The Higher Education Commission has approved the Phase-II of development of GC University, Kala Shah Kaku Campus at a total cost of Rs. 1157.753 million with an implementation period of 36 months.
Author: Aisha Saeed
The Smart University Project has been initiated in Lahore College for Women University, Lahore in collaboration with Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
Arsalan Haider
The federal government has failed to appoint the executive director (ED) of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan even after almost two years have passed since the PTI took reins of power.
Pakistan will be launching a Rs 3 billion STEM schools project this year, aimed at promoting digital education in the country.
The Punjab Government has launched Taleem Ghar Application to make localized and engaging multimedia lessons available online for public school students of classes one to eight, while matric and intermediate lectures will be available soon.
This was informed in a meeting chaired by Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Azfar Manzoor. Director General Waqar Qureshi, Director Kashif Farooq and others were also part of the meeting.
Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Chairman Azfar Manzoor said that the Taleem Ghar initiative aims to encourage remote learning among students as it is also available on local cable Television and its website. Taleem Ghar’s project will be beneficial for the students in the prevailing situation of the Corona virus pandemic, he added.
The Taleem Ghar project is a collaboration between the School Education Department (SED) of the Government of Punjab, its Program Monitoring and Implementation Unit (PMIU), and the Punjab IT Board (PITB). The Science and Mathematics lectures are conducted through 8 animated teachers from Monday to Thursday on local Cable TV while these are now accessible 24/7 online via an android app and the project’s website with a slogan of “Everyone is welcome to visit, explore and learn!”.
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The National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE), Higher Education Commission (HEC) is organizing the IPFP Online Boot Camp 2020, a four-week online learning program for candidates of the Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs (IPFP) Program (Phase II).
Punjab Higher Education Commission will facilitate universities and colleges to develop comprehensive plans, implementation strategies, and capacity building programs for the promotion of online teaching and courses.
The post-COVID-19-crisis Pakistan will be able to better equip itself for the 4th industrial revolution, however, we need to remember that how the world will look like if there is a digital virus and this millennium bug would erase all data.
This was stated by experts at an online consultation titled ‘Higher Education and Digital Inclusiveness in Times of COVID-19’ organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad.
The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore on Tuesday donated cash and other essential equipment to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for Covid-19.
During a meeting with Punjab Governor/Chancellor UET Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar and UET Faisalabad Campus Textile Engineering Department Chairman Dr Mohsin presented a cheque worth Rs 2,556,167/- from faculty, officers and staff as a donation towards the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for Covid-19.
Punjab Governor and UET Lahore Chancellor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Tuesday inaugurated the Punjab Mental Health Helpline that would provide online counselling to people suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental health issues across Pakistan due to coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lock-down.