Educations Hub: June 2011

Thursday, 30 June 2011

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Omanian Government Scholarships in the Institutes of Higher Education under Omani Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Program for the Session 2011-2012

Under the Sponsorship of Government of Oman, scholarships are being offered for Bachelor Studies in the Institutes of Higher Education under the Omani Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Program for the Session 2011-2012. Applications are to be routed through Higher Education Commission (HEC). The details are as under: Field of Study and

Scholarships by Islamic University of Technology HEC Foreign Scholarship Programs

Offer of Scholarships by the Islamic University of Technology (IUT),

Dhaka (a subsidiary Organ of OIC), for the Academic Year 2011-12

Applications are invited from meritorious students for nominations for admission in different programmes in Engineering and Technology and Instructor Training of Islamic University of Technology at Dhaka (a subsidiary of the Organization of the Islamic Conference)
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PhD in Engineering & Technology
Master of Science (normally 1½

HEC Foreign Funded Scholarship IUHW Japan scholarhsip Program

International University of Healt & Welfare (IUHW) Japan scholarhsip Program for Eligible students from Asian Countries and Regions 2012

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International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW), Japan has announced the Scholarship Program for Asian students, in the fields of health care and welfare service, to study at IUHW from the session beginning in April, 2012. The applications are to be routed / sent through Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. The details of the

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BRIEF ABOUT STUDENT LOAN SCHEME:

Pursuant to the announcement made by the Federal Finance Minister in his 2001-2002-budget speech, a STUDENTS LOAN SCHEME (SLS) for Education was launched by the Government of Pakistan in collaboration with major commercial banks of Pakistan (NBP, HBL, UBL, MCB and ABL). Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided by way of Interest Free Loans to the meritorious students who have financial constraints for pursuing their studies in Scientific, Technical

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Jamsheed Marker is Commencement Speaker at FC College
Lahore, Mr Jamsheed Marker, the veteran diplomat, was Speaker at the 2011 Commencement ceremony of Forman Christian College this afternoon.

Introducing Mr Marker, Dr Peter H Armacost, Rector of FCC, said that few FCC alumni had had such an impact on the world. After an already distinguished career in the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve, as a cricket commentator and a highly successful businessman, Mr Marker then joined Pakistan’s

Pakistani scientists have mapped genome of the first Pakistani,

Pakistani scientists succeed in mapping genome
Karachi, Pakistani scientists have mapped genome of the first Pakistani, while with this historical achievement, Pakistan joins the ranks of the few countries - the US, UK, China, Japan and India - which have successfully sequenced the human genome.

Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine & Drug Research (PCMD), University of Karachi (KU) and Beijing Genomics Institute, China, have jointly mapped genome of the first Pakistani, living in

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PU faculty member selected for ‘Best University Teacher Award’
Dr. Kanwal Ameen addressing the audience with Vice Chancellor, Dr. Mujahid Kamran and the Dean, Faculty of Economics & Management Sciences, Prof.Dr.Ehsan Malik present on the occasion
Lahore, Higher Education Commission (HEC) has selected Punjab University Department of Library & Information Science (DLIS) Chairperson Prof Dr Kanwal Ameen for Best University Teacher Award for the year 2010. The award consists of a certificate

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Alumni associations good forum

Alumni association meets Islamabad Alumni associations are good forum for those who have studied at the same educational institutions to keep in touch with each other and there are a number of such groups in every country. In Islamabad, the alumni association of the London School for Economics (LSE) is trying to establish itself with the effort of a few enterprising graduates — among them Kiran Afzal; Faisal Khan Toru; Shahid Iqbal; Ali Basharat and Amin Jan Naeem (older and wiser) — and

Different civil society and human rights organisations condemns Islami Jamiat Talaba in Punjab University

Civil society condemns IJT hooliganism at PU
Lahore: Different civil society and human rights organisations have condemned the hooliganism and brutality of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) in the Punjab University.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Woman Action Forum (WAF) have condemned the torture on students and teachers of the Philosophy Department. Sources informed that office-bearers of the IJT and Jamaat-e-Islami have approached the teachers of the Philosophy

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The News Education Expo ends after grand show
Lahore: The News Education Expo 11 attracting a large number of visitors on its second day concluded here on Tuesday.

Most of the students who visited the expo were also accompanied by their parents who showed a keen interest in the event and explored stalls to select institutes for their studies.

The two-day mega educational event, organised by the Jang Media Group, had started on Monday and thousands of people visited it. The halls of the

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PhD admissions & ineligible students

'Ineligible students' given admission in PhD
Islamabad, June 28 The International Islamic University (IIU) has allegedly violated the admission rules in PhD and granted admission to some students without following the basic criteria.

According to well-placed sources, many students have been allowed to get admission in PhD despite the fact that they have not completed their M.Phil, which is mandatory for getting admission in PhD. "The blue-eyed

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology provided girls' common rooms

Facilities to be provided in SSUET girls' common rooms
Karachi: Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) ZA Nizami,on Tuesday directed the provision of all required facilities in the three common rooms for female students. An official of the institution said on Tuesday that the Chancellor issued the directive while reviewing the problems faced by the university's female students. Earlier, the in charge Girls Students Affairs Committee Attiya Abid Ali informed

Board of Secondary Education Karachi asked internal examiners of SSC Annual Practical Examinations 2011

BSEK asks internal examiners to submit scripts by July 4
Karachi: Controller of Examinations of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has asked the internal examiners of SSC Annual Practical Examinations 2011, who have not yet submitted scripts of physics, chemistry, biology and computer science to submit the same latest by July 4. In case of non-submission of the same they would be held responsible for delay in the result of their school's students, it was further stated.

Board of Secondary Education Karachi approves Rs 412.4 million surplus budget

BSEK approves Rs 412.4 million surplus budget
Karachi: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has approved Rs 412.4 million 'surplus budget' for the fiscal year 2011-12 with an expenditure outlay of Rs 411.6 million. The budget was approved in the Board of Governors meeting of BSEK, held here on Tuesday at the committee room of board office. The meeting was presided over by Chairman BSEK Syed Anzar Husain Zaidi. Chairman Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) Prof Anwar Ahmed

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Karachi University MA annual exams 2010

MA exams begin on July 4
Karachi, June 29: The University of Karachi has announced that the MA annual examination-2010 for both private and regular candidates will start from July 4.

More than 19,879 external candidates will appear in the exam along with 72 regular candidates.

Arrangements have been made to conduct papers in morning and evening shifts.

The university has set up separate centres for male and female candidates, according to a

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

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Monday, 27 June 2011

1st Year Girl Student Suicide in lahore

LAHORE:27 June:A FIRST year girl student committed suicide by shooting herself in the Batapur police area on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Ayesha, daughter of Muhammad Hussian of Jallo Morr. Police said that the girl got dejected upon being stopped from further studies by her father due to financial constraints. On the day of the incident, Ayesha shot herself with a gun. Police have handed over the body to her family after legal formalities.The

Saturday, 25 June 2011

schools start built in flood-hit areas

Karachi, The Sindh government is taking concrete steps to provide quality education in the flood-hit areas. In this regard, six hundred educational institutions are being built by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) while other donor agencies would build 133 schools in Sujawal with the support of a Non-Govermental Organization (NGO).

This was stated by Senior Minister for Education & Literacy, Pir Mazhar ul Haq on Friday, while meeting with the United States

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student volunteers receive SIUT certificates
Karachi, The director of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) distributed certificates among 205 students from public and private schools of Karachi on Friday, who participated in the 22nd and 23rd Student Volunteer Programme held from June 13 to 24.

The student volunteers from government and private schools all over Karachi participated in the two-week training and volunteer programmes and each student completed 30 hours of

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Kohat varsity students injured

25 Kohat varsity students injured
Kohat During a protest against the Kohat varsity administration on Friday, around 25 students sustained injuries and 255 were arrested after the police baton-charged and fired teargas, sources said.

The sources said the students of the Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) were protesting against the administration on the second consecutive day when police baton charged them.

The injured students were shifted to the District Headquarters

MA, MSc exams postponed Peshawar University

Peshawar University MA, MSc exams postponed

UoP postpones MA/MSc exams
Peshawar, June 25: The University of Peshawar (UoP) on Friday postponed MA/MSc annual examinations from July 6 to 13.

A notification issued by the controller examination of the university said the examinations were delayed for a week as electric generators were being installed in some departments.

The notification stated that the electricity generators were being installed in different departments and the process

Friday, 24 June 2011

Sri Lankan students Scholarship Jinnah awarded

Islamabad, The government of Pakistan through its High Commission in Sri Lanka has awarded SL Rs. 2.56 million educational scholarships on to 107 bright Sri Lankan students of O and A levels under Jinnah Educational Scholarship programme. The award ceremony of Jinnah Educational Scholarship 2011 was held at Ananda college Auditorium with Rauf Hakeem, Minister of Justice as chief guest, in Colombo. Pakistan’s High Commissioner Seema IIlahi Baloch, embassy officials and other dignitaries attended the ceremony besides a large number of students and their families, says a statement issued by High Commission in Colombo.

So far over 800 Sri Lankan Students have benefitted from Jinnah Educational Scholarships since 2005. During past six years, over Rs. 20 million worth of scholarships have been awarded for promoting the Sri Lankan youth and the education sector in Sri Lanka.

The scholarships are awarded on the basis of a strict criteria involving merit and need for financial assistance. Under the programme, each successful student receives stipend of SL Rs. 24,000 as assistance for one year for following their studies.

In addition to the Jinnah Educational Scholarships, every year Pakistan offers fully funded scholarships in medicine, engineering, pharmacy and dentistry to Sri Lankan students to pursue higher professional education in Pakistan.

The High commissioner of Pakistan H.E Seema Illahi Baloch in her brief remarks emphasized the importance of collaboration between the two brotherly countries for the upliftment of people.

She reiterated Pakistan’s continued support to Sri Lanka in enhancing younger generation’s nation building capacities with better educational opportunities.

Chief Guest Rauf Hakeem in his address praised Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah for his efforts to emancipate the people of sub continents from the shackles of colonialism.

He said Pakistan government’s support in the education of the needy Sri Lanka students shows its commitment toward the bilateral cooperation between these two countries.

The 107 successful students were presented with cash and certificates by the distinguished guests during the ceremony
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Argon

Argon gas discharge tube. (Used with 1,8kV, 18mA, 35kHz. ˜8" length.)

Image: Alchemist-hp (cropped by Materialscientist)/creative commons NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license.

Argon is element number 18 and has the atomic symbol Ar -- renamed in 1959 from its original atomic symbol, which was simply A. As you can see in the image above, argon gas produces a lovely bluish-purple colour when excited with electricity.

Argon is the third noble gas we've met so far, the others being helium and neon. Its name was derived from the Greek word for "lazy" or "the inactive one", because this element does not naturally undergo any chemical reactions. Argon's chemical inactivity results from having an outermost shell of electrons that is completely filled, so it isn't attracted to any other atoms (which is how chemical bonds are formed).

When I was a kid, I was first introduced to chemistry. In chemistry class, elements were characterised as either being "happy" or "unhappy" in their elemental form: "unhappy" elements formed bonds to create molecules, whereas "happy" elements remained single and mostly oblivious to all other elements. The noble gases are "happy" elements.

I sometimes wondered whether the "happy" elements were actually the zit-faced basement-dwelling computer-gamers of elemental world who couldn't be bothered to shower once in awhile before going out to find a mate. (Although, the noble gases are much prettier than most video gamers when stimulated with electricity.)

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Ironically, "happy" argon is one of the noble gases used as lighting for "sin city" (Las Vegas). But besides that, what use does argon have? It is used in a number of uninteresting (to me) high-temperature industrial processes, where non-reactive substances are essential.

But argon does have an interesting story to tell astronomers and geologists. Argon constitutes 1.3 percent of earth's atmosphere by weight and 0.94 percent by volume. There are several stable isotopes (where the nucleus contains different numbers of neutrons) of argon on earth and each comes from a different source: argon-40 results from the decay of potassium-40 in rocks (nearly all argon found on earth is this isotope); argon-36 is produced directly by nuclear reactions in stars (most of the argon in solar winds is the argon-36 isotope); and argon-38, which is vanishingly rare on earth, appears to have either unknown or multiple sources.

Geologists use the ratio of argon-40 to argon-39 to identify the radiometric date for a geological event, such as the eruption and cooling of igneous rock and minerals. So-called argon-argon dating, this method is more accurate than potassium-argon (K/Ar) dating.

But perhaps the most exciting use of argon studies these days is in astronomy. Using several lines of evidence, astronomers can identify the elements present in planetary atmospheres. Relying on their knowledge of how these elements come about, they can make inferences and draw conclusions about the history and compositions of these planets. For example, the Martian atmosphere contains 1.6 percent argon-40 and 5 ppm of argon-36, Mercury's thin atmosphere is comprised of 70 percent argon (the relative abundances and identities of the isotopes is not clear), and Titan, the largest and most fascinating of Saturn's many moons, has argon-40 in its atmosphere. Based on these data, what conclusions can you make about the likely source for these argon isotopes, and what inferences can you make about these planetary bodies?

You've already met these elements:

Chlorine: Cl, atomic number 17
Sulfur: S, atomic number 16
Phosphorus: P, atomic number 15
Silicon: Si, atomic number 14
Aluminium: Al, atomic number 13
Magnesium: Mg, atomic number 12
Sodium: Na, atomic number 11
Neon: Ne, atomic number 10
Fluorine: F, atomic number 9
Oxygen: O, atomic number 8
Nitrogen: N, atomic number 7
Carbon: C, atomic number 6
Boron: B, atomic number 5
Beryllium: Be, atomic number 4
Lithium: Li, atomic number 3
Helium: He, atomic number 2
Hydrogen: H, atomic number 1

Here's a wonderful interactive Periodic Table of the Elements that is just really really fun to play with!

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What to do with a degree in law

Bob Mortimer (right) on the set of Shooting Stars with Vic Reeves. Photograph: BBC/CHRIS RIDLEY/Pett Productions

Studying takes years of hard graft followed by at least two more years of vocational training to qualify as a solicitor or barrister. But there are plenty of other career options for law graduates who don't necessarily want to have their day in court.

They will have learned about the laws governing the constitution as well as areas such as criminal, civil, European, land and human rights law.

But the years of perusing past cases, and poring through books, will not be wasted for those who decide to pursue a different path.

They will have the skills to work in any number of other careers, from accountancy and business to journalism and education.

Famous law graduates include Bob Mortimer, who graduated from Sussex University before opting for comedy over courtroom drama.

Your degree will have given you a thorough understanding of the law of the land, but you will also have gained excellent research skills and be able to wade through complex documents and extract the information you need. You should also have developed strong communication skills and be able to confidently state your case in court and formulate sound arguments. Other key skills include problem-solving, critical judgment and good teamwork.

In 2009, just over 35% of law graduates found employment. Of those, 13% went straight into jobs in the legal profession. But those in other areas, including the commercial/industrial sector (just over 10%), business and finance (7%), social/welfare (4.2%) and marketing (3.7%) were also popular.

"Beyond the obvious – such as solicitors, barristers, barristers' clerks and court legal advisers (also sometimes called court/magistrates clerks), legal executives, paralegals or licensed conveyancers – there are other careers where knowledge of law and the legal system would prove invaluable," says Margaret Holbrough, a careers adviser at Graduate Prospects.

"Chartered secretaries are a prime example, requiring a thorough understanding of both business and company law, governance and compliance, especially in public limited companies (as company secretaries), but also in limited liability organisations, the not-for-profit and public sectors."

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators offers a professional qualifying scheme, which also includes finance modules, for chartered secretaries in all types of organisation.

Also consider human resources management, accountancy, the patent agency, trading standards, the police service and advice work.

"Working in administration or management for charities and other not-for-profit organisations, as well as local and central government, may also appeal, particularly where they have an interest in human rights or other socio-legal issues," Holbrough adds.

Solicitors need to do a legal practice course followed by a paid training contract with a firm, while barristers must do the Bar Professional Training Course followed by a one-year training period or pupillage. Of 2009 graduates, 38.7% undertook further study, with 11.3% combining work with study and 7.5% studying for a higher degree, providing the opportunity to specialise in subjects such as criminology, international relations, business or education.

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Michael Gove asked to tackle violence against girls in schools

Campaigners have called on Michael Gove to tackle the problem of violence against girls in schools. The education secretary should inform all schools that preventing such violence is a "national priority", the End Violence Against Women Coalition says. It calls for head teachers to ensure that sexist language and behaviour is challenged. Sex and relationships lessons should address consent, its report adds. The coalition is also asking for schools to link up with specialist local services to help girls who are experiencing abuse.

The report says it should be a legal requirement for all schools to collect and report data on all forms of violence against girls in school. Marai Larasi, co-chair of the coalition, said: "Our poll found that one in three girls have experienced unwanted sexual touching in UK schools – it is clear the issue is alive in school environments."

Improving HE's green credentials

As students gain power as fee-payers, are universities doing enough to respond to their ethical concerns? Photograph: Bilderlounge/Getty Images/bilderlounge RR

A recent report from the Higher Education Academy on first-year student attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development, found that "sustainability concerns are important to students in selecting their university." So, we could deduce that as competition to attract students in the new HE market intensifies, a university's sustainability policy could give it an advantage over other institutions.

The above statement also gives this year's People & Planet's Green League table extra significance. But despite the increasing student demand for greener HEIs, the organisation says 71% of universities are still getting all their electricity from fossil fuels and carbon emissions on campuses are also rising.

As students gain power as fee-payers, are universities doing enough to respond to their ethical concerns? And in light of current financial challenges, is a greener agenda realistic?

On Friday 24 June, we will bring together a panel from inside and outside HE to answer questions like these and shed light on just what greening a university would involve, what small (or big) steps institutions can start taking and what - if any - is the benefit of having green university rankings in the first place.

Join us at 1pm to share your ideas or put your questions to the panel.

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Louise is the creator and compiler of People & Planet's annual Green League - the UK's only comprehensive and independent league table ranking universities by ethical and environmental criteria. She has been campaigning for a greener higher education sector with the student network People & Planet since 2005 in which time she's seen huge shifts in the sector's attittudes towards sustainability. @greenhaze

Commended by his head master for being able to spell the word 'environment', Iain set about becoming the first dedicated environmental (and subsequently sustainability) manager in a UK college 15 years ago. The EAUC was founded at the same time and is now the primary environmental and sustainability body within Further and Higher Education in the United Kingdom.
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John works at the University of Greenwich project managing and implementing many of the University's environmental and sustainability projects. He specialises in staff and student engagement and communicating the University's policies and activities to the staff and student body and encouraging behaviour change across the University. @Sust_Greenwich

Rob has just finished his first year in a BA joint honours in Politics and Social Policy at Swansea University. He has been an activist since in 6th form, getting involved with groups such as Climate Camp, as well as groups opposing the arms trade. Interests include Murray Bookchin's philosophy of 'Social Ecology' and working to counter the notorious 'tar sands' project in Canada. @SwanseaUnion

EcoCampus is a national carbon and Environmental Management System (EMS) and award scheme for the higher and further education sectors. The scheme enables universities to systematically identify, evaluate, manage and improve their environmental performance and practices. @eco_campus

Patrick has been leading Keele's 'green' initiative for the past 3 years, and have just been appointed as PVC for Environment & Sustainability, in addition to his role as Dean of Natural Sciences. His background is as a medicinal chemist, having held academic posts at the universities of Manchester, Heriot-Watt and York. @KeeleUniversity

Harriet is a consultant on Futerra's dedicated internal communications offering. She has worked on a range of projects and engagement workshops where she advises on the use of communications to engage and motivate staff on sustainable development issues. She manages Futerra's university clients, including Oxford Brookes and Canterbury Christ Church, helping them to create their own sustainability stories and create remarkable communications.
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Rob has many year's experience in higher education in a number of IT and information roles. Since coming to JISC three years ago he has overseen JISC's work in Greening ICT. Rob is particularly interested in opportunities for ICT to help to reduce the overall environmental impact of higher education, through smarter working, smarter buildings and the possibilities of changing user behaviour. @robbristow

The HEA provides national leadership in developing and disseminating evidence-informed higher education learning and teaching practice. We have been supporting the sector in the area of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) since 2005. In the last year work has included commissioning the student survey undertaken by NUS and running a major new Institutional Change Programme "Green Academy". Alastair's primary responsibility is to oversee our work in Scotland and for the last two years he has also been responsible for leading our ESD work. @heacademy

Jonathan is senior project co-ordinator at StudentForce for Sustainability - the only charity in Europe that solely focuses on young people and graduates working and learning to boost their employability, as well as the sustainability of communities and employers. He is a multi-disciplinary researcher and co-ordinator with a background in both natural and social sciences. Originally a physicist, after his Masters, he worked for the Human Radiation Effects Group at the University of Bristol for three years as a Research Assistant.

Removal of PU VC demanded

FUUAST's semester examinations from July 4
Karachi, June 24: Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUUAST) Registrar Prof Dr Qamar-ul-Haq announced on Thursday that the semester examinations of Gulshan-e-Iqbal campus would commence from July 4. The examinations will be held in both morning and evening shifts while date sheet will be dispatched to relevant departments on June 28. Daily times

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FUUAST VC to meet governor, CM over varsity situation
Karachi: Vice-Chancellor Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology (FUUAST) Dr Muhammad Qaiser has decided to meet Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and Chief Minister (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah to seek help from them about the law and order situation in the university.

The decision to meet the governor and the CM comes in the wake of continued disturbance in the university caused by the ongoing clashes between the two student factions.

The university administration had earlier decided to reopen the university from June 27 to allow the continuation of the terminal examinations 2011. But now the university has decided that the examinations will be held from July 4 onwards, while the new examination schedule will be issued on June 28.

Registrar of the University Dr Qamrul Haque said that the university had sent letters to the governor and CM to help them in stopping the carnage that was badly affecting the educational environment of the university.

In a meeting held on Thursday, it was also decided that the VC, the registrar and the deans will meet the governor and the chief minister on Saturday or Sunday (June 25 or 26) owing to the urgency of the situation. Dr Haq said that most of the students who were from other provinces had left for their homes because of the uncertainty in the university. Therefore it was decided that the examinations should be held after some time to allow the students to come back. "We also want the completion of the examinations before Ramazan because we had decided earlier that our summer vacations will be held during the holy month", Dr Qamar said. The news

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Removal of PU VC demanded
Lahore: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba, Punjab University, has demanded that the provincial government remove PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran on charges of making over 400 illegal appointments and violating merit.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, IJT information secretary Mohsin Rasheed said the vice chancellor also granted out-of-turn promotions to teachers and scholarships to 'favourite' students.

He said the VC was crying hoarse that there was an acute shortage of funds but still adopted a pair of tigers and would spend some Rs1.3 million per annum. He said the amount could be used to exempt the poor but talented students from paying fees.

He said the security issues in the university were also causing serious problems for students. He said the university vice chancellor had also failed to tackle the loadshedding issue. Dawn

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PhD thesis approved
Lahore: A meeting of Punjab University Advanced Studies and Research Board was held under the chairmanship of acting Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Javaid Ahmed here on Thursday which solved cases of PhD scholars presented for review in the Board by different PU departments, institutes, colleges and schools.

In the meeting, 17 PhD synopsis, 19 reports on PhD theses and 07 panel of examiners for PhD theses review were approved. Extension was also given in various cases. The nation

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PU LLB Datesheet
Lahore: Punjab University Examinations Department has issued the written examination datesheet of LLB Part-I, Part-II and Part-III, Annual Examination 2011.

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UVAS to support cattle farmers: VC
Lahore: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Nawaz has said that the varsity will extend all out support to farmers who want to protect the Sahiwal cattle breed, which is an important national genetic resource of Pakistan. It comprises about 11 per cent of the total 36 per cent purebred animals in the country.

Addressing a national seminar on "Sahiwal cattle ? a promising dairy animal of Pakistan", organised by department of livestock production in collaboration with Pakistan Agriculture Research council and Australian Linkages Programme on Thursday at Ravi campus, the VC said that the purebred population was decreasing over the years due to crossbreeding. "There is a need to preserve the pride of Pakistan under the guideline of embryo transfer technology and using the modern reproduction technology."

Research Centre Conservation Sahiwal Cattle (RCCSC) Jhang director Dr Javed Iqbal, Livestock Production Research Institute Bahadur Nagar, Okara director Dr Rashid Ahmed ,UVAS livestock production chairman Prof Dr Muhammad Abdullah, Dr Jalees Ahmad Bhatti, Dr Khaild Javed and Dr Ahmad Ali gave detailed presentation about the Sahiwl Cattle's characteristic.

Faculty of Animal and Production Technology Dean Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha said that Sahiwal was one of the established milch breed of tropical & sub tropical region. "It is famous for resistant to ticks and other diseases, tolerant towards heat and has high producing ability under harsh environment adding that this breed is now reported to be present in 29 countries across the globe," he added. The nation

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Students visit Heidelberg lab
Lahore: The delegation of position holders from Pakistan visited the GSI Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, during their study tour of Europe arranged by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. According to a handout issued here on Thursday, a Pakistani scholar Dr Muhammad Imran, who had completed his PhD in Plasma Physics, told the visitors that there were three Pakistani doctors working in the GSI. He said the GSI Laboratory was established on December 17, 1969, adding that it was among the world's best nuclear physics laboratories. Later, the delegation visited the Technical University which was established 1877. The news

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FUUAST's semester exams from July 4

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The decision to meet the governor and the CM comes in the wake of continued disturbance in the university caused by the ongoing clashes between the two student factions.

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In a statement issued here on Thursday, IJT information secretary Mohsin Rasheed said the vice chancellor also granted out-of-turn promotions to teachers and scholarships to 'favourite' students.

He said the security issues in the university were also causing serious problems for students. He said the university vice chancellor had also failed to tackle the loadshedding issue. Dawn

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In the meeting, 17 PhD synopsis, 19 reports on PhD theses and 07 panel of examiners for PhD theses review were approved. Extension was also given in various cases. The nation

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PU LLB Datesheet
Lahore: Punjab University Examinations Department has issued the written examination datesheet of LLB Part-I, Part-II and Part-III, Annual Examination 2011.

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QAU molestation notice taken

Ombudsperson takes notice of alleged molestation case at QAU
Islamabad, June 24: The federal ombudsperson has taken notice of the alleged molestation of a female student of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) by the controller examination and ordered the university to provide a preliminary report of the incident within three days.

After the publication of the news story in 'The News,' a letter (No. 2 (3) FOS/2011-A &G) has been written to QAU Vice Chancellor Dr. Masoom Yasinzai regarding a student of the QAU who had allegedly been molested by the controller examination. "The ombudsperson for the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act has taken notice of the news report and she has called upon to provide relevant information within three days of the receipt of this communication," stated the letter.

The ombudsperson inquired the QAU VC about the non-constitution of harassment committee which is required to deal with all cases as provided under Section 3 of the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010.

The letter has demanded the confirmation to the effect that the code of conduct as given in the schedule of the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 has been displayed as its non-compliance is a cognizable offence, as provided in Sub-Section 3 of Section 11 of the Act.

The ombudsperson further said that a harassment committee should be constituted in every ministry, department and division. "Each organisation shall constitute an inquiry committee within thirty days of the enactment of this act to inquire into complaints in this Act," said the letter. It further stated that the committee shall consist of three members of whom at least one member shall be a female. One member shall be from senior management and one shall be a senior representative of the employees or a senior employee where there is no CBA. One or more members can be co-opted from outside the organisation if the organisation is unable to designate three members from within as described above. A chairperson shall be designated from amongst them.

The letter further briefed that in case a complaint is made against one of the members of the inquiry committee that member should be replaced by another for that particular case. Such member may be from within or outside the organisation. "In case where no competent authority is designated the organisation shall within thirty days of the enactment of this Act designate a competent authority," the letter described.

Federal Ombudsperson's Adviser Sarfraz Syed confirmed that a letter has been written to the QAU VC in this regard. "We were literally shocked after reading the story. Ombudsperson Musarrat Hilali has decided to pursue the case," he said.

He said that the federal ombudsperson has written letters to all organisations to constitute a harassment committee and those who have not constituted the committee so far would be fined. The news

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VC forms committee to probe QAU student molestation case
Islamabad: A 4-member inquiry committee to probe into the alleged molestation of a female student by Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Controller Examinations Sardar Muhammad Babar Khan has been constituted to present its report by June 24.

According to details, a female student from Natural Sciences Department of QAU went to the Controller Examinations' office on June 17 for some paper work. The accused purportedly locked the door and molested the student. The girl screamed for help while the accused fled the scene.

According to QAU insiders, it was break time on Friday and there were lesser staffers around the office when the students entered the office.

And when passersby heard shrieking from the office they knocked the door while the controller ran away.

"The controller has been involved in such nefarious activities and was expelled from Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) for the same reason. He worked as Controller Examinations at AIOU and joined QAU 4 years back", said a QAU official who requested not to be named.

The official said that this unfortunate incident was allegedly being hushed up by the university administration.

The parents of the victim visited the varsity and asked the Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Masoom Yasinzai to conduct a fair inquiry into the case and remove the controller examination from his post who is also a threat for the other girls studying in the university. "We heard that the accused was removed right away after the incident but he is holding his seat and no suspension has been made. The university administration should have suspended the culprit as soon as it has received a complaint against him," the official said.

QAU VC Dr Masoom Yasinzai said that a committee comprising 4 senior most and non controversial faculty members including Chemistry Department Chairperson Dr Saqib Ali, National Institute of Psychology Director Dr Anila Kamal, Campus Manager Colonel (r) Nadeem Gill and Department of Biochemistry Professor Dr Wasim has been constituted to investigate the issue.

VC said the committee would hopfully present its report within a week time (till Friday, June 24). Asked about the suspension order and current official status of the accused, VC said he still holds his seat.

"How can we suspend him whn the case is underway and inquiriy is on. He (Sardar Babar) is holding his current position and after the inquiry report, QAU administration would cosider any penalty.

The culprit if proven guilty would be immediately suspended while stern action would be taken against him according to the rules and procedures of the university but so far he is an accused not a proven guilty", VC maintained. Daily times

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Scholarships awarded to 107 SL students
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan through its High Commission in Sri Lanka has awarded SL Rs 2.56 million educational scholarships on to 107 bright Sri Lankan students of O' and A' levels under Jinnah Educational Scholarship programme.

The award ceremony of Jinnah Educational Scholarship 2011 was held at Ananda College Auditorium with Rauf Hakeem, Minister of Justice as chief guest, in Colombo. Pakistan's High Commissioner Seema IIlahi Baloch, embassy officials and other dignitaries attended the ceremony besides a large number of students and their families, according to a statement issued by the High Commission in Colombo. So far over 800 Sri Lankan students have benefited from these scholarships since 2005. During past six years, over Rs 20 million worth of scholarships have been awarded. The news

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Teachers summer vacation salaries

PU teachers, students protest against IJT
Lahore, June 25: The Punjab University's Department of Philosophy's faculty members and students on Friday boycotted classes and took out a rally from the department to VC office where they staged a sit-in to protest against the hooliganism of the Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT).

The students were holding placards and banners inscribed with slogans against the IJT. The vice-chancellor, on the demand of protesting students, assured strict action against those involved in the hooliganism.

Talking to the media, VC Dr Mujahid Kamran said the IJT should realise that time had changed and all offices of the IJT, including the ones at Hostel No. 1, Hailey College, had been sealed. He said the present administration had already taken stern action against the IJT activists, vowing to take further necessary measures. The VC said some elements recruited against merit in the varsity, had now been backing and providing shelter to these IJT activists who were involved in car-theft and other criminal activities. Some influential personalities had also reached police stations when FIRs was registered against the culprits, he added.

The Philosophy Department faculty members and students dispersed peacefully when the VC assured them of stern action against the activists of IJT involved in torturing students and misbehaviour with teachers. Later, a group of IJT activists approached the administration block, raising slogans against the teachers. They also beat the university guards, when the guards tried to forbid them from using abusive language against the teachers. The news

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VC assures action against IJT
Lahore: Punjab University Department of Philosophy's faculty members and students boycotted the classes and took out a protest rally from the department to VC office where they staged a sit-in against the hooliganism and misbehave of Islami Jamiat Tulba's (IJT) activists to teachers and students here on Friday.

The students were holding placards and banners. The Vice-Chancellor, on demand of protesting students, assured a strict action against those who involved in hooligan activities.

Talking to media on the occasion, VC Dr Mujahid Kamran said IJT should learn that the days were not like the past and now and all the offices of IJT at Hostel No 1, Hailey College and all others, had been sealed. He said the present administration had already taken stern action against the IJT activists and now would also take necessary measures. The vice-chancellor said some elements, who were recruited against merit in the varsity, had now been backing and providing shelter to these IJT activists who are involved in car-theft and other criminal activities.

Some of influential personalities also reached police stations when FIR is registered against the culprits, the VC added. The nation

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GCU hosts interactive session with editors, journalists
Lahore: Government College University (GCU) Young Journalists Society (YJS), on Thursday, hosted an interactive session with eminent editors, columnists and journalists, titled "Evening to Remember", on the issue "Challenges confronting fourth pillar of state".

Daily Times Editor Rashed Rahman, Daily Pakistan Editor Mujeebur Rahman Shami and renowned anchorperson and columnist Aftab Iqbal were the chief guests of the event. GCU Vice Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Ikramul Haq was also present on the occasion. While addressing the audience, Rashed Rahman said that a historic turning point occurred when the printing press was invented, which was soon followed by the advent of newspapers. He said that the printing press played a crucial role, both in the pre-partition and post-partition periods.

"The journalistic world today has been introduced to two new terms, namely new media and old media," he said, adding that new media is the most democratic form of media. He added that during General Ziaul Haq's regime in 1980s, a term had been invented, called "Lifafa Journalism".

Rahman further said that media was losing the country's youth as its audience and if the trend continued, it would become very difficult to steer them back towards fields of media and journalism. He also shared some of his student life memories when he was a student at GCU and also a member of GCU's Dramatic Club.

Separately, Mujeebur Rahman Shami said that free media reflected the true picture of a society and only countries having complete media freedom could excel in all spheres of life. He added, "The growth of electronic media over the past few decades has been very rapid in Pakistan. The media can shape and have deep impact on public opinion."

Meanwhile, Aftab Iqbal said also shared some memories of his student life at GCU. "In my opinion, the major challenge we face at the moment is of maintaining high quality news reports and upholding journalistic values in such a small yet extremely competitive market," he said.

Speaking at the event, Ikramul Haq said that the media was a watchdog of public interest, carrier of information, promoter of a free and balanced debate, and was the most dynamic institution representing the civil society.

Towards the end, Mujeebur Rehman Shami and Rashed Rahman distributed shields amongst the members of Lahore Education Reporters Association (LERA) and YJS members. The event was followed by dinner and a musical night. Daily times

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Pleas against VCs' selection process dismissed
Lahore: The Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed several petitions challenging the entire process relating to appointment of vice-chancellors to six public universities and formation of a search committee tasked with making the appointments.

Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh reserved verdict on the case on June 14 and announced his decision on Friday, observing that he found no reason to interfere in search committee's proceedings.

Dismissing petitioners' argument that committee members were not qualified to do the given job, the judge said: "The search committee consists of renowned educationists and there is no illegality in its formation." He said the court was not convinced that there were any irregularities in vice-chancellors' appointments.

After the judgment, petitioners' counsels Anwar Kamal and Rana Asadullah Khan told the media that they would challenge the decision in a division bench through an intra court appeal.

Dr Hassan Amir Shah of the Government College University and Dr Bushra Khan of the Lahore College for Women University are among the petitioners.

The petitioners had pleaded that they applied for the posts of vice-chancellors, as they were eligible as per the criteria laid down in the advertisement.

They said a candidate for the post was required to have PhD degree in any subject from a reputed university. However, they said, the search committee changed the criteria and preferences and invited only foreign qualified candidates.

They said call letters were issued to candidates holding PhD degrees from top 500 foreign universities. They assailed the composition/constitution of the search committee, saying there were no rules, regulations and policy guidelines for selection and appointment of its members. They said

none of its members had a PhD or teaching experience.

The petitioners said the entire process of selection of vice-chancellors from formation of the search committee to interviews had no legal basis or credible mechanism. They said preference to candidates having PhD degrees from foreign universities put a question mark on the degrees of local universities.

They said this practice would discourage people doing PhD in local universities and ultimately minimise opportunities for local qualified persons.

They said only the rich would thrive in Pakistan if the government preferred foreign qualified people.

Representing the Punjab government in this case, an additional advocate general highlighted the credentials of search committee members. He said committee member Syed Babar Ali was pro vice-chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences and Sartaj Aziz was vice-chancellor of the Beaconhouse National University.

The law officer said the petitioners failed to attribute any illegality to the search committee and asked the court to dismiss the petitions. Dawn

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Re-examination
Lahore: With reference to Punjab University s Board of Studies of Mathematics recommendations and approval of Vice-Chancellor, there will be re-examination of MSc Mathematics, Part-I, Paper-IV (Mechanics), Annual Examination 2011. The re-examination of the said paper will be held on Monday at 9:00am only for those candidates who appeared at PU Examination Hall, Wahdat Road, Lahore, at the same Centre. All those candidates who appeared at other centres will get 10 grace marks.

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PGMI entrance test
Lahore: Entrance test for academic session 2011-12 at Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) will be held on Sunday (tomorrow) at University of Health Sciences. The test will be conducted in two sessions at 10:00am to 12:00noon and 1:00pm to 3:00pm. PGMI administration will announce the result on July 2 which will be followed by interviews of the candidates. It may be mentioned that PGMI admission cell has received 1,353 applications for admission from all over the country for various degree and diploma courses. The news

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VU holds speech contest through video conferencing
Lahore: Pakistan's first speech contest through video conferencing was held at the Faisal Town campus of Virtual University (VU) on Thursday.

Students from various campuses of the university participated in the contest through video conferencing. More than 20 students from three campuses, including Faisal Town Campus, Gujranwala Campus and Faisalabad Campus presented their speeches in both English and Urdu. The speeches were presented on different topics such as "Hay nishan e manzil kahan", "Bhook mita deti hai tehzeeb kay adab", "Bijli hai na pani dil hai Pakistani" and "I was born intelligent but education ruined me".

The speakers at the occasion, through their debates stressed upon the youth to change the country's present situation. They said that if opportunities were provided to the Pakistani youth, there was no doubt there might come a revolution in Pakistan's history. The speakers said that students and youths should participate in politics to handle the legislative and administrative departments of the country.

The students and speakers at the event appreciated the efforts of the VU to provide them with such a unique platform through video conferencing. A speaker at the event, Osama Khan, who obtained the third position in the contest said that the general view was that the students of VU lack in presentation skills and confidence but he had proved that the students are competent enough to compete with anyone in the world if given the chance. Daily times

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Pak students visit German universities
Lahore: A delegation of position holder students, on the study tour of Europe arranged by Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, visited two prominent universities of Germany, Aachen University and Dortmund University, according to a handout here on Friday.

In Aachen University, Prof Dr Ing Dieter Moormann and Philp Miessner told the students about different faculties and areas of the university like aerospace engineering, and supersonic science. They stated that the university established in 1870 as Polytechnical Institute now had 35,000 students, nine faculties, 5,019 foreign students, including 81 Pakistanis. Later, Prof Strauss of Dortmund University told the students that the university was established in 1968. There are 24,000 students in the university with 16 faculties in science fields, 293 full professors and 3,000 staff members. The special areas are chemical biology, biotechnology, chemical and biochemical engineering. They have latest technologies in chemical laboratories and they perform every experiment which they study theoretically during their lectures, he added.

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Teachers do not get salaries during summer vacation
Rawalpindi: The teachers working in private academic institutions have not been paid their salaries for the three-month summer vacation, which started this month.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the teachers affiliated with different private academic institutions said that the school managements had already charged fees for June, July and August from students but salaries were not paid to them on the pretext that their experience is less than three years.

It is a great injustice with the teachers who are graduates and teaching higher classes, they said.

The affected teachers claimed that the private school managements were violating the verdict of the superior court, which had ordered them to pay at least Rs7,000 as salaries to all teachers, including those who have less experience. However the managements were violating the court orders, they alleged.

A large number of senior teachers, who have done masters and teaching higher classes, are being paid meagre salaries in private educational institutions. Sometimes, senior teachers are directed by the managements to take extra classes for which no additional payment is made to them. If anyone resists the orders then he or she is immediately shown the door, they said.

The teachers regretted that the concerned authorities have failed to take any step to redress their grievances.

Executive District Officer (Education) Qazi Zahoor, when contacted said that the problem of teachers was genuine. He said that people were running private educational institutions in every nook and corner of the city and charging heavy fees from students but not paying handsome salaries to teachers.

He said that the school managements were violating the orders of the superior court. However, the EDO regretted that officials sitting in the education departments have no power to check such practices adopted by the private school managements. We do not have power even to cancel the registration of private schools which charge huge fees and do not pay salaries to teachers during summer holidays. We are helpless, the EDO said.

According to Qazi Zahoor, the district coordination officer has the power to cancel the registration of private schools or take action against them. The news

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QAU body set to upgrade Registrar's post 'unlawfully'
Islamabad: The Syndicate of Quaid-I-Azam University (QAU), the highest decision-making body of the university, is going to meet Saturday (today) to upgrade the post of Registrar in violation of all the rules of the university.

It has been learnt that the registrar of the university who has been working on probation period in grade 20 and do not meet the required criterion would be upgraded to grade 21 violating the rules and regulations despite that the finance and planning body of the university has rejected the proposal on various grounds.

The post had already been upgraded two years before when the teaching faculty and other posts of librarian and controller examination were upgraded thus it cannot be upgraded again.

According to rules an employee only be upgraded to the higher grade when he or she works in the same grade for over 10 years and could not be upgraded due to any reason but in this case the registrar is not a permanent employee and working on probation and have the experience of less than two years.

It is also important to mention that in other universities it is the post of grade 20 while in QAU the post is going to be upgraded to 21.

Meanwhile, a two-day executive council meeting of Academic Staff Association was also held on Friday wherein various issues were discussed.

The teaching faculty and deans and the elected members of the syndicate who were also attending the meeting expressed their views and were of the opinion that the QAU administration is marginalizing faculty's views while introducing new courses while it is essential to obtain their input regarding academic parameters by routing these matters through the university statutory bodies.

The university is planning to establish School of Law and School of Culture but the relevant university bodies have been bypassed.

The ASA resolved that if the administration fails to consult the relevant departments and bodies the ASA will have no choice but to mobilise the community to boycott the spring 2011 final examinations.

After the EC meeting, all the EC members went together and handed over the resolution to the Vice Chancellor and expressed their reservations and the VC in response pledged to consult relevant faculties and decision making bodies.

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AIOU training workshop
Warburon: Briefing and training workshop of Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad for Nankana Sahib was held at the Government Guru Nanak High School. Mian Muhammad Aslam, the Regional Director AIOU Lahore Campus, appointed about 300 male and female tutors and delivered them tutors' files for the evaluation of assignments of SSC, HSC, BA and BEd students of Spring Semester 2011.

He advised tutors to evaluate students' assignments utilizing maximum abilities you have. Tutor's expertise and integrity can identify the talented students to bring affirmative change in society, he added. The nation

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Beaconites begin United Kingdom study tour
Islamabad: A group of over 60 students and teachers from different campuses of the Beaconhouse School System in Rawalpindi and Islamabad were seen off at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, says a press release.

They will join more than 500 Beaconhouse School System students from all over

Pakistan to an educational and cultural tour of the UK this summer.

The school undertakes international trips to different locations every year and this is the largest gathering of students from Pakistan visiting the UK for a short study course at the Newlands School in East Sussex, UK. The course comprises tutorials and academic courses, sports and co-curricular programmes along with field visits to the sites of historical and educational value among other aspects.

The Beaconhouse students will have the opportunity to interact with teachers and students from the UK and to participate in a diverse range of activities. The news

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This summer's degree shows: in the art of tomorrow, imagination triumphs

The Workshop by Jeremy Spong, part of the the BA (Hons) fine art show at Central St Martins. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

Something has gone terribly wrong. The jet fighter is falling in flames, bringing horror to what appears to be an air show. As it turns over in slow motion like a burning piece of paper, a small black dot is falling too – is that the pilot? We don't know, and a second before they hit the ground Daniel McClennan's video loops back on itself and the blazing aircraft begins to fall again.

It never reaches the ground and its suspended crash becomes a tragic ballet, with a piano playing, as visitors to the student degree show at Goldsmiths in south London stop transfixed. Should we even be watching this deathly spectacle? And how can we stop?

McClennan has created a brilliant work of art, with the shock and unease of one of Andy Warhol's 1960s paintings of car crashes and suicides. It is one of the best new artworks I have seen this year, let alone at this month's student shows, and shows that Goldsmiths has not lost the ability to nurture daring artists that made it famous as the home of the Hirst generation.

Art college exhibitions are becoming part of the British summer art season, as seasonal as the Royal Academy show and, as I found on a tour of some of the best, a lot more creative.

The most striking works at these shows are not just good student efforts but powerful works of art, and their creators are likely to become well known in the immediate future.

Others, of course, will look back on the degree show as the culmination of ambitions that have to be abandoned.

One disconcertingly lyrical work in the Central St Martins student exhibition, the last to be held in its decaying building on Charing Cross Road in central London before the college moves to a new site, is by Jeremy Spong and is called The Workshop.

Spong has built a cosy shed out of found bits of wooden furniture; from it you can watch a film of this eccentric edifice set up in a woodland clearing, where its creator seems to be taking leave of it fondly, as he stashes his tools in a drawer, locks up and sadly walks away, with a last look back, to a soundtrack of lush violins.

It seems to be a farewell to art, an elegy for a lost private world of craft and imagination – as if he were putting away childish things. But on this evidence Spong has no need to put away plans for an artistic career. This installation tells a story, a fiction. If this brand new generation shares a mood or a style it is the desire to tell tales.

At Glasgow School of Art, I came across an old wardrobe. One side of the wardrobe is a purple curtain, and pushing it aside reveals not the interior of a cupboard but a confessional box from a Catholic church where the visitor can sit, like a priest, hearing a young woman's voice tell of unspeakable violence.

Her grandfather was a Glasgow hard man, she says, and he once killed somebody. Is the story true? Is this the artist, Amy Dolan, or a character she has created, or someone else, talking? The power of story mingles with the smells of fresh paint and salvaged wood in these lovely exhibitions.

It has to be said that of all the degree shows, the most enjoyable and gripping, as an exhibition, is Glasgow's. In the last few years Scottish artists have been getting more international recognition than ever before, taking the last two Turner prizes.

The Glasgow School of Art student show reveals the deep strengths behind that success in its heightened mood of creativity, adventure and purpose.

Admittedly the students here have an advantage in displaying their work, for their school is a great architectural creation by the art nouveau genius Charles Rennie Mackintosh. For the exhibition, every nook and cranny of the building is opened up. John Kellock's excellent and spookily comic paintings of magical, sinister liaisons brood under a wooden roof curvaceously carved like a Viking banquet house.

Meanwhile, hidden away in the building's bowels, Max Prus outrages with a video involving scenes of celebrity sex, defecation, and a man who claims to be John Lennon's killer.

Stories bubble away here and at the London shows – sad stories, horrible ones, funny ones, but most of all stories that are incomplete and leave the beholder to imagine the blanks.

At St Martins I wonder how the character in Aya Nambu's Cocoon-IV managed to get into a predicament that has turned its head into a giant translucent bubble in which its body is imprisoned. And what apocalyptic concert awaits the playing of Roxy Minter's intricately carved Judgment Harp, swarming with wooden nudes whose infernal sufferings conjure up Gauguin and Rodin?

There is no longer any distinction between craft and conceptual art, to judge from these shows – as Minter's skills attest. Similarly at Chelsea, talented, pungent caricature drawings by Heena Patel share the honours with Clive Rowat's richly fabricated installation Mine Shift, which suggests some monstrous underground secret.

Throughout the degree shows students are building lairs, labyrinths and secret worlds, using old furniture, tree branches, ratty textiles, flock wallpaper and red velvet curtains to create baroque inscapes of fantasy. At Goldsmiths an artist with the unlikely name of Demetriou Penthouse has constructed a stunning art deco scenario like a cross between a cruise ship and a set for Terence Rattigan's lost drug orgy screenplay.

Does this taste for fictions and fantasy worlds suggest students are desperate to escape the harsh economic realities beyond college? At the Slade, a striking piece of public art by student Julia Vogl asks 1,000 people how they would spend £1m of public money in these tricky times. The graph of how much they would give to different sectors is displayed as a row of coloured banners on the portico of the campus library.

But as a pep talk at the Goldsmiths private view reminded the class of 2011, artists in Britain have never been as culturally valued as they are today, so new artists have everything to play for. In fact, the fictive and fantastical imaginations on display at these terrific exhibitions reveal two things. First, the best art students are already making cutting edge work that shares an aesthetic with the best you can see at, say, this year's Venice Biennale, where narrative installations carry all before them.

Second, and this is the joy of it, in the art of tomorrow, imagination triumphs.

National Youth Talent Competition rewards creative leaders of the future

Minister for Youth Peter Garrett today announced the 25 winners of the National Talent Competition (NTC) and Win Free Stuff competition, held as part of National Youth Week.

The NTC challenged young Australians to display their skills in the areas of writing, short film, photography, music and design for their chance to win a share in almost $50 000 worth of prizes.

Mr Garrett said the NTC provided young people with an opportunity to get a head-start in competitive and highly popular industries, and received more than 2000 entries this year.

“It gives talented young Australians a way to both nurture and showcase their talents and a chance to have their work noticed by an expert in the field,” he said.

“The quality and variety of the winners this year has been really terrific, with entries covering a range of topics including friendship, the dangers of drug use, and environmental issues.”

The judging panels of the competition included industry experts, including the founder of Modular Records, Steven Pavlovic of RockIT.

Mr Pavlovic said the competition highlights the creative potential of Australia’s youth.

“The competition has revealed the immense talent of young Australians in the areas of writing, music, photography, film making and design,” he said.

Winner of the senior category of DesignIT, 25-year-old, Amy Blue, said she hoped the competition will help kick-start her career.

“I have been passionate about illustration and design for many years, so winning Australia’s largest youth talent competition is such a reward for all the hard work I have put into my work,” she said.

In addition to the winners selected by industry judges, ten People’s Choice winners were chosen by a popular vote and will receive an iPad as a reward for their creativity.

The NTC was held during National Youth Week in April, Australia’s largest celebration of young people aged 12 to 25 years.

To find out more and view the 2011 winners visit, www.youthweek.com.

*A full list of National Talent Competition winners, including People’s Choice winners, and Win Free Stuff winners, is below.

National Youth Week 2011 - National Talent Competition Winners

George Makrynakis, Kings Park, Vic Ivana Kafedjiyska, Cheltenham, NSWNational Youth Week 2011 – People’s Choice Winners

Michelle Li, Mount Waverley, Vic Stephen Bird, Mount Waverley, Vic Bianca Lai, Wantirna South, Vic The Electro Kid, Wurtulla, Qld Rawr Vanity, Alexandra Hills, QldNational Youth Week 2011 – Win Free Stuff Winners

Letters: Nearly 20 years on, the government still can't get it right on Sats

Your headline (Creative writing tests limit creativity, Sats review finds, 24 June) would be funny except for the fact that, presuming Lord Bew's review is correct, it is the creativity of 600,000 youngsters each year that is being suppressed. And this nearly 20 years after Sats started. The government still can't get it right. Teachers, their unions, the Commons select committee, academics and many public figures have called for an end to the external testing, league-table feeding, national curriculum tests, while stressing the importance of assessments made by classroom teachers as a tool of effective teaching. No doubt business leaders who worry about the need for innovators for the industry of the future agree.

Is it just the tabloid press and the firms which do the testing that want Sats to continue? Judging by the chart of the "upper echelons of Whitehall" (24 June), the 35 senior posts in the Education Standards Directorate could be reduced if Michael Gove has the courage to end this ridiculous, damaging and expensive external testing of young children.

Emeritus Professor Michael Bassey

Newark, Nottinghamshire

• Lord Bew has come up with the idea of a test for 10- and 11-year-olds which will include assessing them for "grammar". Will he tell us which of the many models of "grammar" this will be? How it will be tested? What kinds of work this will require teachers to teach? Will it penalise non-native and regional dialect speakers? Will any of these answers take on board the fact that for over 30 years of postwar examining of "grammar" and "composition" (ie the writing of continuous prose) in the old O-level exams, no correlation was ever found between the scores in these two areas? In other words, there was no evidence that teaching grammar to young people actually helps them write better. In my experience, most 10- and 11-year-olds find that the abstract quality of grammar is as meaningful as calculus – that's to say, a tiny minority "get" some of it, and the majority just recite the useless lies we tell them about verbs being "doing" words and the like.

Unless these issues are debated, Lord Bew's statement is hollow, and the curriculum will be skewed to teach this stuff, while children, teachers and parents will go on being harassed by it all.

Michael Rosen

London

• How can the proposed test reforms possibly prevent "teaching to the test"? The maths and reading tests will remain, and won't reduce the undue amount of test preparation devoted to them. The "secretarial" test of spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary is eminently suited to excessive preparation.

Professor Colin Richards

Spark Bridge, Cumbria

Sats tests must improve, says review

Lord Bew's review will lead to changes in the tests sat by children in their final year of primary school. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian

National tests for 11-year-olds in England will be changed to stop teachers drilling pupils, a government review is expected to say.

Lord Bew, a crossbench peer and politics professor, was asked to review the tests – known as Sats – after a quarter of primary schools boycotted them last year.

He will recommend the reading test is changed "over time", and that schools are judged over three years' of results rather than one and given a rolling average in league tables. He will also say the creative writing element of the English test should be assessed by class teachers rather than external markers.

Some parts of the tests will not change, however. The maths, reading, spelling, vocabulary and punctuation tests will continue to be externally assessed, while the speaking and listening elements will still be marked internally.

A small proportion of pupils – 5% – will sit a science test to monitor standards.

Two teaching unions have called for the tests to be scrapped.

Sats results go towards school league tables and unions say this forces teachers to spend the whole final year of primary school cramming pupils for the tests rather than providing a rounded education.

Bew told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the changes would lead to "greater fairness" and better accountability.

"Hundreds of thousands of children take these exams," he said. "If things go wrong, the evidence is that this is very, very hard to repair later on."

The tests were abolished in Wales and Northern Ireland and never taken in Scotland.

Education needs a new gaffer – call Lord Fergie | Harry Pearson

Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp – perfect candidates for the cabinet dugout? Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images

Back in 1977 when Manchester United sacked Tommy Docherty for having an affair with the wife of the club physiotherapist, Clive James commented, "They say Docherty is not fit to run a football club, I'd say that's exactly what he's fit for."

The Australian's caustic assessment came back to me last week as I listened to Graham Stringer, Labour member for Blackley and Broughton, explaining to the BBC why he was putting forward an early day motion suggesting Sir Alex Ferguson be given a peerage. "Is the Manchester United manager really a suitable person for the upper chamber?" the interviewer asked. Given the calibre of many of the people already there, I believe we can safely answer that with a resounding Jamesian affirmative.

Another Mancunian Labour MP, Tony Lloyd, supported Stringer's motion to have Sir Alex swaddled in ermine. Back in March Lloyd began a campaign to obtain a knighthood for Ryan Giggs. One of those who backed the proposal was Graham Stringer. You may wonder what next for the Old Trafford-loving duo — petitioning Her Majesty to have Gary Neville made Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, perhaps?

Clearly Stringer and Lloyd's appeals for honorific titles to be handed out to millionaires places them very much on the far left of New Labour, yet despite that it is still surprising that MPs who support other clubs have not pursued their glittering lead. It will surely not be long, however, before some gleaming young bulb is standing up in the House and declaring that Harry Redknapp ought to be put in charge of the MOD because "our armed forces squad is desperately in need of 'freshening up', possibly by selling off the Coldstream Guards and using the resulting funds to buy a regiment from Bosnia nobody has heard of".

This may seem far-fetched, but at the start of the year who would have believed that the subject of a footballer's sex life would be raised in the House? Besides successive governments have already embarked on what experts (me and my mate Tim) have labelled the "footballisation" of British society by introducing league tables for practically all services. As a result, health, education and law enforcement all now enjoy the feverish excitement of an annual championship battle that often goes right down to the final Ofsted inspection of the season.

Strangely, given the importance they place on league tables in judging everyone else's performance, MPs don't have a league table of their own. Some will argue that this is because the general election acts as a league table. That is utter poppycock. The election is more of a cup competition. And, as in the FA Cup, the luck of the draw, a dodgy refereeing decision and an opponent suffering a disastrous run of expenses scandals can all produce a freak winner – Wimbledon, Coventry City, Michael Gove.

A personal view is that so far the league tables have failed truly to engage the imagination of the general public. The reason for this is that the footballisation process has not yet gone far enough. Imagine for example how much more interesting the battle for the top spot among secondary schools might be if at the start of each education season every head teacher (or gaffer, as he or she might be retitled) had to produce a staff squad list, with no transfers allowed until January?

As a parent I am certain I would enjoy poring over the ins and outs list in late August and then engaging the postman with wise comments such as, "I see the boss has strengthened the obvious weakness in the RE department by bringing in the big lass who impressed last term at St Margaret's, though you have to wonder if her talent at grant-maintained level will translate to the hurly-burly of the state sector …" While the postie himself would retort with, "Well … what I heard from a mate whose cousin does her hair, is that the only reason the other school let her go was because she's got a magic marker problem. Apparently she used to disappear into the store cupboard at first break and come out with those telltale black rings round her nostrils …"

Topping the table isn't just about coaching, obviously. Which is why many top schools have a scouting network that allows them to bring in the most talented pupils from all across their region, regardless of how many buses they have to take, or which religion their parents have to pretend to be. (In higher education they are increasingly looking even further afield. This is not always to the liking of everybody, as the fuss in 2006 when one Oxford college fielded an entire first-year intake that didn't include a single English student plainly shows.)

Sadly, as any schools fan will tell you, youthful promise at Sats does not always lead to a glittering career at A-level. Young people are prey to all the same pressures that afflict footballers. I have lost track of the number of bright futures as provincial solicitors, or chartered accountants that have been ruined by booze, drugs and watching Geordie Shore when they really should be doing history revision (Yes, I do mean you. And don't pull that face).

Sir Alex Ferguson's record of bringing through youngsters is second to none, of course. Maybe once Fergie's in the House of Lords, a fully footballised PM will make him education minister.

What have cinema's teachers taught us?

Class act ... Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher

We've learned many things at the movies over the years. That the mortality rate for hardworking law enforcement officers escalates dramatically days before they're due to retire. That books in top pockets protect you from bullets. And that even in some of the world's busiest cites, it's possible to find a parking space directly outside the building you're visiting.

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Away from these literal life lessons, however, the big screen has also presented us with a string of inspiring educators, with Cameron Diaz the latest to join their ranks in Bad Teacher. From strict disciplinarians to pot-smoking professors, the film faculty is crammed full of tutors intent on imparting their wisdom to the assembled moviegoing masses. But what have they taught us? Get your books out and let's go through the answers. No talking at the back, please.

Generally, it isn't. But when you've moved to a new town, are being bullied by the Cobra Kai and your only friend is a janitor with a penchant for platitudes, it is. Sure, Mr Miyagi wasn't qualified, and his teaching methods would raise a few eyebrows among concerned parents today, but there's no denying he gets the job done at All Valley Karate Tournaments. The diminutive dojo-dweller isn't alone, either. Master Jedi and purveyor of wonky syntax Yoda (Star Wars) has been known to impart wisdom of the rufty tufty variety, while Professor X (X-Men), for all of his peace-loving hippie spiel, teaches teenagers at a school for the gifted that comes complete with its very own "danger room".

Including Peter Weir's 1989 educational opus in any list of movie teachers isn't so much flogging a dead horse as flailing away at its fossil. But how can you ignore the "O Captain! My Captain!"-spouting students from the Dead Poets Society, who were so inspired by Robin Williams's eccentric approach that they didn't even flinch as he jumped on to their desks to quote passages of Walt Whitman while imploring them to seize the day. The same could be said for Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver or Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds, both of whom tamed inner-city dropouts and, in the case of the latter, overcame gun crime and years of institutional neglect in a gangster's paradise simply by wearing a dress.

Don't believe me? Then I implore you to look up the outrageous advances of Edna Krabappel in The Simpsons Movie and Elspeth Lomax, the shameless Selleck-stalker in Three Men and a Little Lady. And don't even ask what Cate Blanchett gets up to in Notes On a Scandal.

He might be credited as John Kimble but, let's be honest, Arnie plays Arnie in every film he's ever starred in. So you can imagine the hilarity that ensues in Kindergarten Cop – the forerunner for one-joke "hard men in soft role" comedies from the likes of Vin Diesel and the Rock – as the man destined to become the governator shows us why angry action stars shouldn't quit their day jobs to stand in front of a class of impressionable toddlers. Another macho movie man who should be relieved of his educational duties is Indiana Jones. When he's not flying across the globe stealing priceless artefacts from under the Nazis' noses and aggressively kissing women at the behest of his pint-size Chinese sidekick, it's easy to forget that the hat-wearing, whip-wielding archaeologist teaches for a living.

Like Cameron Diaz's Bad Teacher, there are those movie educators for whom a change of profession is probably advisable. Some are just unsuited to their role, such as Animal House's resident Milton non-enthusiast, Professor Dave Jennings. In the thinking of this bored English teacher, brilliantly brought to the screen by Donald Sutherland, expanding young minds involves recreational drug use and inappropriate student-teacher relationships. Others are simply inept – particularly those found stalking the halls of John Hughes's imagination, where dean of students and scourge of skivers Edward Rooney (from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) stands head and shoulders above his reliably incompetent and painfully out-of-touch peers.

You probably didn't play in the big game; you've never dated a cheerleader or been to a homecoming dance, but thanks to Hollywood's obsession with high school you've vicariously experienced everything that these fine academic institutions have to offer – including a faculty full of fearsome educators. From Back to the Future's Mr Strickland, the gun-toting nemesis of the McFly family, to sports-loving sadists such as Mr Sugden in Kes, if film's teachers have taught us anything it's that our superiors can be terrifying. We might not respect them, but we're certainly scared of them – and when faced with cane-happy principals such as Matilda's Miss Trunchbull, Battle Royale's Kitano or Robert Rodriguez's alien Faculty, it's easy to see why.

Who are your favourite cinematic schoolteachers – and what lessons have you learned?

HEC-USAID scholarships

99 scholarships approved under HEC-USAID programme
Islamabad, June 23: A total of 99 scholarships have been approved under 'HEC-USAID Merit and Needs based Programme' for the academic year 2010-11.

HEC Executive Director Dr Sonail Naqvi chairing a meeting of Scholarship Management Committee on Wednesday said that HEC in partnership with the US initiated the 'Merit and Needs Based Scholarship Programme' to provide assistance to talented but needy students who are unable to start their higher education due to financial disadvantages. These scholarships are available since 2004 in the field of Business Administration and Agriculture at 11 participating universities/institutions.

The selected students are from rural and remote areas across Pakistan and studying at KPK Agriculture University, Peshawar; Balochistn University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta; Sindh Agriculture University (SAU), Tandojam. The offered scholarships will cover tuition fee, transportation, books, lodging and incidental costs. Daily times

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Iraqi envoy calls on IIU rector, president
Islamabad: Ambassador Republic of Iraq Dr. Rushdi Al-Ain called on International Islamic University Islamabad Rector Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik and President Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad.

IIU Director General Gulzar Ahmad Khwaja was also present on the occasion.

The Iraqi ambassador speaking on the occasion said that both Iraq and Pakistan have historical relations and we are like brothers under Islamic brotherhood. He said that Iraqi government strongly believes in joint collaboration with the universities of Pakistan.

He suggested that IIU should collaborate with university of Baghdad, Basra University and Islamic University in Iraq for the joint ventures for promoting education and research activities.

He added that Iraqi civilization is almost 10,000 years old and in the near past we suffered because of war, but we did not let our education suffer despite we face many collateral damages to our schools, colleges and other education institutions during the war period of 1993 to 2000. He said that Muslims should focus on education from birth to grave which is the ideology of our religion and the same should be the practice of Islamic culture.

He considered those getting education are living in safe way and those lacks education could face violence and terrible situations in their lives.

Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik, IIU Rector, warmly welcomed the ambassador at the new campus of IIU and said that Pakistan and Iraq should strengthen the intellectual cooperation among the universities.

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Administration allegedly trying to hush up the case Committee formed to probe the matter, says VC
Islamabad: The unfortunate incident of molestation of a female student of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) by the controller examination is allegedly being hushed up by the university administration.

According to the details, a female student from the natural sciences department of QAU went to Controller Examinations for some paper work. The official locked the door and allegedly molested her. The girl started screaming after which the official ran away.

The parents of the girl visited the university campus and asked QAU Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr. Masoom Yasinzai to conduct a fair inquiry into the case and remove the controller examination from his post who is also a threat for the other girls studying in the university.

The university has constituted a committee including QAU National Institute of Psychology Director Dr. Anila Kamal, Chemistry Department Chairperson Dr. Saqib Ali, Department of Biochemistry Professor Dr. Wasim and Campus Manager Colonel (r) Nadeem Gill.

However, sources in the university believe that the university was trying to give cover to the culprit, as he is still not being suspended yet. "The university should have suspended the culprit as soon as it has received a complaint against him," he said.

The source said that there was no need to constitute a new committee when there was already a committee. "A formal committee on sexual harassment has already been announced however, its notification is still pending. The VC should have issued the notification for the same committee instead of announcing a new one," the source said.

According to information, the formal committee on sexual harassment included the deans of department and members of civil society while Farzana Bari was the convener of that committee.

"The purpose behind the constitution of committee was nothing but to hush up the matter. The university administration knew that the already purposed committee could create a hype of the issue and the incident could be reported to media in that case," the source believed.

Human Rights Activist QAU Gender Studies Department Head Farzana Bari said that it was not the first case of this nature in the university however, this is the first case that has been properly reported. "Most of such cases are hushed up either by the victim's family or by the university administration," she said.

She said that most of the cases of harassment reported in the university are 'students versus students'. "We often receive complaints from girls against boys. In such cases warning letters are issued to the culprits and matters are normally resolved," she said.

She said that the constitution of adhoc committee was not the solution of sexual harassment cases. "The administration should constitute a formal committee, which comprises experts rather than any layman," she said.

She said that the administration of university was trying to hide the identity of the culprit and providing cover to him. "The identity of victim should not be disclosed, but the identity of culprit should be made public," she added.

QAU Vice Chancellor Dr Masoom Yasinzai said that a committee comprising senior most and non controversial faculty members has already been constituted to probe the matter. "We have asked the committee to present its report within one week," he said.

He said that the committee that has been earlier constituted has not sent its proposal to him for the approval so he has constituted new committee. "The earlier committee was meant to deal the general cases of sexual harassment. The committee, which has been now constituted is meant to deal with this particular case. Moreover, the presence of Farzana Bari could have created controversy since she is a human rights activist," he added.

He said that the culprit if proven guilty would be immediately suspended while stern action would be taken against him according to the rules and procedures of the university. The news

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KU issues provisional admission list for MBA Banking
Karachi: The provisional admission list for admission to MBA Banking, diploma in the evening programme has been issued. Director University of Karachi (KU)'s Evening Programme announced this on Wednesday. The successful candidates have been asked to contact their respective departments. The admission fee can be deposited from June 23 to June 27, it was further stated. It was pointed out that the candidates who are not satisfied with the provisional merit list could submit their claim form with a late fee of Rs 500 up to June 25 at the directorate of evening programme. app

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Submission of fake documents BIEK rejects exam forms of four candidates
Karachi: Chairman Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) Anwar Ahmed Zai on Wednesday cancelled the examination forms of four candidates for submitting fake documents.

The notification in this regard had been issued and the students will be given a chance to submit their appeals against the decision within 15 days, he said.

According to the BIEK, at least four students have submitted fake documents and marks sheets of their matriculation examinations.

The students who submitted fake documents are Maria Saleem, Daughter of Muhammad Saleem, a student of Pre-Medical group at Bahria College Karsaz, Adnan Yousuf, son of Muhammad Yousuf enrolled in Commerce group at Government Degree Boys College KMC, Nishtar Road, Ameena Malik, Daughter of Abdul Qadeer Malik of Pre-Medical group at Bahria College NORE and Syed Irfan Ali, son of Syed Akber Ali of Aqra Intermediate College Commerce group.

Zai stated that the board had sent the documents of the above mentioned candidates for verification and later found that the documents and record does not match with the original documents issued by the Board of Secondary Education Karachi.

Meanwhile, the chairman BIEK announced that no additional fee should be charged from the students appearing in the practical exams of Pre-Medical and Pre-Engineering groups.

In case, any college is found involved in charging extra amount then the board would take necessary action against it, he added.

The students, who were scheduled to appear at Al-Noor Degree College of Computer Science, would now give their practical exams at different colleges. The board had directed the male candidates to appear at Jinnah Government College, Nazimabad and female students at Government Degree College for Women, Al-Noor Block-16, F B Area. The decision was taken after the BIEK received complain that the administration of Al-Noor Degree College of Computer Science was charging an extra amount for the practical exams from the students. The news

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