To combat the spread of COVID-19, Department of Textile Engineering University of Engineering and Technology Lahore Faisalabad Campus (UET-FSD) produced cost and performance effective bio based anti-bacterial face-masks under the supervision of worthy Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar.
The Chancellor/Governor Punjab Ch Muhammad Sarwar inaugurated a new state-of-the-art Bio-safety Level-3 ‘Laboratory for Emerging Pathogens’ at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore on Tuesday.
Punjab University has finalized a policy regarding online classes of the students in the prevailing situation. In this regard, an online meeting of deans and heads of departments was presided over by PU Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad here on Thursday.
Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi has met Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar at the Governor’s House Lahore and briefed him about the initiatives taken by the Government College University in the fight against Coronavirus.
Punjab government’s decision of reducing tuition fee of private schools to 80 percent has been widely rejected by the private schools as well as parents, as both of them have reservations at their part.
The Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) has constituted a nine-member committee to enable higher education institutions (HEIs) to continue teaching lessons online.
This comes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic which forced the Government of Punjab to announce the closure of schools till May 31st. The closures have been categorized as early summer holidays this year in lieu of the usual April / May -August / September window.
The worsening coronavirus crisis has led to the world resorting to drastic measures, including higher education institutes worldwide trying to implement all measures enlisted in the yet to be written book of what to do when crisis strikes.
In the wake of the current pandemic, where the general community is going through psychological pressure and imbalance, the Lahore College for Women University, in a joint venture with International Young Psychologists Society, is launching Online Counseling in the light of the spread of COVID-19, Corona virus.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has sought proposals from universities, institutes, and individual researchers on ideas to address the Novel Corona virus crisis. This was decided on Tuesday in a special video meeting of HEC’s senior management.
Coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by World Health Organization. Therefore, it is necessary for the general public to realize the seriousness of the situation, and for the government to take effective measures to prevent the spread of disease.
A pandemic refers to disease; in this case Coronavirus, which spreads over a vast geographic area, and can affect a major proportion of population. Coronavirus, has to date spread to 127 countries with 21 confirmed cases in Pakistan, and the total number of cases going upwards of 138,000 worldwide.