News from February 2010

HEC strict action against PhD scholars

Islamabad, Higher Education Commission (HEC) will take strict action against those PhD scholars who have failed to return home after completing their studies abroad, said HEC Executive Director Dr. Sohail Naqvi.
Dr. Naqvi said that 3,700 scholars have been sent abroad under the scholarship programme of the commission and so far 350 scholars have returned to [...]

University of Health Sciences MBBS final exams

UHS announces results of MBBS final exams
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) announced the result of final professional MBBS annual examination on Thursday. A total of 1745 candidates from 11 affiliated medical colleges appeared in the exam out of whom 1314 passed and 375 failed. The result of 56 candidates was put [...]

Physically fit students do better academically too: study

NEW YORK: Getting students to exercise more might not just address obesity issues but also improve their grades with a U.S. study finding physically fit students tend to score higher in tests than their less fit peers.
Test scores dropped more than one point for each extra minute it took middle and high school students to [...]

Are non-smokers smarter than smokers?

NEW YORK: Cigarette smokers have lower IQs than non-smokers, and the more a person smokes, the lower their IQ, according to a study of over 20,000 Israeli military recruits.
Dr. Mark Weiser and colleagues from Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer found that young men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day or more had [...]

Pindi matric examinations fees issue

SSC exams may not be held on schedule
Annual examination for secondary school certificate (SSC) may not be held according to schedule on March 13 because of strike of the employees of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE).
Even the initial scrutiny of the applications forms of the candidates could not be [...]

Punjab Technical Education funds

TEVTA surrenders Rs 500m over non-utilisation of funds
The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) has surrendered Rs 500 million over the non-utilisation of development funds in the first half of the financial year.

The authority is likely to surrender Rs 500 million more in the second phase during the first week of [...]

Nearly 100 employees of Punjab education boards held

LAHORE: At least 100 employees of Punjab Intermediate and Secondary Education Boards (PISEBs) have been arrested over observing strike and staging protest against government for last 14 days, Geo news reported.
The employees who were on strike were forbidden to enter offices but they vowed to continue demonstration till meeting of their demands.

It may be mentioned [...]

Clash erupts between 2 student groups in Bahawalpur

BAHAWALPUR: The clash between the two student groups in Islamia University Baghdad campus in Bahawalpur caused five students injured on Friday.

The violent students started firing in the campus which caused five students injured.
The violent students also held protest at the Bahaalpur-Hasil road. Police have reached to maintain law and order in the university.

Financial constraints: Youths’ access to higher education alarmingly low, says HEC

ISLAMABAD: Financially disadvantaged youths’ access to higher education in Pakistan is alarmingly low, Higher Education Commission (HEC) observed on Thursday during a national videoconference for developing new student loan programme.
HEC organised the conference under the USAID funded programme, which aims at providing technical assistance to HEC and USAID-partner universities across Pakistan in financial aid and [...]

AIOU announces BEd exam results

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has announced the results of final examinations of Bachelors of Education (BEd) programme for the Semester Spring 2009, said AIOU Controller Examinations Hafeez-Ullah in a press release on Thursday.
He said result cards were being sent by post to the students at their given addresses.
The students could also download their [...]