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UO Syndicate Approves Third Party Screening Policy For Recruitment  

OKARA: The University of Okara’s Syndicate in its 15th meeting held at the New Ministers’ Block Civil Secretariat Lahore, unanimously approved the third party screening policy for all of the administrative positions.

The body upheld the recommendations of the Search Committee regarding the appointment of Registrar and Controller Examinations and forwarded them to the higher authorities for consideration.

The meeting was chaired by the Minister Higher Education Punjab, Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz.

The UO Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar elaborated the university’s stance on ensuring transparency and meritocracy in recruitments. Considering this, the Syndicate allowed the university to hire the services of an independent screening organization for the shortlisting of candidates through written tests.

Keeping in view the needs of the special education sector, the body approved the induction of a faculty member holding a PhD degree for the uplifting of the UO’s Department of Special Education.

The minister hailed the UO administration’s efforts for providing decent higher education opportunities to more than 16,000 students of district Okara and its vicinity.

The VC thanking the Syndicate members vowed to continue his endeavors for the betterment of higher education standards and facilities in the university.

 

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UO Syndicate Approves Senior Faculty Recruitment, New Academic Block

The Syndicate of the University of Okara, in its 12th meeting held yesterday at the New Ministers’ Block Lahore, approved the recruitment of the senior faculty members including Associate and Assistant Professors and also sanctioned the construction of a new academic block worth 80 million.

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Seminar On Success Through Knowledge Held At UO

A seminar themed as ‘The Way to Success Through Knowledge’ was held at the University of Okara. The event was organized by the Public Relations Department.

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Annual Entrepreneurship Gala at University of Okara

The students of the Department of Management Sciences, University of Okara (UO) organized an Entrepreneurship Gala under the supervision of their teachers including Shehzad Aziz, Rai Imtiaz, Abdul Manan and Hafiz Fawad Ali.

A range of innovative business ideas including e-commerce, information technology, hoteling and consultancy services were presented through stalls, models and posters.

The gala started with a grand opening ceremony. The resident officer Dr Shehzad Ahmed inaugurated the event. In his address to the students, he urged them to bring their business ideas to life and start small-scale businesses after passing out in a bid to create employment opportunities for the youth.

Explaining the objective of the gala, Shehzad Aziz said that the students of management sciences had an integral role to play in society as they possessed the skills and knowledge to initiate entrepreneurship and engage students of other disciplines.

Rai Imtiaz acknowledged the efforts of the students in making the gala a mega success and wished them good fortune for their future endeavors. He said that the Department of Management Sciences was aimed at inculcating entrepreneurship skills among the students through practical teaching as per the vision of the vice chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar.

According to the university spokesperson, the Entrepreneurship Gala is held every year in February at the UO. The purpose of this gala was to motivate and encourage the students to exhibit their skills and create employment opportunities for themselves as well as their fellows.

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Lecture Series On Responsible Citizenry Begins At UO

A lecture series on “Inculcation of Responsible Citizenry and Vibrant Academic Culture” started at the University of Okara with the German Scholar Peter-Josef Boeck conducting interactive sessions with the students of all departments for a week.

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University Of Okara To Lead HED’s Patriot League

The University of Okara is all set to perform the lead role in Higher Education Department’s Patriot League that is scheduled to start from February 1st with the opening ceremony.

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Universities Must Establish Rule Of Law On Campus:Dr Zakar

While talking to the students and scholars of the University of Okara, the Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar said that universities are part of the larger institutional system of society and they must work to promote in their system the values like respect for rule of law, social justice, meritocracy and nondiscrimination.

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Anti-Corruption Awareness Seminar Held At UO

A seminar on Anti-Corruption Awareness was held at the University of Okara.

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Young Universities Can Reduce Gender Gap: Dr Zakar

Following the World Economic Forum Report which ranked Pakistan at 151th position among 153 countries on global gender parity index, the Vice Chancellor University of Okara (UO) Professor Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar, while talking to the media, told that the district-based young universities have the potential to reduce gender gap and increase gender participation by providing opportunities of higher education to the women of marginalized sections and rural areas.

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University Of Okara Confers Degrees To First Batch Of Mphil Mathematics

The newly established University of Okara conferred degrees to the very first batch of MPhil Mathematics after due recognition by the Higher Education Commission (HEC). The 15 passing out students received their degrees from the University of Okara Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar and the Head of the Department Dr Shoaib Saleem.