Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and six other leaders of the party received notices from th
SSC annual exams kick off with leaked paper, late start and blame game
July 6, 2021
Before the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual Examinations 2021 began on Monday, the first question paper of physics had been leaked on WhatsApp groups, and later widely spread on other social media platforms.
Moreover, centre control officers (CCOs) and invigilators could not ensure timely delivery of question papers to several examination centres. Board officials have suspended a number of examiners posted at various centres over administrative negligence.
Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) Chairman Syed Sharaf Ali Shah had forwarded a letter to the law enforcement agencies through the district administration on Friday, asking that Section 144 be enforced at all the exam centres to prevent external interference. Photostat shops would also be kept closed during exam hours.
VC Arts, Heritage varsity Jamshoro pledges to resolve issues
National
February 22, 2021
SUKKUR: Vice-Chancellor, Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro University of Art, Design and Heritage, Jamshoro, Bhai Khan Shar, has said he has pledged to meet the targets, including to overcome the financial crisis and other issues. The vice-chancellor said no doubt the university has been facing multiple challenges because of upgradation of arts and design college to a university and it is the first time that the university has established its Senate and Syndicate to resolve issues. He said the university has been facing severe financial constrains due to Covid-19 pandemic, adding that though he had held meetings with Sindh CM, advisor to the CM Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and other stakeholders.
Karachi
February 4, 2021
Rejecting the federal governmentâs policy to introduce four-year degree programmes in Pakistan, the Sindh government has decided to continue all the existing two-year degree programmes being offered in the province.
Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, the provincial chief ministerâs adviser on universities and educational boards said that any proposal of the federal Higher Education Commission (HEC) to introduce a four-year degree programme is tantamount to attacking provincial autonomy.
Nisar Ahmed Khuhro announced on the occasion that the Sindh government rejects all such policies of the federal HEC that go against the concept of provincial autonomy. He said that all the universities in the province will continue their two-year degree programmes in accordance with Sindhâs universities law and in pursuance of the idea of provincial autonomy.