Australia announces Video Competition and Study tour

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission invites schools from across Pakistan to participate in the Pakistan Schools’ Video Competition 2017 and win a study trip to a leading Australian university.

The competition invites students to submit short films around the theme of “Internet of Things (IOT).” It aims to broaden the horizons of students from Pakistan and expose them to new study options, particularly in fields that link to careers of the future.

The winners of Pakistan Schools’ Video Competition 2017 will have the opportunity to visit University of Technology Sydney with cost of return flights and accommodation paid.

Each school can nominate a team of two students and one teacher. The winning team will have the opportunity to visit the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

Students artwork promotes pro-democracy narrative

ISLAMABAD: Students of different educational institutions on Wednesday received awards and cash prizes for securing positions in competitions held across the country under the Hum Sab ka Pakistan campaign.

The themes for the competitions were democracy, tolerance and inclusiveness.

Urdu varsity given a year to vacate WAPDA property

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting Wapda’s plea in which it sought eviction of its building from Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday granted a year to the university to operate in the building as currently more than 5,000 students were enrolled there.

The Islamabad campus of the Federal Urdu University is being run in Wapda House in G-7 on rent since 2003. However due to some reasons, Wapda filed a lawsuit with the Rent Controller Islamabad in 2012 seeking vacation of its property. The decision went in favour of Wapda.

KU students highlight street children's plight

KARACHI: A group of 10 students of the Karachi University’s (KU) department of sociology and criminology researched the plight and different socio-economic issues faced by displaced children living on the streets of Karachi. The results of the research were shared at a programme held at a hotel on Wednesday.

The researchers exposed a gloomy picture of children living on the streets in which they chiefly focused on socio-economic issues, as well as the vulnerability of these displaced children, who had been forced by either natural or man-made disasters to move toward unknown destinations.

FUUAST may operate in WAPDA building: SC

ISLAMABAD: Turning down a plea from the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) seeking to evict the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology from one of its buildings in Islamabad, the top court on Wednesday granted the varsity a one-year reprieve.

However, the university would have to complete construction of its new campus by then, vacate the building and pay the utility due rent.

PU restricts student organisation's activity

LAHORE: Reacting to the conflict between two groups on March 21, the Punjab University administration has decided to impose rules to restrict student organisations’ activities. The objective is to control the prevailing unrest on campus.

According to a letter issued by the PU Registrar to all deans, chairmen, principals, directors, wardens and heads of non-teaching administrative departments, the university chalked an 11-point administrative order to restrict student organisations.

TQM - Short Question and Answers

1. Define Total Quality?
TQM is a enhancement to the traditional way of doing business. It is the art of managing the whole to achieve excellence. It is defined both a philosophy and a set of guiding principles that represent the foundation of a continuously improving organization.

2. Define Quality?
Quality = Performance x Expectations

S&T education to help create pool of skilled manpower

President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday stressed the need for the provision of quality education to the youths, especially in the fields of engineering and science and technology, to create a pool of skilled manpower in the country, and said it would strengthen national economy.

AJK universities asked for transparency in appointments

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has asked the public sector universities to ensure fair, transparent and fault-free system of appointments.

“I wonder why allegations of nepotism, favouritism and regionalism are being levelled in the process of recruitments,” said Mr Khan, who is also the chancellor of public sector varsities in the region, at a meeting of vice chancellors (VCs), on Tuesday.

LHC orders to reopen BZU sub-campus in Lahore

LAHORE: A full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC), as an interim relief, has ordered to reopen the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) sub-campus in Lahore, with directives to the administration not to make further admissions.

The court also ordered BZU sub-campus chief executive officer (CEO) Munir Bhatti to appear on April 6, and submit an affidavit.

BISE Federal board issues inter part 1 & 2 datesheet 2017

ederal Board Inter Date Sheet 2017 will be announced in March. As we all know that every single year the Federal Board agrees with the intermediate exams for students, so this coming year in 2017, this fee once again all set to organize a midterm exams for students. Well, not only between, but also entrance exams are also conducted for students. Federal Board to ensure that all examinations are conducted for both private and regular students on the basis of the coming year and the same rule will apply to students. In 2017 will be organized in the month of April 2017.

BISE Peshawar announce inter annual exams datesheet 2017

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, BISE Peshawar Board every year organizes the matric and intermediate exams according to the prescribed schedule. The matric exams are generally conducted one month earlier to intermediate exams. The annual exams of matriculation are organized in the month of March and date sheet is issued in February.

LHC Suspends Decision to Hold CSS Exams in Urdu

Lahore High Court (LHC) recently instructed the relevant authorities to conduct CSS (Central Superior Services) examinations in Urdu. Today, that decision has been suspended by the LHC Chief Justice, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.

Previously, the single bench’s decision considered the Supreme Court’s verdict regarding the status of Urdu as the official language and directed authorities to ensure that the 2018 CSS exams were conducted in the national language.

Ex-student wins 17 years battle against Punjab University

A woman of Pakistani origin, currently residing in Canada has won a 17-year legal battle against Punjab University (PU), the BBC reported on Tuesday. In its judgment, the Lahore High Court ordered the university to pay Rs 800,000 in damages to Wajiha Arooj, 38, who had sued the university for damaging her reputation.
Arooj had sought action against the university almost two decades ago when an error brought her disrepute and impacted the course of her life. While studying for her master’s degree in English at the university, Arooj was wrongly marked absent for an exam and told that she had failed.

Institute of Space Technology

Institute of Space Technology (also known as IST) is a public research university located in Islamabad, Pakistan focused on the study of astronomy, aerospace engineering and astronautics. Established in 2002 under the auspices of the Pakistan National Space Agency. IST offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degrees in partnership of Beihang University and University of Surrey. Since 2008, IST has an ISO certified management standard. IST is based on a 73 acre campus on the outskirts of Islamabad.