UET’s centennial alumni reunion
LAHORE:University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore organised a one-day Centennial Alumni Reunion and Family Gala. UET Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar inaugurated the event in which more than 4,000 university graduates along with their families participated. The event was held at the UET football ground with 50 stalls. The event covered different activities […]
Governor Chaudhry Sarwar forms body on industry-academia link
LAHORE:Governor Ch Muhammad Sarwar has set up a seven-member committee to strengthen link between industry and academia. Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Dr Niaz Ahmed Akhtar will be the convener of the committee while the members of the committee are Dr Talat Naseer Pasha, VC of Education University, Dr Bushra Mirza, VC of Lahore College for Women […]
Dawlance company,seeks collaboration with GIK
SWABI: Delegation of Dawlance company, which was acquired by Turkish group five years back, has expressed readiness to establish strong bonds of collaboration with Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology۔ A four-member delegation of the company headed by Harun Bingöl, Director, Technologies, Dawlance along with the Research and Development Department of […]
Private schools asked to get registered by March 15
LAHORE:District Education Authority (DEA) has warned that unregistered private schools and academies/tuition centres will be sealed if they failed to get registered till March 15. A DEA spokesperson said earlier the last date for registration was February 15 which was extended till March 15. “DEA has issued a warning to the unregistered educational institutions,” said […]
Vice-chancellors are highly powerful
Islamabad : Dr. Athar Mahboob, Vice-Chancellor, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, has said that the major problem that exists in Pakistan is that vice-chancellors are highly powerful and the rest of the syndicate lacks such powers. Dr. Mahboob was addressing the ‘International Conference on contemporary issues and challenges of whistle-blowing in higher education institutions (HEIs),’ organised here […]
PhD thesis defended
PESHAWAR: Mohammad Asad Jan has successfully defended his thesis at the Department of Rural Sociology in the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, and has been declared eligible for the award of the Ph.D. degree. He did his Ph.D. research on “Analysis of dispute resolutions council’s effectiveness in rural areas of Mardan district”. His supervisor was Dr. […]
Conference sheds light on the growing crisis of Out-of-School-Children
“Out-of-school children require out-of-the-box thinking from us,” was the takeaway from a conference titled The Out-of-School Children (OOSC) Crisis in Pakistan: Who are they? What can be done to secure their future? Organized through collaborative efforts between Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) and Japan International Cooperation Agency- Advancing Quality Alternative Learning (JICA-AQAL) […]
PU Senate approves 25pc allowance for teachers, staff
LAHORE: Setting a new precedent of making all statutory bodies fully functional, the Punjab University (PU) administration on Friday organized the 358th meeting of the PU Senate, which was the 8th consecutive meeting in less than four years as per the requirement of the university calendar. According to a press release, the meeting was chaired […]
Training workshop on capacity building at Arid University
Rawalpindi : A three days training workshop on capacity building of newly inducted faculty members ended at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), here on Wednesday. The workshop was organised by the University’s Faculty of Social Sciences with an aim to enhance the knowledge, skills, and professionalism of the newly appointed faculty […]
President Arif Alvi for Paradigm shift in education sector to cope with modern challenges.
Islamabad : President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday called for a paradigm shift in the education sector to promote cutting-edge research and online mode of learning in the country. He underlined the need for preparing the nation in the field of emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence, cyber security, data analytics, cloud computing, robotics and automation […]