tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69421793451197273072024-02-17T21:05:12.252-08:00Education in PakistanThis blog is being developed to invite views, news and suggestions of people who are keen to contribute towards development and uplift of public sector education of the country especially of the Punjab province.#DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-25548649497355194492010-12-19T11:04:00.000-08:002010-12-19T11:18:35.374-08:00Taseer tweets against CM's "Daanish"<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>#DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-51604996734343318582010-12-04T12:14:00.000-08:002010-12-04T12:41:55.052-08:00Army takes lead in flood-hit schools reconstructionBy Khalid Khattak LAHORE: The Pakistan Army, using public donations fast, has left the Punjab government far behind in the reconstruction of flood-hit public sector schools.While the big heads in Punjab government are exhausting their energies in file work and the petty ones waiting for release of funds, the army is doing actual field work and has so far repaired 487 partially damaged #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-12022302484662041952010-11-30T02:01:00.000-08:002010-11-30T02:16:45.855-08:00Red tape hurdle in good governanceKampus KorridorsBy Khalid Khattak THE lethargic attitude of government officials, their lukewarm response and lack of coordination regarding issues of immediate attention have been a matter of concern for stakeholders over the years.This not only exposes the so-called good governance but also shows as to how the government remains unmoved and does not bother to introduce reforms to benefit #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-25466346276762929392010-11-25T14:01:00.001-08:002010-11-26T13:32:34.587-08:00Degree verification sagaPU fails to verify degree of PM's son By Khalid Khattak LAHORE: Punjab University (PU) has failed to decide fate of graduation degree of MPA Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, which has been under scrutiny for almost two months now. The issue was highlighted in early October this year but since then nothing has been heard clarifying the exact situation whether the#DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-35675675485814554312010-11-23T13:54:00.000-08:002010-11-23T14:12:39.152-08:00Mock forums gainnig popularity in Pakistani schools!By Khalid KhattakTHE growing trend of organising mock forums by students is a healthy sign as the same not only provides an opportunity to the youth to debate issues of national and international importance but also to know functioning of supreme institutions such as parliament.The simulation exercise also provides an opportunity to the youth to experience the subtleties of diplomatic #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-73387747599828453502010-11-23T13:31:00.000-08:002010-11-23T13:36:33.796-08:00No watchdog for private schools!By Khalid Khattak LAHORE: THE powerful private schools mafia has failed the Punjab government’s much-hyped policy of establishing a regulatory body for them despite the lapse of two years.A high-powered committee, comprising educationists, MPAs and private schools representatives, was formed by Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif in late 2008.Besides reviewing the existing Punjab Private #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-1174096482208643022009-12-26T03:12:00.000-08:002009-12-26T03:13:59.287-08:00KC barred from action until probeBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: The Punjab Higher Education Department on Thursday formally asked the Kinnaird College (KC) principal not to remove or surrender any faculty member until the committee formed by the college’s Board of Governors submits its report.The KC Board of Governors (BoG) had formed a three-member committee on December 5, to investigate the allegations levelled by the faculty #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-54425547038381621592009-12-26T03:09:00.000-08:002009-12-26T03:11:10.418-08:00KC shows door to seven teachersBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: The administration of Kinnaird College for Women on Wednesday terminated the services of three of its faculty members, repatriating four others to the Punjab government.According to sources, the faculty members along with some others had pointed fingers at the alleged irregularities in recent admissions, besides showing strong resentment over the appointment of Naima #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-90966254810996802882009-12-26T02:54:00.000-08:002009-12-26T03:07:43.344-08:00Kinnaird College students complain of mismanagement in examinationsBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE:Some students of the Kinnaird College for Women have pointed out insufficient arrangements in the ongoing internal examinations, alleging the mismanagement was creating problems for them. Seeking anonymity for obvious reasons, they said the issue needed to be highlighted as they believed it was against the traditions of Kinnaird College (KC).During a visit to the KC on #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-39005880629346444972009-02-10T09:37:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:40:09.368-08:00People question donation collection by private schoolsBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: AS more and more people have been opting to send their kids to private sector schools in the wake of low quality education and deteriorating standard of public schools, many are getting upset because of certain “unwanted” practices of these private institutions. Besides complaining about heavy amount charged at the time of admission, people have been expressing concern #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-7565046276548371672009-02-10T09:34:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:36:19.416-08:00HRM a challenge to education deptBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: HUMAN resource management is one of the major challenges to the authorities of Education Department in Punjab.Despite the fact that the department has been bifurcated into the School Education Department and the Higher Education Department, there is no proper management of the human resource by the authorities concerned. That is why a shortage of teachers and heads of #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-16149802705166944412009-02-10T09:32:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:33:46.302-08:00Public schools to offer vocational trainingBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE Punjab government has decided to introduce vocational training courses in selected schools of the province in a bid to train schoolchildren in employable skills.The plan envisages imparting vocational training to students of Class 6 and above by providing them with hands-on experience in electronics, woodwork and plumbing etc. In institutions for girls, courses in #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-81354941822265727202009-02-10T09:27:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:30:54.950-08:00PPSC for transparent system of hiring at universitiesBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE Punjab Public Service Commission’s proposals to ensure fair and transparent hiring at public universities were presented before the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.These proposals were submitted to the Chancellor/ Punjab Governor in PPSC Annual Report 2007. The PPSC had said that it had received complaints about favouritism and nepotism in the hiring process at public #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-2413323365451010362009-02-02T09:51:00.000-08:002009-02-02T09:56:06.241-08:00Major changes likely in BA/BSc, MA/MSc examsBy Khalid Khattak Major structural changes in the Punjab University’s BA/BSc and MA/MSc examinations are in the offing and are likely to be applied to those candidates who will appear in these exams from varsity’s affiliated colleges or privately from this year.These changes include reorganisation of aggregate system of marking, allowing those candidates of BA/BSc for supplementary exam who fail #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-91752231671318684722009-02-02T09:48:00.000-08:002009-02-02T09:50:13.651-08:00MA English result exposes colleges’ performanceBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: The recently declared result of MA English Annual Examination 2008 has exposed disappointing performance of public sector colleges as a small number of students from these institutions could pass the exam.A study of result revealed that in most of the colleges those passed the exams were late college students (LCSts), which means they had repeated the exam otherwise, pass#DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-53868128708049696312009-01-24T03:01:00.000-08:002009-01-24T03:02:51.154-08:00Government takes over 10 JD schoolsBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE Punjab government has appointed administrators in ten selected schools of banned outfit Jamat ud Dawa after intelligence agencies reported that these institutions were promoting extremism.As many as 26 educational institutions of Jamat ud Dawa are operating in various parts of the province but the government has appointed administrators in only 10 selected #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-76814022715151531492009-01-24T02:42:00.000-08:002009-01-24T02:43:42.788-08:00Report sought from private schools charging Rs 2,500 feeBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE Punjab Schools Education Department has asked the leading private schools, which have been charging Rs 2,500 and more as minimum fee per student per month, to send details regarding their fee structure being implemented from class 1 to class 10.The News has learnt that the department aims to present the data before the committee recently constituted by the chief #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-68562809970405781112009-01-24T02:40:00.000-08:002009-01-24T02:41:50.131-08:00PU leases land to telecom companiesBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE Punjab University (PU) in a bid to generate revenue in the wake of severe cuts in grants by the federal government has leased its land to three cellular mobile companies for installation of towers.It is learnt that cellular mobile companies Warid Telecom, Mobilink and Zong have entered into a ten-year agreement with the PU.A senior PU official said university #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-14662449285755059072009-01-24T02:38:00.000-08:002009-01-24T02:39:40.630-08:00Rs17,88,177 recovered from GCU VC as penal rentBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE Punjab government has recovered an amount of Rs17,88,177 from Government College University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Aftab as penal rent for his residence.Sources in the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) told The News on Tuesday that the GCU VC had been paying normal rent for his residence at 4-Club Lane, GOR-I, Upper Mall, since Sep 12,#DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-22933908275411073662009-01-24T02:33:00.000-08:002009-01-24T02:35:30.439-08:00Young students have it toughBy Khalid KhattakONE of the bitter facts about primary (Class-5) and middle standard (Class-8) annual examinations, scheduled in February 2009, is that the young candidates will attempt the exams based on knowledge they have gained in four months.These students were supposed to take annual examinations after attending their schools for one full academic year but change in start of academic #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-12975258855601803012008-12-08T00:35:00.000-08:002008-12-08T00:46:52.134-08:00Students bemoan delay in PITB scholarships releaseBy Khalid KhattakTHE silence of the Punjab government over award of scholarships to selected candidates under the previous government’s initiative, Outstanding Talent Development Scholarship, has been greatly irking the students and their worried parents.The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) had announced the scholarships (Phase-II) in April 2007 for BS, MS and MPhil/PhD students in #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-26317278466884752942008-12-08T00:31:00.000-08:002008-12-08T00:33:52.692-08:00School heads fired for poor Matric resultsBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: THE School Education Department has fired six heads of schools showing extremely poor results in recent matriculation examinations.The department has also demoted a headmaster with a warning to improve results next time. The School Education Department secretary took disciplinary action against headmasters under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-71158062124300395292008-11-09T05:34:00.000-08:002008-11-09T05:38:28.979-08:00Book MafiaBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: ABSENCE of any regulations on textbooks being recommended by private schools had made it difficult for parents to bear the cost of the books as most of the elite schools recommend expensive books from foreign publishers for their students.The prices of such books could be lowered down provided the government evolves a regulatory mechanism in this regard or copyrights are #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-26566316540061478962008-11-04T02:08:00.000-08:002008-11-04T02:13:19.805-08:00Booti mafia makes a comebackBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: TWO different incidents of massive cheating during the recent supplementary examinations of intermediate and BA/BSC are evident of the fact that the powerful booti mafia has re-emerged in the province with the help of its strong connections.In the first incident, as many as 12 people were caught red handed for appearing in place of real candidates in the BA/BSc #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942179345119727307.post-23285267126535692932008-11-04T02:05:00.000-08:002008-11-04T02:08:00.271-08:00ICS: Probe into tampering with resultsBy Khalid KhattakLAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration has initiated an inquiry into alleged tampering of results at the varsity’s Institute of Communication Studies (ICS), The News has learnt. Sources in the PU administration said that Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran had ordered a probe following complaints received about the alleged tampering of results of viva voce exam of #DDJ Education-Pakistanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607080085006161366noreply@blogger.com0