Higher education crisis in Pakistan

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Jan 262009
 

By Dr Tariq Rahman

 PAKISTAN inherited a colonial university system created by the British. The cardinal features of this system were that it was under-financed, bureaucratic, mediocre and teaching- (rather than research-) oriented.

The best graduates entered the colonial bureaucracy and the rest took up teaching. The colleges received the worst. The universities, though not much better, did have a couple of good scholars and scientists who were attracted to the job in spite of the system and not because of it. Continue reading »

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Islamabad: Young scientists awarded for innovative research projects

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Jan 252009
 

Saadia Khalid
With the air filled with joy and enthusiasm dozens of young scientists are bestowed with awards as recognition of their innovative research based projects in the various fields of science and technology.

In an auspicious ceremony organised Saturday on the premises of National Library to mark the closing of nation-wide science competitions with the Intel National Science Olympiad.
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Pakistani IT research paper gets top award in India

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Jan 212009
 

Islamabad

Amid the growing tension between Pakistan and India, a Pakistani research paper has received the ‘Best Paper Award’ at the 2nd International Conference on Internet Multimedia Services, Architecture and Applications ( IMSAA-08 ) held in Bangalore, India.

The research paper titled ‘A Comparative Study of Anomaly Detection Algorithms for Detection of SIP Flooding in IMS’ was co-authored by M Ali Akbar, Zeeshan Tariq and Muddassar Farooq of NexGinrc FAST-NU. Continue reading »

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How to avoide electrical fire

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Jan 122009
 

By Maj (r) Muhammad Ali

Lahore: A short circuit is an abnormally low resistance circuit, allowing massive current flow, which overheats the electric wire. It is assumed to cause electrical fires. This assumption, however, is incorrect. An electrical circuit consists of a power source, a rotection device like a fuse and circuit breaker, wiring and load.
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Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) winds up coordinating unit for lack of funds

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Jan 052009
 

Higher Education Commission (HEC) has closed down a wing, meant for looking after projects that were to be implemented with the help of foreign support, owing to unavailability of funds, an official in the Commission said here Sunday.

The Federal Coordinating Unit, headed by Javed Masood, was established at HEC to supervise efforts for speedy completion of the projects regarding the setting up of engineering universities with the support of foreign countries including Germany, China, Italy and Austria. Continue reading »

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Higher Education Commission of Pakistan likely to go back to Education Ministry

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Dec 292008
 
  • President, PM give go ahead
    * Amendments to HEC Ordinance in progress

    By Irfan Ghauri

    ISLAMABAD: The Education Ministry is likely to get back the administrative control of Higher Education Commission (HEC), it’s learnt.

    Currently, necessary amendments to the HEC Ordinance, 2002, which places the commission under the prime minister’s administrative control, are being made for the purpose, the Education Ministry sources told Daily Times on Sunday. Continue reading »

Investing in education-Dr Masooda Bano

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Dec 262008
 

The Pakistani government needs to wake up to its responsibility of providing quality education for all, the 2009 UNESCO Education For All Global Monitoring Report— Overcoming inequality: why governance maters— states this loud and clear. Pakistan features prominently in this year’s report, which notes the role of governance failure in hindering provision of education for all in the developing countries. Pakistan along with Nigeria is predicted to account for one third of the world’s out-of-school children by 2015 where Pakistan is estimated to have 3.7 million of these children. More importantly, the report does not sugarcoat the fact that Pakistan’s attempts at forging public-private partners and developing social safety nets for the poor, though heavily publicized, have in practice failed to deliver because of poor planning, lack of financial commitment, fragmentation of responsibility among government department and heavy dependence on donors. Continue reading »

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Cuts in Pakistan Higher Education Commission’s grants hottest issue in ’08

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Dec 242008
 

By Khalid Khattak
LAHORE
THE cuts in grants of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and public sector universities by the government in the wake of global financial crisis remained the hottest academic debate in 2008.
The shortage of funds compelled vice chancellors (VCs) of various universities to publicly demand the government support the institutions of higher learning on the plea that academic and research projects were being adversely affected. Continue reading »

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Three-day conference on Punjabi history, politics and society

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Dec 172008
 

LAHORE: The Pakistan Study Centre History Department and Pakistan Research Society will organise a three-day international conference on ‘History, Politics and Society: The Punjab’ on December 29, 2008.

A press statement issued by the Punjab University History and Pakistan Studies Department said that 39 delegates from United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, France, Russia and India have agreed to attend the conference. All public sector universities and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) will send their delegates to attend the conference. Continue reading »

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