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InsIde pakistan education gurus sit together to achieve MTdF 2015-2020 Knowledge Park a milestone, syas Shahbaz Sharif LaHoRe: punjab More investment on education demanded Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said dr atta-ur-Rahman, dr Mukhtar ahmed, Shahnaz Wazir ali, Lt gen (r) Shujaat Hussain, on Saturday that the < establishment of dr Mujahid Kamran, dr akram Sheikh, Razina alam Khan others attend interactive session Knowledge park of international standard in Lahore will play an important role in promotion of science, information technology, education and research. The chief minister, while chairing a meeting held to review the progress of the revolutionary project, said it would prove to be a milestone in promotion of education and research. Shahbaz announced to allocate Rs 21 billion for the project during next three years and to provide Rs 7 billion every year. – Staff Report

3 Pro VCs plan not a bad idea, says Dr Hassan Shah LaHoRe: govt College university Vice Chancellor dr Hassan amir Shah, in an exclusive interview with The educationist, said the plan to appoint three pro vice chancellors in every public sector university was not a bad idea. “If the government wants to do that STAFF REPORT sector’s Medium Term Development Framework Education Secretary and Syed Shahid they should make appropriate changes in the -III for 2015-20. Mohyuddin Qadir, Secretary Higher Education charter. It will provide grooming for future vice chancellors.” I was little difficult to adjust from ISLAMABAD: Education gurus of Pakistan HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, Dr AJK attended the session. chairperson to dean, or assistant professor to VC, gathered at the Higher Education Commission Attaur Rahman, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Lt Gen (r) The educationists stressed to strengthen he said. (HEC) and after thorough brainstorming Shujaat Hussain, Dr Mujahid Kamran, Dr higher education sector, and align academic and ConTInued on page 06 announced that: “Increased resources for Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Dr Pirzada Qasim research priorities with the national economic higher education and its effective utilisation is Raza Siddiqui, Senator Razina Alam Khan, Engr goals, with a particular reference to Providing free education in 6,200 inevitable if Pakistan wants to build a strong Ahmed Farooq Bazai, Engr Muhammad Asghar, achievement of targets set for 2025, as well as knowledge economy, ultimately leading to Dr Masood Hameed Khan, Dr Nilofar Shaikh, objectives of China Pakistan Economic Corridor PEF partner schools: Qamar Raja achieve country’s economic and social Dr Khalid Mehmood Khan, Dr Naveed Malik, (CPEC). They also emphasised that awareness LaHoRe: punjab development goals.” Dr Khalid Aftab, Dr UAG Isani, Dr Najma about significance of knowledge economy education Founda - tion Chairmanen - The unanimous recommendation was made in Najam, Dr Samina Amin Qadir, Dr Fazal among parliamentarians and policy makers and grQamarul Islam a day-long consultative session organised by Ahmaed Khalid, Dr Raza Bhatti, Dr Mahmood changing their mindset by sensitizing media is Raja has said the HEC for development of higher education ul Hassan Butt, Atta ur Rahman, KPK Higher highly requied. target of school en - rollment of 3.8 mil - lion children will be achieved because Private universities they were all fo - Top ICC official urges cused on education. urged to cut fee He said peF is pro - viding free of cost education in 6200 schools education to combat fixing STAFF REPORT upto matriculation level. “We have introduced a new scheme titled “Mujhay School Bhajhen” LAHORE: After a new law against private (Send me to school), under which citizen send photo, name and address of a child intheir local - schools fee increase, the parents and ity who is out of school. teachers have demanded the government to ConTInued on page 09 take action against high fees of private colleges and universities. Due to limited Pak doesn’t need any foreign number of seats in public institutions, education model: Waqas Jafri parents have no option but to send their children there. Taking advantage of this, LaHoRe: dar-e- private sector has made education a arqam Schools Chief executive Syed profitable business. PU Academic Staff Waqas anjum Jafri Association President Prof Dr Hasan has said that the Mobeen Alam and General Secretary Dr country don’t need Mahboob Hussain announced to launch a any foreign educa - protest campaign against high fee of tion model, instead indigenouseduca - private universities. They said private tion model, based on DUBAI: The International Cricket Council and specific incidents within them, known as institutions were taking benefit of limited the ideology of pak - (ICC)’s Anti-Corruption Unit Ronnie Flanagan spot-fixing. ICC set up its Anti-Corruption Unit in admission capacity of public sector istan was the solu - has stressed education for young players as the 2000 after three international captains — Hansie universities and that’s why they were tion for educational needs. In an exclusive interview key to stamping out the scourge of fixing and Cronje of South Africa, Pakistan’s Salim Malik exploiting middle economic strata of the with The educationist , Waqas Jafri saidover 0.15 said success should be measured by prevention and India’s Mohammad Azharuddin — were society. They said that the government million students were getting quality education in their 470-plus schools established around the — not prosecutions. banned for life for match-fixing. should pressurize private universities to country. He said only two percent private schools Cricket has battled for years against those take education as mission instead of representing elite class were overcharging fee, seeking to rig both the overall outcome of matches Continued on Page 11 business. ConTInued on page 08 WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK 02 | IN FOCUS october, 2015

Shaikh ahmad Hassan School of Law building inauguration LUMs eyes judicial reforms in Pakistan g punjab governor Rafique Rajwana, Syed Babur ali, dr pervez Hassan, Justice Tassaduq Jilani, Justice umer atta Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor ali Shah attend ceremony STAFF REPORT LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)’s Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law(SAHSOL) three-storey new building was inaugurated by Dr Pervez Hassan, Punjab Governor RafiqueRajwana, Syed Babur Ali,Justice Tassaduq Jilani, Justice Umer Atta Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and others here at a graceful ceremony. Addressing the ceremony Dr Pervez Hassan said that the new building has been constructed in just 17 months. He said the students would work on much needed legal Pace university of America. He thanked Muhammd Ali Jinnah in Bombay where he Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said, “this school aspects of environment, terrorism, intellectual families of Gen. Habiuallah Khan, Dawood (Babur Ali) was present, he said that school would partnered with the judiciary and there property rights, World Trade Organization Group, Packages group, Sheikh Ahmed would serve for legal reforms in the country. will be formal internship, the students would legal aspects, foreign investment. There will be Irshad, Hassan Irfan and others for their VC Sohail Naqvi said the law school would go to the field at district level and it would inquiries and discussions, to accommodate the support. provide solutions to the legal issues of the help reform the judicial system.” He said there dissent and promote tolerance. He out of Pro-Chancellor Syed Babar Ali said that the country while working in close collaboration would a clinical component in the education three, two floors of the building are fully vision to establish law schools was to produce with judiciary. Naqvi said LUMS legal aid of this school of law. LUMS Rector Abdul operational while third floor is mean for future Quaids, Iqbals and Gandhis of the clinic would work actively, while esphasisng RazakDawood said Dr Hassan had touched center of Chinese legal studies and South Asia. While quoting a 1946 meeting of that recently their 40 students has worked the hearts people and it was a great privileged environment law studies in collaboration with the Muslim League Council chaired by with judiciary as interns. to name the law school after him.

Dr Noshina presents pu researcher discovers 1.1m year old elephant skull paper at ICAD, Harvard BY ALI ARSHAD STAFF REPORT LAHORE: In a unique and historic discovery researchers from Punjab University Zoology BOSTON: Punjab University Institute of Department have discovered the skull of 1.1 Communication Studies in-charge director Dr million year old female elephant that weight Noshina Saleem presented her paper on 120kg from Panjan Sher Shahana Pabbi Hills “Media and conflict: Framing of Kashmir issue area of the district Gujrat. in international media,” at the International It is believed that discovery will help Conference for Academic Disciplines for Social scientists understand the genetic, hereditary Sciences and Humanitiesorganized by and evolution of the animal. International Journal of Arts and Sciences and This reporter of The Educationist visited Social and Behavioral Sciences Harvard the rare discovery along with PU researchers University during May 25-31, 2015 at Harvard and a select group of media persons and Medical SchoolLouise Pasteur Avenue, Boston, witnessed the 38 centimeter long and 28 Massachusetts, USA. centimeter wide skull of elephant. Talking to Monthly The Educationist Dr PU Zoology Department PhD Scholar Syed Noshina said, “It was really a unique Ghayoor Abbas had been excavating in the experience to present the paper and to interact area for the past 1.5 years. During his with scholars from various parts of the world research work in the area of Pabi Hills, he mainly from USA, Canada, UK, China, India, found signs of remains of the skull of the Nairobi, Russia, Poland, KSA, Scotland, Italy, female elephant. Ghayoor spent two day to France, Australia, etc.” unearth and preserve the complete skull. which proved that this elephant was twice as opened new avenues for the field. He said The conference organizers also arranged ProfDr Muhammad Akhtar of PU Zoology big as the elephants found today. He said that that he had found fossils of deer, pigs and recreational trips to different places and I Department, said that during laboratory the skull would be preserved and more rhinos in the area during his excavation visited Main State USA whichwas a center experiments it was found that the skull was research would be carried out to better work. He said that these finds had helped of Patriotism during the American 1.1 million year old and it belonged to the understand the species of elephants of that him with his PhD thesis and these rare fossils Revolution, and Plimoth Plantation where species of elephants found in Asia, Africa and era. PhD Scholar Syed Ghayoor Abbas said would be shown to the world for further she visited Visitor Centre, experience Europe. He said that the skull was 38 that he had found fossils of many different study. According to Abbas, the scientific lifestyle of 17th-Century English Village, centimeter long and 28 centimeter wide, animals and species in the area, which had name of the elephant is “Stegodon”. Wampanoag Home site. urdu language 2,000 years old: Book by Spanish writer claims

into the Prakrtis and later on into the Maria Maldonado for doing research on and had removed many misconceptions about BY SAEED AHMED SAEED languages today known as Urdu and Hindi. evolution of Urdu and identifying reforms in the language. He said that the British also LAHORE: In an interesting finding, Spanish PU vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran the language. promoted Urdu language for many reasons Assistant Professor at Punjab University, Dr said that it was a common impression that Beaconhouse National University's School and it was separated from Hindi language on Maria Maldonado’s book, “Urdu Evolution Urdu language was spoken in Mughal era but of Education Dean Prof Dr Tariq Rehman political basis. and Reforms”, reveals that Urdu language is the book had traced that it was spoken before said that it was a unique idea to do research In-charge Director Institute of 2,000 years old. Mughal era. He said that there were evidences on evolution of Urdu. He said that Urdu had Communication Studies DrNoshinaSaleem, The writer addressing at her book’s launch, that Urdu language was spoken in 13th local roots and it was not a “spaghetti Secretary Academic Staff Association said it was a topic no one has engaged before. century and it was yet to find some specific language”. He said that the book had DrMahboob Hussain, senior faculty members She said that Urdu derived from Sanskrit, an evidences to prove Urdu language’s existence addressed the evolution of word “Urdu” as and a large number of students were present almost extinct language, which developed before 13th century. He congratulated Dr Urdu had different names in different eras on the occasion. WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK october, 2015 IN FOCUS | 03 Gilgit climate change threat looms large

GILGIT: The GilgitBaltistan is facing changing snowfall patterns, annual flooding, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), soil erosion and deforestation as some of the major threats. Rather compensating the communities affected from such events, climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies can help to deal with environmental hazards. A three-day conference on “Mountains and Climate Change: Resources, Challenges and Opportunities for Better Life and Livelihoods” held at Karokoram International University with experts calling the government to focus on climate policies. . The moot was organized by KIU in collaboration with WWF-Pakistan, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Integrated Mountain Area Research Center (IMARC), EV-K2-CNR, NORHED, Department of Agriculture Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Forests, Wildlife and Environment Department GB, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) and Mountain Agriculture Research Center (MARC) of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC). International experts from Kathmandu University, Nepal; Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway; ICIMOD; Politecnico di Milano, Italy; College of Environmental Protection VelenjeTrgmladostiVelenje, Slovenia, EU; EV- guidance the international community and help promote programs at KIU specifically focused on climate-related K2-CNR; and Institute for Ecosystem Study, Italy, research-based solutions in the region.’ issues such as glaciology, permafrost monitoring, natural discussed various aspects of climate change and its impacts KIU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan hazard management, high-altitude meteorology, GIS on fragile mountain ecosystems, lives and livelihoods.Gilgit said, “the conference has played an effective role to chalk remote sensing and adaptability in response to climate CM Hafiz Hafiz ur Rehmanthat the conference would out future strategies for establishing research degree change.”— The Educationist Report

LaHoRe: Commandant pakistan navy War College Lahore Rear LaHoRe: pu VC dr Mujahid Kamran and pakistan Test cricket admiral abdul aleem received punjab governor Raﬁque Rajwana, captain MisbahulHaq shares a moment at the sports admission chief guest of seminar “pakistan’s potential and development of trials concluding ceremony in new campus. Resident offcier Sajid punjab university Law College principal dr Shazia Qureshi during a Coast – Ways to Improve” on world Maritime day. Rashid is also present. meeting in new campus.

LaHoRe: HeC Chairman dr.Mukhtar ahmad, uS Counsel general Lahore Zackry Kerkenrider, LaHoRe: Chinese Counsel general Lahore Yun Boren, Mrs Boren, gCu Vice Chancellor prof dr Hassan Federal Minister for planning, development and Reforms prof. ahsan Iqbal, ITu VC umar Saif amir Shah, dCo Lahore Captain (r) Muhammad usmanduring celebrations of national day of China and others at the launch of pakistan edition of “MIT Technology Review” at Information at the government College university. dr Hassan said,“we should not only admire China, but also Technology university. learn from its experiences and initiatives.”

Muhammad Zeeshan Zafar, student of Ba, LLB (Hons) represented pu in pakistani Young Leaders moot 2015 in uS held from June 26 to august 08, 2015. He was awarded scholarship by uS State department. Law College LaHoRe: prof Israr Chishti, Shahid gul (adviser Student affairs), Zubair ahmed and students sing a national song at a ceremony held in connection with leadership feels proud of Mr. Zeeshan! Keep the national defence day, September 6, at pu Faisal auditorium . a large number of students and guests wave national ﬂags with the national spirit. Shining. WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK 04 | EDITORIAL october, 2015

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s the world, including Pakistan, celebrates the World Teachers' Day on October 5, we need to look at the state in which our teachers live, work and are treated. There is no doubt that teachers A are the foundations of the education system of a country. Despite their important role, acknowledged by everyone, teachers don’t get their basic rights. It is sad to see, and is a reality of Pakistani society, that those individuals who are unable to find work are told to start teaching. By this action the architects of the nation are those who themselves need education. Because of the low status of a teacher, the most incompetent people find themselves at the helm of this important task. We cannot simply – as always – put the blame on the government and move on. The entire nation is responsible for this grave negligence. We simply cannot look away this time; we need to act as a nation that wants change in education system. The best solution cannot come from the government alone. The best people amongst us must opt to become a teacher. Only by such an initiative our education can improve. The government too should play its role and encourage people to PeeF doing big service to education enter the teaching profession by providing incentives and employ a testing system for new entrants in the field that suits small interest-free loans to the needy DrAmjadSaqib, whom the Punjab the requirements of the classroom. persons, both men and women and Chief Minister MianShahbaz Sharif helps them stand on their feet and calls a saint of the contemporary lead independent lives with self- times. Of course, DrAmjadSaqib is parents VS private schools esteem. This experiment has worked the man who possesses saintly well rather it has worked wonders qualities, given his humility, love for ecently a war broke out in the major cities of the country and people in the know of things the humanity and the downtrodden between parents and private schools, while the opine that the Akhuwat project is and given his passion to educate the R government was quick to step in. The parents allege going even far better than Grahmeen deserving students, en bloc. This is Mian Saifur Rehman that big private schools have become a cartel and are looting Bank of Bangladesh. The explanation indeed a big service to humanity as them. They say that because of the lack of good public schools, ne is amazed to know about is that wondrous microfinance bank, much as it is a big service to private entities saw a business advantage and came forward. the high achievements of Grahmeen, has started contemplating education. If we look at the arguments from both sides we see some O Punjab Education taking mark-up on small loans. Not much time has passed, this truth, yet the full picture is much more complicated. It is true Endowment Fund (PEEF) that has Billions of rupees have been given scribe and DrAmjadSaqib, were both that private schools are expanding their business every day – completed disbursement of under the FEEF scheme and as invited as Guests of Honour by with the money they earn from parents. On the other hand, scholarships to one hundred confirmed lately, Rs. 5. 6 billion have Lahore police and its chief, CCPO they provide better education than public schools of the thousand talented students by already been given to the deserving, Capt( retired ) Amin Wains. The country. However, it is clear that what they charge – and making payments of Rs. 5.6 billion talented students for studies in the noble thoughts of DrAmjadSaqib vis- increase every year – is unjustified. They cannot justify their This excellent performance in the most prestigious institutions of the à-vis education turned up to be highly fee. Schools at the lowest level are charging more money than education sector can be rightly called country including those universities inspiring and invaluable. some private universities. transformation as well as an end to where hitherto only the sons and In a country where institutions like On the other spectrum is our government. Clueless as usual. class-consciousness (to some extent, daughters of the affluent people could PEEF are working incessantly to The prime minister took swift action and called to reduce fee. class hatred) by way of which the get education on the basis of their transform and enlighten the society, In Punjab, the Lahore DCO came forward with an order. An highly talented students hailing from riches (by paying heavy fees). PEEF the country’s future can be vividly seen order that was against the law (the 1984 Ordinance governing the impoverished families i.e the ones has now taken up this responsibility to be marvelous in the times to come. private schools) and nothing could be done. In it usual haste to living below the poverty line, had for those high achievers in different According to PEEF literature appease the people before an election, a new ordinance is been deprived in the past from taking faculties and disciplines whose available, following the grant of a passed by the government. Much of the things in this up higher education. parents can’t afford to pay tuition and huge amount by CM Shahbaz Sharif, ordinance are understandable, but others cannot be Education with honour, education other fees, given the high cost of the total fund capacity of PEEF has understood. For example how did the government came up with comfort and peace of mind higher education in private sector gone to Rs. 14 billion out of which Rs. with the magic number 5 – the maximum allowed percentage seems to be the mission of PEEF. The universities of the country. 5.6 billion have been given to for fee increase? If the government is serious to solve this driving spirit behind this Fund is Knowledgeable circles say that higher 100,000 students. important issue, it must table a bill in the assembly. It should none other than DrAmjadSaqib, the education is not easily affordable even be debated by lawmakers and all stakeholders should play head of Akhuwat Foundation. in some other countries of the world. (The writer is a seasoned journalist and their part to come up with an agreeable law. Akhuwat Foundation, as everyone in The nation feels proud of PEEF and media academician. He can be reached the country knows well, provides the driving spirit behind it, at: [email protected]) They can’t handle the truth Among prominent current or presently- that the Syrian people must be free to choose operations in Europe, the US has spread fear pertinent examples: their own leaders. of war on their turf to exact reluctant policy

n The US currently complains loudly about n US officials continue to blame Russia for compliance from Germany, France, and Russia’s bombing campaign aimed at shooting down or ordering the shoot-down of smaller NATO partner nations. The truth, disabling ISIS forces in Syria that are (not the Malaysian airliner from Ukrainian meanwhile, is that the US has not taken on by too) secretly funded by Washington and airspace, though the evidence and third-party arms a country anywhere near its size and which the US consistently bad-mouths like reports indicate that Ukrainian defense forces strength for over 70 years and counting, and crazy but, presumably for that reason, were responsible. is not likely to do so deliberately.

refrains from bombing itself. We (9/11 n US officials demanded Russia pull back its So, 9/11 is not at all exceptional as a dr James Hufferd Truthers and activists) need to spread the troops from Ukrainian territory, when even duplicitous ploy or instrumentally twisted tale. world as widely and loudly as possible about Ukrainian officials declared that no Russian Indeed, such pop up, accompanied by clanging e lament that the supposedly world- this to spark public awareness and demand troops were in their territory. alarms, whistles, and hand-wringing, every class government supposedly repre - for truth-telling. n US officials have insisted consistently that week or two now, and the bullying, shameless W senting most of us willfully US government spokespersons continue to Putin was launching an imperialistic policy of perpetrators never fess up, even when n misrepresents a plethora of straightforward evi - pursue the ouster of Syrian President Assad, aggression without any credible evidence, everybody knows – which, for the sake of the dence in order to steadfastly maintain a prov - falsely claiming a) that he gassed his own while the US and NATO have surrounded world, everybody must. That’s where we come ably fallacious, purposefully self-serving public people (while evidence points to the rebels Russia with forward bases and engineered in! Pass it on! narrative purporting to portray both the in - against him as having done that instead) through a series of so-called “Color stances and background of the 9/11/01 crime and b) that Syrians overwhelmingly want him Revolutions” the overthrow, replacement, and (James Hufferd, PhD, is the founder of 911 events. But what we fail to adequately grasp and convey to inform world consciousness is out (while the only polls taken recently reorientation of a number of pro-Russia Truth of Central Iowa. His books that the US government always misrepresent - indicate that a majority continue to support regimes in former Soviet republics and include:Cruzeiro do Sul, A History of Brazil’s severything to its perceived advantage without him). Furthermore, US officials themselves satellites, including Ukraine. Half-Millennium and Homeland: A Comedy the least regard for the verified truth. said consistently at least in the recent past n Through ultimatums and apparent false-flag and Troublesome Country) WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK october, 2015 OPINION | 05 educating about drinking water–II Cyber bulling in Pakistan: orld Health Organisation (WHO) sets no guidelines for colour, odour, taste and the challenge and response W temperature of drinking water . Water with higher temperature is less edible than low temperature. The ith the advent existing social groups. growth of the micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses and of In the month of September 2014, police arrested protozoa) increases at higher temperature and may lead to W information few persons including a women who were involved changes in colour, odour and taste of water. and communication in kidnapping of people by using social media. pH: The pure water has a pH value of 7. For drinking technologies (ICTs) During interrogation they admitted that the water, the WHO sets a limit for pH which is 6.5-8.5. bulling has expanded its women in their gang firstmade their target friends prof. dr.M Hafiz Rafique Turbidity: WHO guides that maximum limit of turbidity is 5 boundaries from on social websites, exchanged cell numbers and NTU as water with a higher value of turbidity may contain viruses, parasites and playgrounds to retiring invited them in her house then they blackmailed bacteria. Ideally, the value of turbidity must be less than 1 NTU for useful rooms. Bullying occurs them. One member of that gang was the son of a disinfection. Hardness: WHO’s suggested limit of hardness is 500 mg/L as Calcium dr noshina Saleem via social networking sites, policeman. In another incident a 14-year-old child carbonate. Nevertheless, water with a hardness level of 150 mg/L is ideal. instant messages, emails, was kidnapped in Karachi by a man who Total dissolved solids: The level of TDS should not exceed 1,000 mg/L.The water websites, blogs, chat room, phone calls, or text developed friendship on the internet and with a low concentration of TDS has a flat taste. messages. Mostly ICTs are used as a weapon by the kidnapped him for ransoms. Several similar Electrical conductivity of water samples: There are no guidelines or limits on the youth for wreaking and abusing friends, fellow incidents have been reported. Where women are basis of health but the roughly estimated standard value of conductivity is about students and peers. The phenomenon of bullying victimized by picture editing. Recently a similar 2000 μS/cm. Microbial quality of water: Bacteriological test is one of the important has transformed into a new form called cyber- case is registered in Lahore, when a gang biological test which determines the quality of drinking water. This test checks bullying. Cyber-bullying is characterised by blackmailed young lady doctors by changing their whether the given water sample is bacterially contaminated, and the extent of such repeated and deliberated intent to harm someone pictures and demanding money, however police contamination. This microbial quality test is important for public water supply who is mentally, physically or technologically weak arrested the gang. systems as the water may contain bacterial contaminations such as total and fecal or unable to defend such behavior. Prominent On the other hand safety measurescould be coliforms which can be dangerous for health. factors such as diverse schooling culture, lack of positive parental behavior, friends' protectionfrom Sodium: Concentration of sodium in almost all water supplies is less than 20 mg per litre, elder’s supervision and absence of counter bullying being as a target of bullies,student councilors at but in some countries levels can exceed up to 250 mg/litre. Drinking water with contents of programs are the main causes of bullying. Some school, college and university,give confidence to sodium is not injurious to healthy people.Therecommended value is 200 mg/L, if the studies found that cyber-bullying is related with youth as they are unable to share their personal sodium content exceeds the mentioned value the taste of water may be affected. age factor, and it diminishes with the increase in problems with others, parents must keep an eye on Calcium: There is no prescribed guideline for the limits of calcium in drinking age. Common practices of cyber bullying are: activates of their children, the need to minimize the water by WHO, however, Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Flaming (sending or posting angry/annoying communication gap between parents and children. (PSQCA) sets the maximum permissible limit for calcium in drinking water which is messages), online harassment (sending, posting Teachers should also play their healthy role to 100 mg/L. sexual, nude, obscene text, picture or video), teach the moralities, norms, and values other than Magnesium: WHO does not set any limits for the magnesium content in water. stalking (chasing online anonymously to annoy, syllabus contents.Media, both electronic and Nevertheless, according to the guidelines of PSQCA the limit of magnesium in alarm or threaten), denigration (spreading rumors, broadcast, should launch public awareness drinking water is 50 mg/L. or fake picture or videos),outing and campaigns regarding moralities, ethics, norms and Potassium: WHO has no recommended limits for the concentration of potassium trickery(hacking, exposing, and manipulating values of Islamic and Pakistani society instead of in drinking water while the PSQCA set the potassium limit to 10 mg/L. private information of others),social following or coping foreign contents.Religious Chloride: The recommended limit for chloride according to the WHO guidelines is exclusion(ignoring or excluding one from an scholars can play their contribution to guide youth 250mg/L. online group or circle) andhappy slapping (filming impressively.Another way can be to not share Sulfate: For drinking water, PSQCA recommends the maximum limit of 250 mg/L while slapping someone for the purpose of posting personal email and phone number with unknown of sulfate. The important factors which contribute to raise the level of sulphate in online). people on social media. Always update privacy drinking water are industrial expulsion and fossil fuel burning. Some studies show that boys are more inclined check systems. If someone blackmails Carbonate: water with a concentration range from 120–180 mg/l, is hard; and if it towards overt bullying, whereas girls are more you,immediately inform family, police or relevant is more than 180 mg/l, it is considered as very hard water. Carbonate hardness is involved in covert bullying. Cyber bulling is security agencies and all active user must launch a caused by metals combined with a form of alkalinity. Health effects due to hard water distinguished from cyber-teasing- a behavior that campaign and guide others how to get avoid are mainly caused by the effects of salts dissolved in it, which is primarily calcium and is not intended to hurt, not necessarily repetitive, cybercrimes. magnesium. and exercised on equal power relationship- or (To be continued) cyber-arguing- a behavior though intended to The author is in-charge director and assistant hurt, but not necessarily repetitive, and performed professor in the Institute of Communication The writer is Punjab University Physics Department Chairman and Member at equal power-relationship-, or cyber-harassment Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. She can Syndicate on professor seat. He can be reached at: hafizrafi[email protected]) by strangers because it is exercised in the context of be reached at: [email protected] The problem of LeTTeR TO The edITOR Ravians! Why so fresh graduates MPhil degree for Css proud?

he time when students get free justified or not? stablished in 1864, from their education is he Ministry of Planning, Development and the Govt College, T considered to be the most Reforms has sent a suggestion to set MPhil E now Govt College critical and challenging time of one’s T as the minimum qualification for CSS/PCS University is one of the life. Youngsters are usually addicted to to the Prime Minister. To me, it is a wonderful oldest academic institutions the college lifestyle and a routine that initiative made by the ministry that would ensure of Asia. Started with a class just breaks while others had tons of that the civil services got competent and well- of just nine students, now friends, had good time chit chatting deserved manpower. GCU has around 10,000 and hanging out. Fresh graduates Secondly, MPhil is earned in every faculty after students. GCU has Faizan Khalid Hassan Hameed usually feel lonely and confused about conducting proper research under the guidance of produced many Salman azam Siddiqui thing like what is the purpose of my life now? What next step experienced PhD professors. HEC has already set a notablepersonalities, including Dr Abdus Salam, should I take? Should I seek help from my parents or should I standard for selection of lecturers – also MPhil.The ministry has also Raheel Shareef, Nawaz Sharif and many more. explore the dangers of life on my own? Eventually all these proposed 30 years maximum age limit to take part in the competitive exam. Now things are different. GCU is facing many associated factors make them get perplexed. Another dominant That is not appropriate. problems for the last four years. The only proctor factor that usually disturbs fresh graduates is starting a career University departments are conducting afternoon MPhil programmes, along Iqbal Saaqibhas to make sure that no one will wear and finding a job. In my opinion, every fresh graduate should with regular morning programmes, and some universities have weekend jeans, no one will smoke or drink within the take risks. Try to get active in your daily life, keep on searching morning/evening MPhil programmes. As a result,a large number of MPhilsare university, no wearing casual dress and no one will for a job no matter what. Never give up. Don’t sit idle, be produced every year by universities. violate discipline. But 90 per cent of students wear productive find some of your interests in sports, reading, writing Due to the low education budget and no suitable education policy, the above jeans and 25 percent boys smoke. He should be or whatever you consider to be productive. Join some dynamic said circumstances are leading towards the privatization and decentralization allowed to give the proctor status to other teachers, and effective groups that may help you. However, the most of education with no university-industry linkages.Students with quality so that disciplinary issues can be solved. The faculty, important thing during that time is setting up your goals with education are getting overage with no employment opportunities. members of senior staff, students all call themselves timelines and working seriously on them. Even if you don’t meet Due to the above mentioned reasons, I would suggest that the maximum age for Ravians .The situation is so miserable that they a timeline assign some extra time but do what you planned and CSS/PCS exams should be 35 years. After approval of the honorable Prime Minister, should be ashamed of calling themselvesRavians. don’t give up. Parents must also help their children by morally the condition of maximum age should be made 35 years, so that maximum number ThePunjab government should take decisions for supporting them during this distressing course, instead of of unemployed MPhil degree holders could benefit.The age relaxation could be the betterment of this great institution to save it expecting too much from them during this time. It will certainly revised after 3 years of its implementation, from 35 to 30 years, so that legally there from more embarrassment and insult in the near boost the confidence of their children and also help them in will be no objection from anyone.Such a relaxation in age will also be a source of future. However, now Dr Hassan Amir Shah has achieving their goals without getting demotivated. relief for those who could not appear in CSS/PCS exam in the past. taken charge and we hope things will be improved as he is quite active to resolve all issues. (The writer is Director Vision Telecom and Chairman The writer is a student of MPhil Education Policy & Development at the Liberal Human Forum. He can be reached at: Institute of Social & Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore. He can The writer is a student of GCU and can be reached [email protected]) be reached at:[email protected] at: [email protected] WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK 06 | INTERVIEW october, 2015 3 Pro VCs plan not a bad idea : dr hassan shah g gCu VC striving to reclaim ranking g Says trying to bring back productive retired teachers g 9 names sent to chancellor for appointment of 3 dean; post advertised for Salam Chair

PANEL INTERVIEW BY: HASSAN HAMEED, WAJAHAT ALI AND ALI ARSHAD

PHOTOGRAPHY: SAJID BALOCH

rof Dr Hassan Amir Shah, Vice ChancellortGovernment College University (GCU) Lahore, during the very ﬁrst month of P his appointment as VC has taken some much required steps to improve the academic and research standard of the great alma mater. He is focusing on bringing back senior retired but active teachers, foreign faculty, more PhDs. He has sent names for appointment of three deans – a long standing issue, besides advertising for the Dr Salam Chair, which was vacant for the last one year or so. The Educationist conducted a detailed interview with Dr Hassan. Following are the details of the interview:

The Educationist: Sir,please do tell us about yourprimary, secondary and higher education in detail. DrHassan Amir Shah: I started from Saint Anthony High school Lahore. I remained there from class 1 to 11. Then I did my A- The Educationist: When and how you GCU and where do you want to see it in We are trying to get back our retired faculty levels from Cathedral school, after that I choose the profession of teaching. Any future? that are still active in research. So we are spent year and a half in Punjab University as specific reason behind it? DrHassan Amir Shah: What do you mean by trying to bring back experienced members BSc student. Then I got admission toMoscow DrHassan Amir Shah: I ended up studying current status? Current status regarding especially for those departments that have and went there. From 1973 to 1979 I was in Physics. In factafter doing PhD it could have what? very young faculty. Some senior people are Moscow. I studied physics over there, I learnt been two choices before me where to go. coming back. They may not come back in Persian. I came back in 1979 and started my Either to the organization like Pakistan The Educationist: The current status administration position but just to add the PhD at Quaid-i-AzamUniversity. I did post Atomic Energy or it could have been teaching regarding ranking and academic position. balance between the senior and junior. Just doctorate at University of Sussex, Brighton, career and I think that’s way I ended up the DrHassan Amir Shah: Last year our ranking to guide juniors and their presence would England. Then I spent a year at university. I worked abroad and I came back had fallen down in the HEC list. So certain make a difference. LondonUniversity. Then I spent a year and a and at that time it was clear that teaching is remedial measures are needed for that and I half at the Institute of Space Physics and my profession. The freedom in the university am trying to go back to our previous ranking The Educationist: GC was originally for Technology, funded by Professor that was very attractive for me as compared atleast or better. We need to activate our Intermediate Studies and it is recognized Salam’sInternational Scientific and to the organizations and nature of the job, so research mode for that. We have problems at because of its Intermediate students. No TheoreticalPhysics. They had a special I preferred to stay with teaching. two place one at the school of mathematical doubt,Inter side is much better as compared scheme. I also went to Italy. sciences and other at the Salam Chair. There to university side. Any plans to make Inter The Educationist:So basically due to is been no person in the Salam Chair during side more better? The Educationist:When did you join GC limitations in other organizations you the last year or so. So we have advertised for DrHassan Amir Shah: Yes, Inter side is good. University? choose teaching? the Salam Chair. We have hireda director for We have got number of medals this time I DrHassan Amir Shah: When I came back DrHassan Amir Shah: Yeah, the university mathematical sciences few months ago. guess six medals. We have been over from Italy in 1986, I joined Punjab had a great charm for me specially the Recently during last few days some foreign admitting people, the classes are University, Department of Solid State freedom. Where you are going to be in touch Physics. I remained there till 2002 and the with younger people constantly and regularly, same year I joined GC, which a few months so that’s how I stepped into teaching. laterbecame GC University. If you go to the Physics Department here you will see that I The Educationist:Sir before becoming the VC am the last Head of the Department at of GCU, you also served in FC College, GovtCollege and the first chairperson of the according the our information? “ Physics Department GC University. Then I Hassan Amir Shah: Yes, I was served in was here till 2014 and retired in February FCCollege for about year and a half.

2014. I served as the chairperson for 6 years and then there was a break of three years and The Educationist: Whatis the main difference then again for three years. between the two? You have experienced both.

Both were established in 1864. The Educationist:Why physics people DrHassan Amir Shah: Yeah both were progress so much? In Punjab University established at the same time. I think the DrMujahid Kamran and here in GCU Dr difference is in the style of management I Hassan Amir Shah? would say because we are fully Public “ DrHassan Amir Shah: I thinks it’sa SectorUniversity all of our funding comes coincidence ….. two people in two from the government or federal government. universities in Lahore and both the physics FCCollege is not that way of public sector, its people. I think it’s just a coincidence. You somewhere between public and private wouldn’t believe there are several other sector. We have policies from the government coincidences in both of us. DrMujahid like salary packages but in FC there is more Kamran and I, we both belong to same area freedom how they hire people. FCCollege is in Gujrat and many other examples of not the private sector university like Lahore faculty has come back and we have also overburdened. So we will propose that next coincidences can be found in us. There is no School of Economics or LUMS may be, their engaged some local faculty so we hope that year when admissions will take place, we will reason for that. (he remarked while giving a fees are high as compared to FCCollege. we will see the increase in productivity in reduce the number of seats to look after the big smile) coming few months. We have advertised so it teaching quality. So that plan is there we The Educationist: What is current status of will take a little time to process the things. should maintain our standards and try to WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK october, 2015 INTERVIEW | 07 3 Pro VCs plan not a bad idea : dr hassan shah improve as much as we can. I think university side is good also, we have PhD programmes if you look at the PhysicsDepartment, Chemistry Department, Biotechnology, Zoology, Botanyin fact all sciences departments we have large number of PhD and MPhil students and the research of these students is published in international journals. Physics has approximately 44 PhD students, chemistry has 45 or 46 and I think if you compare with 10 or 15 years ago our research proﬁle is very higher now and we are producing lot of good research. I feel our social sciences departments have some distances to cover yet. But with the arrival of some senior members situation would be better and we have a space issue so we are reducing the number of seats.

The Educationist: Sir, there is a problem that the deans’ number is very low. Perhaps the appointments of many deans are pending for last many years. Why?. Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Well,For that last 4 or 5 years we have had only one dean but now recently we have sent names for deans. Dean is appointed by the government. I have sent name for three deans, dean for sciences, dean for social sciences and dean for life studies. (Nine names have been sent for three posts). Hopefully we will have three deans here very soon. This is good. It divides the work. I feel faculty deans should be empowered. I don’t want to do everything, I want others to share burden.

The Educationist: What is your opinion Salam, Hargobind and ChandraShakhar. about three Pro Vice Chancellors in (Dr) Salam sahib was a student here (GCU) government universities? and (Dr) Salam sahib worked here.

Dr Hassan Amir Shah: If the government wants to do that they should make The Educationist: GCU has only one “ appropriate changes in the charter. I proctorKhadimAli, he is the chief proctor. Is thinkit’s good. We have only 4 faculties and it possible for one person to deal with all the I think PU has 14 faculties it’s a big disciplinary issues? “ university even they don’t have a pro vice Dr Hassan Amir Shah: We have proctoral chancellor. The provision is there it has not board, KhadimAli is the chief proctor and been used by the government. It will provide GCU is compact and we can hire deputy grooming for future vice chancellors. proctors, if required. GCU is not the Suddenly we are here so itslittle difficult to undisciplined place. People here are well adjust from chairperson to dean, or disciplined. These things change with time. assistant professor to VC. They should be 10 or 15 years ago when we had less students groomed before. I welcome this idea and I one proctor was enough to deal with the don’t think it is a bad idea. issues. (We will see this issue). movies not too much just randomly on TV. demands from me to give her time aswell. The Educationist: You took the charge now But yes, during the last month I have The Educationist: How do look forward to The Educationist: What is the main problem your time for the family is squeezed? Is neglected my family. your four years term? What plans do you other than social sciences? family happy? Because you would have also want to bring in and contribute? Research or Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Space is a big issue we taken their time! The Educationist: any advice or message to something else? are of expanding the campus but not here. In Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Yes, it’s been a month students and teachers of GCU or as a whole? Dr Hassan Amir Shah: I strongly believe that Kala Shah Kaku we have 350 acres of land and they are managing and we have a small Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Its simple they should we should move according to the rules we government has allotted Rs995 million for it. family my wife is retired from government work hard and attend classes regularly. They have given and sometimes we don’t like the The master planning is complete. We have service, and a daughter she is studying PhD should spend their more time on their rules, so we change the rules. We have received the ﬁrst instalment of Rs250 million. in Oxford and I have a son, a special child.So studies. Teachers should also attend the changed examination rules and I want to get We hope in January we shall have our ﬁrst he needs more time. We spend time together classes. the senior faculty back. We want to expand brick laying ceremony. Within one year we will in the evening and on weekends.My mother our research and must make it better. I want have hostel and faculty space over there. lives next door to my house so she gives time The Educationist: Thank you for your time sir my faculty to do research and again the to my family she is senior citizen but she Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Thank you. problem is in social sciences and we will try The educationist: Why there is no to solve it as soon as we can. The number of department for media and law in GCU? PhDs is less there and I want to give special Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Yes, media and mass attention over there and for all that we need communication are very important in this space and GCU lacks space. We would also era. As I told we are having space issue we hire foreign faculty. will surely make department for Law and media studies. It requires time and space. The Educationist: When comes to Dr Salam, PU also counts him in their three Nobel The Educationist: Which books you like to Laureates and GCU also? Why? read other than physics in leisure? Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Who is third in PU Dr Hassan Amir Shah: I like reading number list? of things I like reading novels in evening ,literature and sometimes history and I read The Educationist: DrHargobind, Chandra much on net. But may be as not much as Shakhar and Dr Salaam. should I do. Dr Hassan Amir Shah: As far as I know Chandra Shaikhar was born in Lahore and I The Educationist: What about movies and don’t know whether he studied here (PU) or Television watching? not. So the three nobel laureates who have Dr Hassan Amir Shah: Yeah, I watch talk lived in this Indian subcontinent were Abdus shows and informative sort of material and WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK 08 | INTERVIEW october, 2015 WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK october, 2015 INTERVIEW | 09 WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK 10 | PICTORIAL october, 2015

UET Lahore: prof dr athar Mahboob, newly appointed VC of Khawaja Fareed university of engineering and Information Rahim Yar Khan called on ueT Lahore VC prof dr Fazal ahmed Khalid. RY Khan Campus coordinator prof dr gull Hameed awan, dean Civil engineering prof dr abdul Sattar Shakir, dean Chemical prof dr nadeem Feroz, dean Mechanical prof dr nadeem Mufti, dean architecture prof dr ghulam abbas Lahore School of Economics: Mr amin piracha, Head of Insights at nestle with students after his lecture on anjum, Registrar Muhammad asif, dr Waqar Mehmood and dr Khalid Mehmood ghauri are also present. consumer behaviour to the graduating MBa class. Mr piracha focused mainly on behaviour of youth as a consumer.

University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences: Vice-Chancellor prof Talat naseer pasha pays tributes to the martyrs of 1965 Indo-pak war at a quiz contest in on defense day celebrations.

Govt College University Faisalabad: Vice Chancellor prof dr Muhammad ali and WWF representative exchange documents of an Mou. WWF- pakistan will provide opportunity of jobs and research projects under the International eco-Internship programme. prof dr Muhammad Zuber, dean Faculty of Sciences and Sania Rauf Khan, WWF Head Corporate help reached the Mou.

PU Hailey College of Banking & Finance: principal prof dr Mubbsher Munawar Khan inaugurates daycare center to facilitate working women teachers and administrative staff. Mian Riaz is also present.

University of Management and Technology: uMT dean Social Sciences dr abdul Hameed presents a souvenir to dr Muhammad Khalid Rashid, University of Agriculture Faisalabad: VC dr Iqrar ahmad Khan leads a walk mark World Literacy day (Sept 8). dean Social Sciences prof dr Iqbal professor of education, for his meritorious services in education and Zafar and director IBMS dr Munir ahmad and other participated in the awareness activity. research at a farewell arranged for him.

Sindh: an Mou was signed between uSaId, engro Corporation and Sindh education & Literacy departmentto support the Sindh Basic education program (SBep), a joint effort of goS and uSaId. Sindh education Secretary Fazlullah pechuho, uSaId Mission director John groarke and Senior Vice president engro Corporation Ruhail Mohammed signed the Mou.

ex dg ISI Lieutenant Vice Chancellor general (r) Mahmud university of education ahmed Lahore dr Rauf-i-azam

COMSATS Islamabad: additional Registrar ahmed Mumtaz Mustehsan and akif Saeed, Commissioner, Securities and exchange Commission of pakistan, exchange Mou documents at SeCp Islamabad. CoMSaTS will University of Education Lahore: VC prof dr Rauf-i-azam and ex dg ISI Lieutenant general (r) Mahmud ahmed address a seminar in cooperate for SeCp’s Investor education program named “Jamapunji”. connection with 1965 war anniversary. dr Rauf-i-azam said students and teachers must put in best efforts for progress of pakistan. WWW.EDUCATIONIST.COM.PK october, 2015 NATIONAL | 11

PU signs MoU with Arizona State University

STAFF REPORT

LAHORE: Punjab University and Arizona State University (ASU), USA on Monday signed an MoU to promote academic exchange, faculty exchange and cooperation in teaching and research between both universities. A ceremony was held in Committee Room of Vice Chancellor’s Office. PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran, ASU Religious Studies Assistant Professor Dr Chad Haines, ASU Cronkite School of Journalism Director Global Programs Dr B William Silcock, Associate Dean Kristin Gilber, Registrar Prof LaHoRe: punjab unviersity Vice Chancellor dr Mujahid Kamran and Arizona State University Religious Studies Assistant Professor Dr Chad Haines Dr Liaqat Ali, Dean Faculty of Behavioral & signing an MoU to promote academic exchange, faculty exchange and cooperation in teaching and research between both universities. Faculty Social Sciences Prof Dr Zakria Zakar, Dr members from both universities are present on the occassion. Rubina Zakir, Director External Linkages Dr Maria Maldonado and In-charge Institute of Communication Studies Dr Noshina Saleem Top ICC official urges education to combat fixing were present on the occasion. The participants discussed various areas of Continued from Page 1 “We should be judged by the level of mutual interest and stressed the need to prevention we are able to bring to bear, and I enhance academic relations between the two Corruption reared its head again in 2010 think that’s a very positive story.” institutions. when three Pakistani players were jailed and The ICC met recently to chart the next The exchange program is for Institute of given long bans over a spot-fixing scandal in stages of its strategy, but Flanagan warned Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) and a Test against England.Salman Butt, corruption could probably never be wiped Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) of Mohammad Asif and Mohammed Amir — out completely. Punjab University. Later, the visiting have completed their bans and are now free “Will ill-health ever be eradicated? Will delegation has separate meeting with faculty to play international cricket again. crime ever be eradicated? And I think the of PU ICS and ISCS. ACU chairman Ronnie Flanagan said the frank answer has to be never totally and ICC’s goal was not just to catch the crooks absolutely eradicated,” he said. but to stop the problem at source. who would seek to have them drawn into “But that doesn’t stop us working the very Dr Azhar Naeem honoured “The main planks of our activity are their clutches and who would seek to corrupt hardest that we can.” prevention, disruption and only then them.” Flanagan, formerly one of Britain’s Whether they do or not is a matter for investigation and prosecution — in that order most senior police officers, said cricket’s Pakistan, Flanagan said. LAHORE: of priority,” said Flanagan in an interview approach was admired and imitated by other “That’s not just a question of ability, that’s a Punjab University released by the ICC. sports trying to wipe out rigging. question of their remorse, their realisation of Department of “Education of players, particularly young “We shouldn’t be judged by the number of how wrong their behaviour was, and their Electrical players, is absolutely crucial to make them prosecutions which have been engaged in,” willingness to use that negative experience of Engineering’s aware of the evil intent of people out there Flanagan said. theirs in education programme,” he said.– AFP Assistant Professor Engr Dr Muhammad MIT Tech Review Azhar Naeem was selected by opens chapter International Center for in Pakistan Theoretical Physics, Italy for the training workshop "Advanced BY SOFIA MANSOORI School/Workshop on Fibre Optics: Light in action from Science to Technology". The LAHORE: The Information Technology training was funded by UNESCO and co- University (ITU) Lahore launched Pakistan sponsored by The Optical Society of America, Edition of MIT Technology Review at Arfa SPIE and University of Fort Hare, South Software Technology Park. Vice Chancellor Africa. The conference held at University of of ITU and Chairman Punjab IT Board Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa from 28th (PITB) Dr. Umar Saif inaugurated the September to 1st October 2015. The event in the presence of Federal Minister workshop aimed at connecting scientists for Planning, Development and Reforms from all over the developing countries on a Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, US Counsel General topic with a critical mass of researchers to Lahore Zackry Kerkenrider and Chairman LaHoRe: prof dr Shahid Munir, pu Controller examinations and director Centre for Coal Technologies, have a high impact on scientific and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan shares a moment with prof dr Saleem akhtar, director Institute of agricultural Sciences in a meeting. economic development.– Staff Report Both are very active members of pu senior faculty. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad. The event opened with the recorded address of Editor in Chief and Publisher MIT Technology Review Jason Pontin. Sorry state of Quality evaluation Cells While appreciating the efforts of team Pakistan, he said the he looks forward to Continued from Page 12 He said there is dire need of capacity He said UVAS take action against a teacher further collaborations with the country by building. He said HEC calls annual meeting in different ways such and the first one is the holding conferences and competitions for Regarding flaws, Anwar said that was no and discuss issues regarding QECs. He said teacher’s counseling session with Head of emerging innovators. HEC monitoring system provincially and it there is no software which can check department. Prof. Ahsan Iqbal lauded the efforts of was also not possible to visit each university plagiarism in Urdu assignments and thesis. QEC official of National Textile University team Pakistan and said the publication for this purpose because of budget and staff Dr Dawar Hameed Mughal, Director QEC said, on the condition of anonymity, “they would enable us to explore new trends of limitations. However, he said, they conduct University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences distribute online forms among the students modern technology and adapt them in our these surveys in different forms like (UVAS) said they established QEC in 2007 twice a year. He said that they have limited own design. He also stressed on the need of meetings, reports and on telephone. He said and he was serving as director since then. He resources to enhance quality education. The knowledge connect among the academia, according to the HEC Ordinance they said they used to conduct various type of main reason behind this to lack of fund industry and government and saw the conduct meetings group wise to discuss the surveys to ensure quality education including allocation.” He said they are the employees of publication playing a vital role in this area. QECs performance. Course evaluation and teacher evaluation university not HEC and are bound to not MIT Technology Review is a flagship of Dr Muhammad Mansha, Director Quality semester wise, also graduating survey, faculty take decisions independently, that is one of the Massachusetts Institute of Enhancement Cell, University of Education, survey, alumni survey, employee survey, the main hurdles in QEC’s performances. Technology (MIT) launched in 1899, said they evaluated teachers’ performance postgraduate review program survey and University of Health Sciences Director available in six languages in 147 through online survey in 2014-15 and sent research progress review survey. He said that Media and Publications Muhammad Atif said countries. MIT Review Pakistan also aims reports to HEC with 60 % criteria of they will satisfied if teacher evaluation is 60 HEC awarded them the best university for to hold an annual competition, satisfaction. “If committee is not satisfied percent and if he or she below 60 percent promoting quality education in the field of “Innovators Under 35” to identify top with teacher progress they send reports to then university evaluate in overall courses medicine because they received best QEC emerging innovators from Pakistan. ITU Vice Chancellor and he takes action. There which he or she taught in previous semester result in 2014. He said their university’s prime VC Dr Umar Saif said the first edition are so many deficiencies including staff, and how many student evaluate it below focus was on quality and UHS policy was to detailed energy crisis of Pakistan and laboratories, chemicals and infrastructure.” define criteria. never compromise on quality education. myths associated with it. pReMIeRe eduCaTIon neWSpapeR oF paKISTan Michelle Obama focusing on girls’ education neW YoRK: uS sorry state of Quality enhancement First Lady Michelle obama introduced BY MUHAMMAD ITTEFAQ their own will. No one is ready to check the analysis’ of survey forms related to feedback a new campaign quality of this quality measuring process. from students, alumni, employers, faculty focusing on LAHORE: Teaching Only few universities are taking students’ course review report, faculty survey , education for girls quality is on the feedback online to know teacher’s research progress review reports etc. around the world decline in most performance in class, sources said. HEC Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) at the global Citizen Festival in universities despite HEC took the initiative in 2006-07 and 10 assistant director Abaidullah Anwar told new York City. establishment of over QECs were established in universities, The Educationist that it was not included obama appeared 69 Quality Enhancement Cells (QECs) at where as in 2007-08 as many as 20 more in the statutes of universities that they in a video at the public sector universities and 15 QECs at QECs were established and later in 2009-10 should establish QEC to ensure the quality event starring Beyoncé, Hugh Jackman and "W" category private sector universities over 24 more added to the number, besides education. Now universities send annual others. obama spoke about the 62 Million girls campaign. She said she traveled the world and since 2006-07 by the Higher Education 15 from the reports to HEC and they evaluate the met young women who have not had a chance Commission (HEC), , sources told The HEC Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) reports and call a meeting in this regard. to receive education. She said "I see myself in Educationist. has introduced 8 criteria and 31 standards He said that QEC performance has impact these girls. I see my daughters in these girls. For Permanent and visiting faculty evaluation for the assessment of quality check. The on ranking of an institute. “QECs conduct me this is truly a moral issue." She asked the is seldom made in all public universities, road map of Quality covers eight criteria three kind of surveys (i) Teachers audience to tweet photos of themselves with however, research publications are on the starting with program mission statement, Evaluation (ii) Student evaluation (iii) the hashtag #62Milliongirls and say what you learned in school. She said the photos will rise due to special interest of vice objectives and outcomes, curriculum design Course evaluation. According to HEC rules "show the power of education."- ap chancellors for the sake of ranking. and organization, laboratories and universities are bound to conduct these University QECs as a routine matter computing facilities, process control, faculty, surveys twice in a year.” universities distribute self-assessment forms student support and advising, institutional CM Qaim says 2,000 closed among the teachers, who fill it according to support etc. the framework also includes Continued on Page 11 schools reopened in Sindh KaRaCHI: Sindh Chief Minister 290,000 children out of Qaim ali Shah has LeT 2,90,000 FLOWeRs nOT WITheR said that his school in Lahore government was giving utmost LAHORE: As many as 290,000 children importance to between the age of five and 16 are out-of- health and school in Lahore, AlifAilaan (AA) education sectors coordinator Umair Asif said. and was spending Quoting District Education Ranking 2015, billions of rupees on them. In his he said buildings of 127 public schools in the address at a public school, the CM said ppp district were in poor condition. government inherited government schools in Asif shared the data at the Lahore deteriorated condition, 5,000 closed schools and Education Conference 2015 at the University untrained teaching staff in functional schools. of Management and Technology (UMT), Shah pointed out that of the 5,000 closed schools, the government managed to reopen Lahore. According to the AA ranking, Lahore about 2,000 schools, while the remaining 3,000 stood third in the country in district scores would be reopened soon. Some 20,000 teachers for primary-level education. It was awarded a were being recruited. He said Rs 134.32 billion learning score of 62.54 out of 100. For and Rs 43.583 billion under the head of non- middle-level education, the district was development expenditure of the education and ranked 23rd. Lahore had the lowest student health sectors were being spent. – Staff Report retention score of 69.69 in Pakistan, according to the ranking. In the Kinnaird’s mission is women infrastructure ranking, Lahore scored the empowerment: Rukhsana David least (83.96) points for condition of primary LaHoRe: Kinnaird school buildings. It got 92.24 points for College principal LaHoRe: Children study while sitting on a concrete slab in Mannwan village. according to alif ailaan condition of middle-level school buildings. Rukhsana david new report over 2,90,000 students of school going age are out-of-school in Lahore according to Asif said that in Lahore district the literacy has that since its organisation’s district education Ranking 2015, while 127 public schools in the district are in poor rate among girls in rural areas was 57 percent foundation, condition.–ahmed Zubair Kinnaird’s mission and 78 per cent in urban areas. Former MNA has been to FareedParacha, MPAs Sadia Sohail Rana and empower women Sardar Hasan Mokal, UMT Social Sciences through Dean Abdul Hameed, UMT Department of education. “along Malala urges un for every Education Chairperson SeemaArif, renowned with academic excellence we writer Prof Dr Mujahid Mansoori,Mansoor strive to groom our students into responsible child’s quality education Malik and ASER Pakistan’s Saher Saeed also members of society with a strong emphasis on UNITED NATIONS: Malala Yusufzai has spoke on the occasion. -- Monitoring development of strength of character, asked world leaders at UN summits to commitment to teamwork and leadership promise that every child will have the right to potential. We encourage their personal growth with a wealth of social, cultural and sporting safe, free and quality primary and secondary Only 4% increase in opportunities.” With a broad range of academic education. enrolment: Atlas 2015 programs and a number of clubs and societies Malala was speaking at the UN General catering for a tremendous range of interests, Assembly alongside 193 youth ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Education Atlas Kinnaird is a perfect setting to explore new representatives from the 193 UN member 2015 shows 4 per cent increase in the horizons,” she said.– Staff Report states. On this occasion, world leaders enrolment rate in Pakistan. The atlas adopted the Sustainable Development Goals launched by Ministry of Federal Education UoL collaborates with SECP for in the General Assembly, which include the and Professional Training and the World investor education global efforts to improve education Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration opportunities for every child in the world. with partners. It is the latest and fourth ISLaMaBad: university of “World leaders sitting there, look up version of the series of this collaboration since Lahore pro Vice because the future generation is raising their 2010. The report has come at the time when Chancellor dr voice,” Malala, who was shot in 2012 by the progress on the Millennium Development Mumtaz ahmed Taliban for attending classes, told hundreds Goal’s (MDGs) is being assessed. Pakistan has Khan and of senior government officials in a stirring Development Goals (MDGs), which in failed to meet its MDGs for education. The Securities and address delivered from the highest September 2000 rallied the world around a report details the situation of education in exchange Commission of mezzanine of the General Assembly Hall. common 15-year agenda to tackle the each district as well as presents a pakistan (SeCp) “Today, we are 193 young people representing indignity of poverty. comprehensive national outline. The report Commissioner akif billions more. Each lantern we hold “I’m hopeful that we all in the UN will be reveals that 39 per cent of the total Saeed have signed represents the hope we have for our future united in the goal of education and peace, government primary schools have no an Mou at the SeCp headquarters to establish because of the commitments you have made and that we will make this world not just a drinking water facility while 35 per cent are cooperation for conducting investor education seminars for students. This is in line with the to the global goals,” she said as each young better place, but the best place to live. without toilet, 46 per cent do not have SeCp’s investor education program launched person on the scene held up a blue light. Education is hope, education is peace,” electricity and 34 per cent lack boundary under the brand name Jamapunji. Following a The 17 Global Goals are part of the 2030 Malala said. At a press conference following walls. The report says that in Pakistan, presentation on the Jampunji investor Agenda for Sustainable Development, which the event, she was joined by girl ambassadors although the number of out-of-school education web portal, the commissioner briefed was adopted by the General Assembly just from Syria, Nigeria and Pakistan who echoed children is falling (from 6.7 million in 2012- the importance of savings culture among minutes after the youngest-ever Nobel her call to world leaders to ensure that every 13 to 6.1 million in 2013-14) and efforts are students. The development of “SeCp Train the Trainer program” was also discussed with the Laureate addressed the Hall. They aim to child gets 12 years of safe, free and quality underway in getting more out-of-school pro vice chancellor. – Staff Report build on the work of the historic Millennium education. -INP children to schools. –Monitoring Report

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