The Government College University Lahore will resume online classes after the training of its teachers and quality control of courses. This will help the students in timely competition of graduation if the lockdown of universities is extended beyond May 31, 2020, due to coronavirus crisis.
Lahore: First time in its history, the Government College University Lahore has offered admissions to students in eleven foreign and national language courses which include Arabic, French, and Russian.
The Government College University (GCU), Lahore faculty and staff members celebrated the Christmas with the university’s minority community at a colorful ceremony at the university’s Bukhari Auditorium which was especially decorated in a traditional style with lights, balloons, flowers, flags and a Christmas tree.
The Government College University (GCU), Lahore has announced activating its six research chairs. Vice Chancellor Professor Asghar Zaidi said that in developed countries eminent experienced personalities occupying such prestigious chairs were the backbone of universities. “They don’t only hone the research potential of a university but also play a key role in the institutional development,” he said while chairing a meeting of university’s administrative staff and senior faculty members.
A delegation of 55 Baloch students and their teachers from Cadet College Killa Saifullah (CCKS), Balochistan visited the Government College University (GCU), Lahore for a study tour on Wednesday. The delegation visited various academic departments of GCU and also met Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi.
The VC told the delegation that GCU offered doubled number of special seats to Baloch students on quota basis, besides giving scholarships and other facilities. He added that they all were all Pakistanis and they had to collectively work for its development.
Professor Zaidi told the students that GCU had produced countless legendary personalities, including Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Nobel Prize winner Dr Abdus Salam, adding that most of the scientists who carried out nuclear tests and designed missile system also belonged to this institution. The students also visited library, Sports Complex and Naqoosh Museum.
The GCU is one of the oldest seats of learning in the Muslim world. As a seat of higher learning GC University blends grand old traditions and modern educational standards to meet the ideals set by persons like Dr. Leitner, philosopher the poet, Dr Muhammad Iqbal and the Noble Laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
With an eventful, glorious history of 154 years, the Government College University (GCU) has a distinct place in Pakistan’s higher education sector. The institute was founded in 1864 as Government College Lahore – an affiliate college of Calcutta University – and was placed under the leadership of Dr GW Leitner, a professor at King’s College London.
In 1882, it became affiliated with the University of the Punjab, and has since produced tens of thousands of scholars who have gone on to serve the country in fields too diverse to put into writing. Given its exemplary record and unique place in the annals of Pakistani history, GC was given the status of a university in 2002 and renamed GC University Lahore. The university is now a fully independent degree-awarding institution of higher learning and operates a campus in Faisalabad as well.
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) has sanctioned a three-member fact finding committee to probe the allegations of irregularities in the Foreign Faculty Hiring Programme (FFHP) at Government College University (GCU) Lahore.
A team of Information Technology University, Lahore has won the 39th All Pakistan Allama Muhammad Iqbal Bilingual Declamation Contest, hosted by the Government College University Lahore Debating Society (GCUDS).
The Punjabi language is becoming an alien idea in the midst of rapid urbanisation of the province. Years of contempt and ridicule attached with the language in popular culture has vastly reduced the importance of this beautiful language of Sufis. From the profound verses of Waris Shah and Bullay Shah that can stir even the coldest of souls, the language has been reduced to being associated with violence, ignorance and backwardness in the present day and age. Its speakers are looked down upon with cringe and dubbed “illiterate” as soon as they utter a word of Punjabi.
The Government College University Lahore on Wednesday featured the work of four young artists in a group show at its Minhas Art Gallery.
The three-day 119th Annual Sports of the Government College University Lahore concluded on Friday with a colorful ceremony at the university’s Oval Ground. The closing ceremony was held after various Gymkhana events in which a large number of students, faculty members, GCU staff members, old Ravians and guests took avid part. The GCU 119th Annual Sports Conclude