the
source of reference for the students. Punjab Main Library is the largest library
of Pakistan divided into 9 sections and its annual membership is 27,000. It
contains the total collection of 450,000 books both in Urdu and English
languages. PU Main Library is the depository library for United Nations
publications. It contains 120 journals, a lab with 200 computers, 6,000 thesis
in English language and 2,500 in Urdu language. F.P report
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