The recent alarm bells over rising extremism and intolerance among university students look set to be answered as public universities across Punjab have devised a plan to promote students’ interaction that will lead to peace and harmony among the youth enrolled at leading educational institutions.
For several decades, students around the world looking to decorate their academic credentials with a definitive seal of approval have looked to the West and its universities. Names like Harvard, Yale and MIT have continued to stir up the imagination of millions of young minds hoping to acquire academic qualifications that give wings to their ambitions.
Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday ordered a ban on increase in tuition fees by private schools until the provincial government comes up with a uniform policy regarding the matter.
The role of universities in imparting meaningful and high quality education is crucial for the development of a country and key to boosting the country’s economic fortunes. This was stated by Turkish Centre for Strategic Research Chairman Professor Mesut Ozcan during a daylong seminar on Tuesday.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday announced overseas PhD scholarships for faculty members of selected public universities across Pakistan. Titled ‘Overseas Scholarships for Public Sector Universities’, the awards will fall under the commission’s Faculty Development Programme and will entertain applications from public universities that have a human resource development (HRD) component in their Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).
A recently established state-of-the-art facility for research in coal technology, energy and environment engineering was formally inaugurated on Wednesday at Punjab University (PU) New Campus.
The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore held its 24th convocation on Thursday, November 16, at the university’s main auditorium, awarding degrees to over 2,200 students of various batches.
Fifteen hundred students graduating in various educational courses were officially conferred degrees as the University of Management and Technology Lahore held its 14th convocation ceremony on Tuesday, November 14.
