Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology graduates' directory

SSUET produces directory of its graduates
Karachi: Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) has produced a directory of its graduates. An announcement of this institution said on Sunday that the directory has been compiled on the directive of Chancellor ZA Nizami.

It has been published in two volumes and contains the names of over 10,000 graduates who passed out from this university during the period from 1994 to 2007. Nizami stated that the directory would continue to be upgraded with addition of graduates awarded degrees in its Convocations every year.

He said the purpose is to maintain a documented record of students who got admission in various disciplines of SSUET and graduated from there. The chancellor said plans are afoot to compile another directory of graduates of this university who are working on top positions at home and abroad and also earned repute for the country with their contribution in various fields. app

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150,000 to appear in HSC exam beginning today
Karachi: Around 150,000 candidates are appearing in the Higher Secondary Certificate, Part I and II (Class XI and XII), Science and Commerce (regular) group annual examinations commencing on Monday at 157 centres.

The examination for science (pre-medical and pre-engineering), science general (computer science), home economics groups and recently introduced medical technology group would be conducted in the morning shift (from 9.30am to 12.30pm) and that of commerce (regular) group in the afternoon shift (from 2.30pm to 5.30pm).

The Sindh home department with a view to discouraging outside interference in the examination imposed Section 144 of the criminal procedure code in and around the examination centres while policemen would be deployed at the centres to prevent any law and order situation.

Board of Intermediate Education Karachi chairman Prof Anwar Ahmed Zai also requested the Rangers' director-general to ensure patrolling by Rangers mobiles in the vicinity of the examination centres.

Giving details of the examinations, the BIEK chief said that the examination centres set up at both the government and private colleges include 90 for the candidates appearing in the morning shift examinations and 67 centres for the afternoon shift candidates.

All arrangements to ensure the peaceful and transparent conduct of the examinations have been finalised and the BIEK chairman set up several vigilance teams comprising senior professors of colleges for making surprise visits.

Plea to exempt centres from loadshedding
The BIEK chief has written a letter to senior officials of the Karachi Electricity Supply Company requesting them to exempt the examination centres from loadshedding so that they could solve their papers with ease and comfort in the current hot and humid weather.

Prof Zai said that with a view to ensuring transparency in the examination the covering letters of all the question papers would be signed not only by the centre coordination officers (CCOs) but the centre superintendent concerned as well the board's vigilance officers who, this year, would remain deputed at the centres to check incidents of unfair means.

He said that another change had been made beginning this year and, as such, the task of providing the question papers at the examination centres would be of the CCOs while vigilance officials would be responsible for binging back all answer scripts to the board.

Besides, a super vigilance committee has been formed to carry out surprise visits to various examination centres and it would be empowered to take on-the-spot decisions against those found indulging in unfair means.

The committee is headed by the BIEK chairman and its members include provincial director-general (colleges), director (colleges), Karachi region, and the city district government's executive district officer (education).

The HSC (Class XI and XII) annual examinations for Humanities (regular and private) candidates are scheduled to begin on May 21. Dawn

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KU entry test
Karachi: The University of Karachi on Sunday held the entry test for doctorate in law at its Arts auditorium on the campus.

A total of 112 candidates had submitted application forms and 85 of them appeared in the test.

KU pro-vice-chancellor Prof Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi, dean faculty of law Barrister Khursheed Hashmi and Dr Shafaat Nabi Sherwani monitored the process of the entry test. ppi

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Engineering and IT fair of Aligarh Institute of Technology
Karachi: The Aligarh Institute of Technology will organise the Fifth Engineering and IT Fair 2011 from May 17. An announcement here on Sunday that the two-day event will be held from 09:00am to 04:00pm. It said that Convenor Managing Committee and Vice President Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Association (AMUOBA) Engr Muhammad Adil Usman would inaugurate the fair. Officials from various technical institutes and industries will act as judges for the projects' evaluation. Prize distribution ceremony will be held on May 18 at 02:00pm. Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Engr ZA Nizami, who is also the Chairman of the Governing Body of the Institute and President of AMUOBA, will be the chief guest on the occasion. app

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Sindh legislators vow to remove loopholes in education system
Karachi: Sindh legislators on Sunday realized the fact that there are some loopholes, issues of mismanagement and policy gaps within the education system, which they want to improve with the help of civil society actors.

Speaking at a meeting on "Education and Strategy of Sindh", which was organized by Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), the legislators asked the organizers to pass on the recommendations they had collected during the discussions.

They said they would present these recommendations to the chief minister as well as raising them in the ongoing session of the Sindh Assembly.

The participants identified weaknesses within the system, indifferent role of leaders of teachers' organizations and suggested ways of improving the education system.

Minister for Fisheries and Livestock, Zahid Hussain Bhurgari, who chaired the meeting, said the government had suspended an official who was accused of selling posts of teachers in the province.

He said the government had appointed honest teachers on merit, and no violation would be tolerated.

Bhurgari said a large number of PPP legislators had been annoyed by Education Minister Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq because he did not accept favouritism in the posting and transfers of education officials or teachers.

"We are on the way to removing corruption and mismanagement and improving the system," he said. The meeting attracted a large number of civil society leaders, community workers and teachers. The session passed resolutions in the light of overall discussion and demanded of the provincial government to design a new education policy.

The meeting also urged the government to consider findings of the SPO study at the forum of the assembly.

They said a provincial Higher Education Commission should be established comprising educationists and academicians and not bureaucrats.

They were of the view that administrative control of all the intermediate examination boards and universities should be shifted to the chief minister.

Mustafa Baloch, sharing his research findings with the participants, said they had collected data from 52 union councils of the districts of Ghotki, Shikarpur, Tando Mohammed Khan, Matiari and Hyderabad.

He also emphasized the need for reviewing the national curriculum according to the indigenous needs of the province.

Prof Zaffar Bugti, portraying the world education scenario, said Pakistan had to attain the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to assure 100 percent enrolment up to 2015. He said only abolishing school fees or ensuring more enrolment was not the solution.

Noor Ahmed Nizamani, quoting official statistics, said only 7,000 schools out of 49,000 were fully functional.

Out of those 7,000 functional schools, 4,000 were located in the urban centres of the province.

Sadiqa Salahuddin of the Indus Resource Centre (IRC) said there was a need for assessing how the education budget was being utilized.

Other speakers emphasized the need for constituting a monitoring committee to evaluate the situation and design recommendations.

MNA Ameer Ali Shah Jamote, MPA Pitambar Shewani, Zeeshan Zaffar of SPO, Suleman G Abro of Safwco, Zulfiqar Halepoto and Rehmatullah Balal also spoke on the occasion.

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SPLA hunger strike continues in Larkana
Larkana: The hunger strike by the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association for acceptance of their demands in Larkana, Qamber-Shahdadkot and Benazirabad districts entered its 36th consecutive day on Sunday. SPLA demands include allotment of posts for promoted teachers, withdrawal of their transfer, health insurance facility etc. In Benazirabad the SPLA members protested in front of the Press Club, staged a sit-in and chanted slogans against the provincial education minister and demanded acceptance of their demands. The news

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