Punjab University Syndicate meeting, presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmed, on Wednesday recommended Rs 9.39 billion budget for the approval of Senate for the year 2020-21.
In the latest development regarding the allegations of sexual harassment leveled by students of Lahore Grammar School (LGS), Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and Education Minister Dr Murad Rass have taken notice of the reports and sought report into the matter from the departments concerned.
The number of Pakistani students selected for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) scholarship to study in Europe has gone up almost three fold in the last three years, from 46 in 2017, to 126 for the academic year 2020-21, including 64 men and 62 women.
The Punjab Government has upgraded more than 1200 schools claiming that this upgrade was without spending any penny. Among these schools, 606 are girls and 621 are boys schools.
In an effort to accelerate remote learning in a safe and secure environment, Microsoft is supporting the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan by deploying Teams for official online and remote learning interactions across more than 100 public and private universities.
The University of Health Sciences (UHS), on Thursday, announced that it would provide free Android tables to deserving students of public sector medical and dental colleges for digital learning during Covid-19.
Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Hummayun Sarfraz has said that the universities in Punjab will attract international students and teachers and give them facilities as per international standards.
The Government College University Lahore on Wednesday (June 3, 2020) held as many as 411 online lectures attended by around 7,100 students from the University’s 23 different departments.
A combined entry test for admissions in B. Sc Engineering and B.Sc Engineering Technology in UET Lahore, its constituent campuses and all government engineering institutes across Punjab, is scheduled to be held on Saturday and Sunday 13th and 14th of June, 2020 in the test centers allotted by the Virtual University.
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad has approved UVAS policy on off-campus online teaching and online examination with ‘no-disadvantage’ approach as per HEC guidelines during the uncertain period of COVID-19.