Peshawar
February 15, 2021
KARACHI: The disruption in education due to the Covid-19 pandemic has turned Pakistan into one of the top 10 markets in the Asia-Pacific region for Coursera, according to the chief enterprise officer of the international massive open online course (Mooc) provider.
“Since mid-March 2020 we have had over 429,000 new learners and 1.2 million enrolments on the Coursera platform from Pakistan,” Leah Belsky told The News during an interview. The Mooc provider boasts 919,000 plus learners from around the world.
The pandemic forced universities in Pakistan and around the world to quickly transition to online teaching and learning. Since the initial disruption, e-learning has grown from a short-term response for ensuring academic continuity to becoming a critical choice for supporting university education.
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World urged to take notice of HR abuses in IHK
Lahore
February 6, 2021
LAHORE:The Department of Pakistan Studies & Islamic Studies, University of Home Economics (UHE), organised a walk to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir and to condemn the brutalities of Indian forces in the Occupied Kashmir.
Addressing the participants, the UHE Vice-Chancellor Dr Kanwal Ameen emphasised that the people of Pakistan were committed to seeking a just and peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the IHK people. A large number of faculty and staff members, heads of all the departments and students participated in this walk. On this occasion, prayers were also offered for the independence of the held Kashmir and the success of the Kashmiri people in their freedom struggle.
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LCWU approves new academic programmes
Lahore
January 22, 2021
LAHORE:Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) is all set to launch some new academic programmes, including Tourism & Hospitality and Physiotherapy etc.
The LCWU Syndicate has approved the launch of these and many other programmes during its 78th meeting. The syndicate also approved setting up of new Department of Software Engineering while academic programmes, including Bachelor of Physiotherapy, MEd (one-year programme), BEd (18 months programme), Bachelor of Tourism & Hospitality, PhD Management Sciences, MPhil Special Education and MBA specialisation were also approved.
The syndicate meeting was chaired by the LCWU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mirza and was attended by Dr Kanwal Amin, Dr Saiqa Imtiaz, Khurshid A Malik, MPAs Uzma Kardar, Sumera Ahmad, Sadia Sohail Rana and officials from administrative departments.