Pakistan Education updates

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Same curriculum of education has been implemented in private and government schools

In the first phase, the same curriculum of education has been implemented in private and government schools and schools across Punjab. After that a national curriculum will be implemented in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The federal government has also requested the Sindh government that They should also be part of this project.
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The same national curriculum will ensure quality education and equal opportunities for children of every class by erasing class discrimination.

 

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Pakistan Navy has established Bahria College Anchorage (BCA) at Naval Anchorage Islamabad.

 

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PM Imran Khan launched Single National Curriculum earlier today.

Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID), the minister said that except Sindh the SNC had been launched from class I to 5 in public, private schools and seminaries.

“We are hopeful Sindh too will adopt SNC at a later stage. I will hold meetings with the education minister and the chief minister of Sindh soon,” he said. It is for the first time in the history of the country that the SNC has been prepared.

 

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CM Buzdar reviews progress on setting up of 15 new universities

New universities will be established mainly in backward areas of Punjab

https://nation.com.pk/Reporter/our-staff-report
OUR STAFF REPORT
October 04, 2021


LAHORE - A high-level meeting was held yesterday with Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in the chair which reviewed the matters related to the Higher Education Department.
The chief minister was briefed about the progress on setting up of 15 new universities in the province. During the meeting, the public-private partnership and joint venture in establishing new universities in Punjab were also discussed. The meeting also decided to introduce the concept of Smart University in the province besides giving principle approval to make further recruitment of College Teacher Interns (CTIs) across the province.

Usman Buzdar directed to complete the process for filling up the vacant posts of college principals as soon as possible and said that merit should be ensured in the appointment of controllers and secretaries of education boards. He said that a university in every district would provide better opportunities for higher education to the students especially the female students, adding that establishment of Indus University in Rajanpur would fulfil the longstanding demand of the people of the area.

“Universities will also be established in Muzaffargarh, Layyah, Bhakkar, Hafizabad,
Bahawalnagar, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Attock, Gujranwala and other districts. University of Taunsa and Women University in DG Khan will remove the sense of deprivation among the people of the area,” he stated.

The chief minister was further informed that 197 higher education projects would be completed with Rs15 billion across the province. Moreover, the process of transfer of land for 21 new colleges out of 88 has been completed.

Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun, Principal Secretary to CM, Chairman P&D, Secretary Higher Education and other officers concerned attended the meeting.

 

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New under construction block at Govt Women University Rawalpindi.

 

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Science College (Diwan Dayaram Jethamal Science College) is an educational institute located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

The D.J. Sindh Government Science College was founded in 1887, chiefly through the efforts of a Sindhi philanthropist, Mr. Diwan Dayaram Jethmal whose name it bears.

The college was opened on 17 January, 1887 by His Excellency Lord Reay, the Governor of Bombay in a bungalow in Thaitai Compound, situated on Bunder Road.

Later it was shifted to the present building in 1892. The college was by then a full-fledged institution with faculties of Arts, Sciences, Engineering and Law. D.J.Sindh Government Science College began primarily as an Arts college with only 28 students and 5 members on its staff..

 

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Pak-Austria Fachhochschule, Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology was established in Haripur under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government. Courses including Food Engineering, Mineral Processing, Pharmaceutical Science, Chemical and Energy Engineering are being offered along with others.

 

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Pindi's Viqarun Nisa College granted university status

Aamir Yasin
October 16, 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, MNA Sheikh Rashid Shafique and provincial minister Rashid Hafeez pray after unveiling the plaque of Viqarun Nisa Women University on Friday.


RAWALPINDI: The garrison city on Friday got a third varsity for women after Government Viqarun Nisa Postgraduate College was upgraded to a university.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar announced the decision while speaking at a ceremony held at Viqarun Nisa college on Friday.

“Ample higher education opportunities are available for female students in Rawalpindi as the division has 60 girls colleges alone,” the chief minister said, adding that women education was a top priority of the government.

Mr Buzdar said health budget had been raised by 124 per cent while an increase of 286pc and 29pc was made in higher education and school education budgets, respectively.
Meanwhile, he said 21 universities had been approved for Punjab, out of which six have already been established and work on nine others was underway.

“Four universities are already present in Rawalpindi district while steps are being taken to establish a university in Attock as well,” he added.

The chief minister said outstanding students in need of financial help had been given 10,574 Rahmatul-Lil-Alameen scholarships worth Rs273.8 million while 677 Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) scholarships would also be provided, adding that 29,142 Rahmatul-Lil-Alameen scholarships worth Rs1 billion would be awarded this year.

Mr Buzdar said ‘Seerat Chairs’ had been set up in IUB, Ghazi University D.G. Khan, Okara University, GCU Faisalabad, University of Chakwal and Bahauddin Zakariya University to assist with research.

“An effort has been made to ensure the participation of people from all walks of life in Ashra Shan-i-Rahmatul-Lil-Alameen,” he added.

Speaking on the occasion, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said it was a big day as he had managed to establish a third women university in Rawalpindi. He said in the British period, ‘Dhokes’ were set up to get labour but we provided higher education facilities to all people in Rawalpindi’s ‘Dhokes’.

He said 5,000 girls were getting education in Dhoke Hassu alone, adding that he had managed to set up a girls college in the cantonment areas for the first time. He said he had established 79 colleges in Rawalpindi after nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan asked him to work for education.

Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2021

 

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China-Pakistan Higher Education Research Institute launched

October 16, 2021


Ever since the creation of CPEC Consortium of Universities, four annual conferences have been held. The consortium started off with 19 universities in 2019 (10 Pakistani and 9 Chinese), but now the membership stands at 83 (61 Pakistani and 22 Chinese). During the recent conference, the China-Pakistan Higher Education Research Institute was also established which will facilitate high-end higher education research in both countries, and enhance mutual cooperation in areas of scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, and socioeconomic development.

BEIJING, Oct 15 (APP): The 4th Exchange Mechanism Conference of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Consortium of Universities was held on Friday.
The Conference was held simultaneously through online and on-site modes at Peking University, Beijing and National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad. Shafqat Mahmood, Minister for Federal Education and Profession Training; Du Yubo, President, China Association of Higher Education; Prof Qiu Shuiping, Secretary of the CPC Committee and Chair of the University Council, Peking University; Dr Shaista Sohail, Executive Director, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan; Nong Rong, Ambassador of China Pakistan; and Moin ul Haque, Ambassador of Pakistan to China, attended the Conference along with other dignitaries.
The CPEC Consortium of Universities was established in 2017 with 19 (10 Pakistani and 9 Chinese) universities. Currently, the membership of the Consortium stands at 83 (61 Pakistani and 22 Chinese) universities.

The Consortium’s rapid progress marks a renewed beginning of educational cooperation leading to industrial, business, infrastructural, cultural and socioeconomic cooperation between the two brotherly countries of China and Pakistan.


The successful completion of the 4th Exchange Mechanism Conference is especially significant not only because it was held under the challenging times of the global COVID-19 pandemic, but also because it was held in a year when both countries are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.


During the Conference, the China-Pakistan Higher Education Research Institute was also established. The Institute will further facilitate high-end higher education research in both countries focusing on mutual priority areas of scientific, economic, agricultural, educational and socioeconomic development under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The Annual Development Reports of 2019-20 were also presented on the occasion by the respective Chinese and Pakistani Secretariats of the Consortium. Goals and targets for the next were also outlined.

During the Conference, parallel thematic sessions were also held covering various areas of mutual cooperation, including Promotion of Collaborative Research; Curriculum Designing; Instructional Content and Assessment Methodologies; Teaching Reform and Talents Training; and CPEC-related Industrial, Agricultural, Energy and Educational Cooperation.

 

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Recently constructed University of Swabi Main Campus.

 

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Sheikh Rasheed announces that Lal Haveli to be converted into a university

The Government Postgraduate Girls College in Rawalpindi’s Satellite Town region will be granted university status soon. This was revealed by Federal Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, who also stated that his palace, Lal Haveli, in the heart of the garrison city, will serve as the new varsity’s campus.

“Lal Haveli should be converted into a university campus during my lifetime; otherwise, multiple ‘owners’ of the mansion may arise after my death,” Ahmad stated at the college’s annual graduation and prize presentation ceremony.

 

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Progress on under construction campus of University of Swat.

Blocks under construction

 

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Under Construction Academic Blocks at University of Mianwali. Punjab.

 

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Government College University (GCU) established in 1864 in Lahore, Punjab as the Government College by then British government in India. After elevation to university status in 2002, it has become one of the top 10 largest institution in Pakistan.

 

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BEIJING, Nov 4 (APP): The signing ceremony for Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on establishment of Center of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence at Pakistan University of Engineering and Emerging Technology (PUEET ) was held at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT).

Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque, Prof Dr. Atta ur Rahman, Chairman of Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science and Technology joining online from Karachi and Prof. Xin Sijin, Chairman of Wuhan University of Technology signed the MOU.

Senior Officials of Wuhan University of Technology and Hubei Foreign Affairs Office were also present at the occasion.

Prof Xin Sijin briefed about WUT’s history, key achievements in research and future plans about cooperation with Pakistan.

He said that establishment of Center of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence would serve as a strong base for future cooperation with Pakistan which is the largest source of excellent foreign students.

With joint and concerted efforts, WUT and PUEET will promote cooperation for faculty development, joint degree programme, infrastructure development and research and development.

In his remarks, Ambassador Haque praised the University for its excellent academic performance and strong research culture in the fields of artificial intelligence, building material, transport and auto-mobile industry.

He said that establishment of Center of Excellence on Artificial Intelligence will further strengthen bilateral cooperation in emerging technologies and also open new avenues for high quality development of science and technology, talent cultivation and high-end research.