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Punjab university MA, MS, MPhil results

PU announces various exams results
Lahore, March 05: The Punjab University (PU) on Thursday declared results of various examinations. The exams are MS Total Quality Management in Medicine (Semester System) Session 2006-2008, MS Total Quality Management, Semester System, Session 2006-2008, MA Kashmiryat, Semester System, Session 2006-2008, MA Punjabi, Semester System, [...]

Sindh colleges uniform, fees

College uniforms retained, fee drastically cut
Karachi, The Sindh Education Department on Thursday decided to retain uniform in the public sector colleges and made a drastic cut in their fee.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the sub-committee on education reforms, constituted by Sindh’s senior minister for education, Pir [...]

National Internship Programme new summary

Ministry plans to redesign NIP
Islamabad, Spreading its wings to address the issue of unemployment among youth on war footing, the Ministry of Youth Affairs plans to redesign the summary of the National Internship Programme (NIP) in order to include majority of youth and ensure employment for those trained under [...]

28 teachers become HEC master trainers

Islamabad, The concluding ceremony of the 12th Batch of Master Trainers Faculty Professional Development Programme (MT FPDP) was organized by the Learning Innovation Division, Higher Education Commission at HEC Secretariat.

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 [...]

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.

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