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Private schools flout govt decision by holding exams in April
Karachi, March 22: Several private schools in violation of a decision of the Sindh education department’s steering committee have decided to conduct the annual examinations of their students of Class I to Class VIII in April instead of March, it emerged on Saturday.
The steering committee at its last meeting presided over by Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq directed all the schools to conduct the annual examinations of their students of Class I to Class VIII in March and announce the results of the examinations by March 31.
The decision was taken by the committee to ensure that the new academic session in all public and private schools of the province could begin on April 1, 2010.
The schools which have the Cambridge system of education were permitted to conduct the examinations in August.
However, a number of private schools in contravention of the steering committee’s decision informed the parents of their students that the annual examinations of Class I to Class VIII would be held in April and results would be declared in the last week of the same month.
Criticising the decision of all those schools whose managements had decided to conduct the annual examinations in April, a number of students’ parents who said that such a move not only amounted to an open violation of the education department steering committee’s decision, but would also delay the academic session of their children by a month.
A woman who rang us complained that she had planned to visit her ailing mother in Lahore once the annual examinations of their children were over by the end of March, but she was now unable to do so because of the different schedule of examinations being followed by schools as most of the schools were conducting the exams in March while some in April.
“Such a different policy with respect to annual examinations has upset my plans of seeing my ailing mother as my daughter who is a student of Class VI is nowadays taking her exams while the annual exams of my son who is in Class V in another school are scheduled to be held in April,” she said.
Sources in the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) said that it was mandatory upon all schools to hold the exams of their students of Class I to Class VIII in March and announce the results by March 31 so that schools’ new academic session could start on April 1 across the province.
However, they added that some private schools in their attempt to save their institutions from being selected as centres for the Secondary School Certificate (Class IX and X) annual examinations by the board were deliberately conducting the exams in April.
The sources said that such an act on the part of the private schools was not only against the decision of the steering committee, but also amounted to a violation of the BSEK school recognition rules. However, such schools remained unpunished because of their influence in the education department and the BSEK, they added.
Source : Dawn
PEF set to take over 1006 non-functional schools
LAHORE – Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) is taking over 1,006 non-functional schools of the province; out of which, 107 schools will be taken in the phase-one of the project.
As the schools are non-functional due to various reasons, including unavailability of teachers, students or buildings, therefore, it has been planned to make them functional through PEF mandate of promoting quality education through public-private partnership. A brain storming session was organised by the PEF at a local hotel on Saturday in which Managing Director PEF Mohyuddin Wani briefed the participants about the PEF initiatives to take over the non-functional schools of the provincial government.
Director CPDP Ms Maliha Batool presented the situational analysis of non-functional schools in the province and various suggestions were invited from the participants to explore the possibilities for public-private partnership in education sector to achieve the 100 per cent literacy targets.
According to the briefing, the initially proposed schools to the NGOs include 11 schools of district Mandi Bahauddin, 13 Layyah and seven school of Lodhran district which have their buildings; while, 33 out of 41 DG Khan schools, 31 of 38 Muzaffargarh and 23 of 28 Rajanpur district schools have also necessary building infrastructure.
Meanwhile, 20 of 33 Mianwali schools, 5 of 16 Multan schools, 41 of 52 Nankana Sahib, 6 of 13 Narowal, 38 of 55 Okara, 4 of 7 Pakpattan, 49 of 78 Rahim Yar Khan, 35 of 51 Rawalpindi, 2 of 7 Sahiwal, 21 of 35 Sargodha, 26 of 48 Sheikhpura, 36 of 47 Sialkot, 9 of 13 Toba Tek Singh and 5 of 6 of Vehari schools have also buildings.
It was decided in the meeting that GIS and TNA may be done at the earliest. The interested NGOs was asked to come up with their proposals, as the first phase has to be launched within one month.
It was proposed that organisations may suggest modalities to develop sustainable framework by catering indicators like infrastructure, repair and maintenance, teaching and non-teaching staff recruitment, salaries and training, students enrolment and retention, school management committees’ constitution and their activation, monitoring and evaluation mechanism and roles and responsibilities of PEF and NGOs may be defined accordingly.
According to the plan, the NGOs, entrepreneurs may be taken into partnership to achieve the target. Terms and conditions for partnership may be developed on the basis of needs assessment. The NGOs may turn up with suitable models to be implemented successfully and district-wise sustainability may be ensured by the applicant NGO.
Source: The Nation
AIOU education workshop from March 24
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Islamabad : Directorate of Regional Services, Allama Iqbal Open University, Rawalpindi region will conduct the workshop for MA Education programme from March 24.
The workshop is being arranged for the enrolled students of MA Education for the course code 584 (Planning Population Education) and course code 506 (Development Education).
The intimation letters regarding workshop coordinator and venue of the workshop have been sent to all the students by post at their given addresses, said an news release issued here Friday.
Students who have not received their intimation letters can contact the regional campus Rawalpindi in the main campus of the university. All re-appear students who want to attend this workshop are advised to contact regional campus to obtain formal approval for attending the workshop.
Source: The News
AIOU offers BS in Environmental Science
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Islamabad : Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Department of Environmental Science has offered four-year BS in Environmental Science for Spring semester 2010.
The programme has been developed in view of the emerging needs relating to environmental education and awareness. According to an estimate, the institutions and universities in the country meant for environmental education collectively produce about 300 experts on environment annually as against a demand of 13,000 professionals. The scheme of studies is modern, comprehensive, innovative, balanced in terms of theoretical and practical component and at the same time at par with the HEC standards.
Environmental Science is an emerging science, inter- disciplinary in nature integrating natural and social sciences in a holistic study of the world.
It is a mission oriented study seeking valid and contextual knowledge, skills, attitudes and their impartial, fair and balanced application to the contemporary world.
Environmental conservation, alleviation of poverty and sustainable development are high on the agenda of the country and the developing world.
Source: The News
Students pay tribute to homeland
Islamabad: Sheikh Zayed International Academy (SZIA) staged a grand celebratory function here Saturday to pay tribute to the creation of Pakistan.
Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim graced the event as the chief guest. Aside from parents, several ambassadors and members of diplomatic delegations attended the function.
Virtually, every student – right from Playgroup to Grade 12 – participated in the event with speeches, poetry, patriotic songs, cultural dances, a fashion show, and presentations based on provincial costumes, famous personalities and historical figures.
The second part of the programme featured a multimedia presentation on Pakistan, followed by a lavish buffet luncheon offering the best of Pakistani cuisine.
The programme was undoubtedly a befitting tribute to the nation of Pakistan. Speaking on the occasion, the Academy’s principal Wafaa Abdul Ghaffar said, “Events such as the one staged today serve to reinforce one of the most important objectives of SZIA – that of inculcating cultural awareness among our students.”
University of Health Sciences UHS results
LAHORE: THE University of Health Sciences (UHS) has declared the result of the Final Professional BSc Nursing (Post RN 2-Year) Annual Examination.
According to a press release here on Saturday, a total of 78 candidates from four affiliated nursing colleges appeared in the exam out of which 76 passed and two failed. The pass percentage remained 97.44.
Aasiya Khanam of Saida Waheed FMH College of Nursing, Lahore, got first position securing 454/500 marks. Nasim Akhter and Hina Arshad of the same college got second and third positions securing 442/500 and 440/500marks respectively.
Meanwhile, the UHS also declared the result of the Second Professional BSc Nursing (4-Years Programme) annual examination.
A total of 142 candidates from four affiliated nursing colleges appeared in the exam out of which 123 passed and 18 failed. Result of one candidate was put on RL list. The pass percentage remained 87.23.
Iram Fatima of the Saida Waheed FMH College of Nursing, Lahore, got first position securing 341/400 marks. Saira Manzoor of the Saida Waheed FMH College of Nursing, Lahore and Samina Farooqi of the same college got second and third positions securing 339/400 and 338/400marks respectively.
source: The News
New literacy project targets
LAHORE: PUNJAB Minister for Education Mujtaba Rehman has said that illiteracy is one of the main causes of terrorism and every segment of society should play a role for raising literacy rate to curb the menace.
He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the Punjab Literacy Promotion Project (PLPP) under which over the next 10 years 2.6 million, illiterate persons would be imparted education in 524,000 Adult Literacy Centres (ALCs).
The PLPP has been launched with the collaboration of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Mujtaba said PLPP was a long-term programme and to achieve its objectives non-formal basic education centres would be established for out of school children under the age of 15 to make them literate.
“It has also been planed that over next 10 years 5.8 million illiterate out-of-school children shall be enrolled and will graduate from 193,500 non-formal and basic education schools set up by the Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education Department,” he said.
Former Secretary Literacy Punjab Haseeb Athar and newly-appointed Secretary Literacy Punjab Dr Allah Bakhsh highlighted the significance of non-formal and basic education, saying Literacy and Non Formal Basic Education Department (LNFBED) had planed to achieve 100 percent literacy rate by 2020. They said the LNFBED schemes would be result-oriented and technical educations would also be imparted in the non-formal schools of the department. The non-formal education would also be imparted on people through regional languages mother tongue and regional languages had been proved more helpful to enhance the literacy rate in the world. PLPP Project Advisor Chiho Ohashi said the JICA would cooperate with the Punjab government to make the PLPP a success story. He said the schemes initiated under the PLPP would combine literacy with vocational training and life skills, adding that coordination would be sought from training institutes like Tevta, Smeda and Punjab Vocational Technical Council.
Source: The News
KC registrar quits amid controversies
Lahore: Kinnaird College’s ‘controversial’ registrar Dr Naima Khursheed on Friday tendered her resignation from the post reportedly on the advice of college’s Board of Governors chairman Bishop Alexander John Malik.
Dr Khursheed, said she had quit as registrar “in the best interest of the college”. Dr Khursheed’s appointment ratified by the BoG at its meeting on Dec 5 last year had triggered a series of protests by the college faculty members and students. The faculty alleged that college principal Dr Bernadette L. Dean was “running college like her fiefdom” and that she had appointed faculty member Dr Khursheed as registrar in violation of the eligibility criteria advertised in newspapers.
A five-member inquiry tribunal, led by A.Z.K. Sherdil, had observed in its report that the post advertised in newspapers required four-year experience as a registrar in a university and a PhD degree but Dr Khursheed did not possess the required administrative experience.
The report said: “A registrar’s position is of considerable importance in an educational institution and gross indiscretion has been shown in this appointment”.
The tribunal recommended that the BoG should re-advertise the registrar’s post and select a suitable person with requisite qualification and experience.
The Punjab Higher Education Department also had asked the Kinnaird College’s BoG to take action against the principal for maladministration in admissions on a self-finance basis. It had also asked the board to inform the department about its action taken against the principal and the registrar.
The confrontation between the college administration and faculty members stole the limelight in late December last year when Dr Bernadette (the KC principal) had removed three contract teachers and repatriated the services of four senior regular teachers to the Higher Education Department for their reservations about the appointment of Dr Khursheed. It resulted in a series of protests on the campus and outside it.
The KC faculty members had also written an application to BoG chairman Dr Alexander, explaining their reservations and demanding review of the registrar’s appointment and administrative actions of the principal. The application was signed by a good number (96) of the faculty members.
The faculty members had explained to the BoG 22 points like “running college like her fiefdom, dismantling established departments, using rude and high-pitched tone to humiliate faculty members in the presence of students and support staff.”
In their second complaint, the faculty members had explained 11 points to substantiate their argument that Dr Khursheed’s appointment was unjustified.
Besides registrar’s appointment, the CM’s inquiry tribunal also investigated the admissions on a self-finance basis and recommended that the admissions over and above the sanctioned strength should be placed before the BoG for approval because any other intervention at this stage would be counterproductive.
Source: Dawn
Education sector fails to utilise funds of millions
Lahore: Due to cumbersome procedures in Punjab finance department, millions of rupees of college and school funds are lying rotten in the banks since years.
The public sector schools and colleges receive funds in the form of fine for absence of students, security, cycle stand, uniform, ID card, library and laboratory funds etc from the students which are deposited in the respective school, college accounts in the banks. Over the years, these funds have been multiplied into millions and are virtually abandoned, as neither the principal nor the headmaster is competent to utilise these funds without the consent of the Secretary Education and Secretary Finance thus the amount remain unspent.
To refer a few cases, the Central Model School Lower Mall have 2.50 million in its account, Central Model School Rattigan Road 2 million and an amount of Rs0.5 million to 2 million in different schools having 4,000 to 6,000 students strength. Islamia College, MAO College and almost all women colleges maintain their own accounts of millions of rupees.
The provision of missing facilities, like class rooms, boundary walls, electricity, furniture, drinking water facilities etc were the responsibility of the government which spent a sum of Rs21 billion under the Punjab Education Sector Reform Programme during the past few years while school, college funds were not allowed to be spent on any infrastructure development or improvement of facilities.
The colleges also fetch millions of rupees revenue from the second shift tuition fee etc which are also at the disposal of principals but they can’t spent any amount by virtue of their grade and status. What could be the utilisation, it is a matter to be pondered over by the policy makers in the education department
The education department, however, conceived a plan to utilise the college, school funds by empowering the respective principals, headmasters to utilise the funds up to certain amount under intimation to the secretaries of education and finance.
A committee was formed to deliberate the modalities and areas where the heads of institutions can spend amount on necessities like shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff, improvement of library and lab facilities, provision and repair of furniture and spending on extra curricular activities like sports, debates and study tours.
A six-member committee headed by the then principal, Science College and comprising principals of leading city colleges deliberated the issue and prepared a draft recommendations for implementation. However, with the passage of time government failed to implement the recommendations and with the change of government, the issue was driven to cold storage.
Source: The Nation
