The University of Agriculture Faisalabad syndicate approved the increments to more than 100 Tenure Track Faculty and revised evaluation performa in order to bring productivity in the TTS faculty.
Punjab Government, through the official notification of the School Education Department (SED), has asked the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of all the District Education Authorities (DEAs) of the province to prepare a schedule for the visit of psychiatrists and prepare the health profile of students in Government and Private educational institutions in the province.
In a letter issued to the DEAs, they had been tasked to prepare a suitable schedule in their respective jurisdictions and communicate the same with the Primary and Secondary Health Department (PSHD), Government of Punjab. The Health Department, in turn, had been requested to provide psychiatrists to visit the schools.
The move was aimed at curtailing the supply and use of narcotics in educational institutions of the province. In the letter, it had been directed that the whole exercise of preparing the health profiles had to be completed before March 31, 2020. The DEAs had been further instructed to compile and send a report to the School Education Department, Government of the Punjab.
The same instructions had also been forwarded to the Higher Education Department (HED), Government of the Punjab.
It is worth mentioning that the School Education Department had issued a notification in December, 2019 in connection with standard operating procedure (SOP) to maintain health profile of all students of public and private schools in Punjab.
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Afkar-e-Taza Fest 2020 kicked off at Al-Hamra on Saturday. While addressing the opening session, Former UK High Commission to Pakistan and National Security Advisor for UK Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant said that winners of the second world war set up new norms and set up liberal norms. There are human and universal values in western countries, he added.
The Higher Education Department (HED) Government of Punjab declared 23 sub-campuses of seven private sector universities unauthorized. These campuses had been operating without Punjab Governor’s approval. Legal action would be taken against these universities by The Higher Education Department.
The Higher Education Department had already made arrangements to ensure that the students currently studying in these unauthorized sub-campuses would complete their degrees. Therefore, the students currently studying in these unauthorized sub-campuses should focus on their education without any fear of the completion of their respective degrees. However, HED clarified that unauthorized sub-campuses of private universities had been stopped from taking further admissions.
The meeting of the accreditation committee of the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) has been called to resolve the matter of illegal sub-campuses of private universities in the province, said Punjab Higher Education Department Secretary in a press statement.
He said that notices had been issued to universities which were operating the sub-campuses illegally. He clarified that only new admission to these campuses were stopped, however, this would not have any effect on students studying in these campuses. The Secretary added that already enrolled students had nothing to worry about and they should not worry about any rumors as they were fully protected.
The government of Pakistan decided to open new campuses of Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) in 4 cities in Balochistan province.
Professor Dr Noshina Saleem has been appointed as the Director of the Institute of Communications Studies (ICS), University of the Punjab.
Renowned scientist, advisor to Prime Minister on Science & Technology and Founding Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Dr Atta Ur Rahman would receive the ‘China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award 2020’ from Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Peoples Hall in Beijing on January 10.
The China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award is the highest scientific award of China conferred on foreign individuals or organizations who had made an important contribution to China’s scientific and technological development.
Dr Atta Ur Rahman has been conferred this award in recognition of his contributions in the field of chemistry and the numerous strong collaborations that he has developed with China in the fields of organic chemistry, genetics, pharmacology, agricultural sciences, virology, nanotechnology and other emerging areas.
Dr Rahman would be the first Pakistani to receive the award. Previous awardees include scientists from US, German, Japan, UK, India and many other countries.
Prof Rahman is the most decorated scientist of Pakistan having many laurels under his name including Tamgha e Imtiaz, Sitara e Imtiaz, Hilal e Imtiaz and the highest national award Nishan e Imtiaz.
The applauded scientist obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 1968 and since then has been serving education and science.
Following the World Economic Forum Report which ranked Pakistan at 151th position among 153 countries on global gender parity index, the Vice Chancellor University of Okara (UO) Professor Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar, while talking to the media, told that the district-based young universities have the potential to reduce gender gap and increase gender participation by providing opportunities of higher education to the women of marginalized sections and rural areas.
A consultative dialogue on “effective engagement of students on the university campuses” was held at the Government College University (GCU). Eminent academicians from leading public and private sector universities participated in the dialogue stressing the need for establishing student councils and societies in all educational institutions for producing students with well-rounded personalities and leadership skills.
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has revamped its Estate Management Department to make it more efficient and to turn the campus best greenish campus in the country. Vice chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf addressed the staff of Estate Management Department.