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PU waives off 20 pc fee

LAHORE: The Punjab University administration has provided 20 percent concession in total fee of the students including charges fir online classes due to pandemic. In this regard, PU Vice Chancellor, Prof Niaz Ahmed, chaired a meeting of deans at his

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HEC approves Rs 1776 million LCWU new campus construction

LAHORE: Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has approved  Rs 1776 million for the new campus phase one of Lahore College for Women University(LCWU). This project at Kala Shah Kaku will be completed in 3 years.  Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra

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VCs vows for policy recommendations to prevent extremism

Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Shaoor Foundation, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), Paigham-e-Pakistan, and Iqra University jointly hosted an online conference of the Vice Chancellors. The topic of the conference was “Academia’s Response to the Challenge of Extremism”. Forty (40) Vice-chancellors from

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HEDP holds its Third Steering Committee Meeting

Islamabad: The Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project held its third Steering Committee (SC) meeting at the HEC office in Islamabad. Presided by the Executive Director HEC, Dr Shaista Sohail, the meeting was attended by key SC members from

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All exams including CIE cancelled: Shafqat Mahmood

LAHORE: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has announced the cancellation of all exams across the country including the much-hyped O/A level exams organized by Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE). The announcement came after the meeting of National Command and Operation

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Cambridge may reconsider 13-month condition for exams: Shafqat Mehmood

ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood asked the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) to reconsider the 13 month condition for taking remaining papers considering the extraordinary situation. The minister said that he is very hopeful that a positive decision will

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British Council to start CAIE exams across Pakistan from April 26

LAHORE: The British Council in Lahore announced the conducting of the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examinations from April 26. As many as 40 examination centres have been set up across the Punjab in which 90,000 students from across the

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GCU VC’s research leads to legislation on welfare of senior citizens

LAHORE: It’s a moment of great pride for the faculty and students of Government College University Lahore as the research carried out by their Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi has led to a legislation on the welfare of senior

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PU seeks vaccine jabs for teachers, faculty

LAHORE: Punjab University has immediately demanded corona vaccination drive for its teachers and employees  including 1306 faculty members and 5000 non-teaching staff, from the health department. PU wrote a letter to the health department which said that teachers are providing

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PU Institute of Geology organizes sixth Pakistan Geological Congress

LAHORE: Punjab University Institute of Geology has organized the sixth Pakistan Geological Congress. Over 400 participants attended online the webinar series of lectures from all over the world with a theme to discuss “Recent Developments in Himalayan Geology”. The main