Punjab University

PU BA/BSc exam schedule, MSc Psychology result, MSc Home Economics exam

Lahore, Dec 19: The Punjab University Examination Department has changed the schedule for BA/BSc Annual Examination, 2008 due to Eid Miladun Nabi (SAW) holiday. According to a press release, the exam will start from March 12, 2008 instead of March 13, 2008.

MSc Psychology result declared
The Punjab University Examination Department has declared the result of MSc Psychology Part-I, Annual Examination, 2007. As many as 525 candidates had appeared in the exam while 334 of them were declared successful. Detailed result is available at the varsity website www.pu.edu.pk.

PU approves topics, supervisors of researchers
A Metting of the Punjab University Advance Studies and Research Board Tuesday approved the topics and supervisors of various researchers at different departments. According to a press statement, the meeting approved the topics and supervisors of researchers at the departments including Psychology and Applied Psychology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics, Statistics, Islamic Studies, History, Art and Design, and Education of Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Education. The meeting also discussed the examiner's reports of six researchers and approved the panel of examiners. The meeting confirmed the registration of a PhD scholar at Department of Islamic Studies and approved the change of examiner of a researcher. It also discussed duplication in topics of research at MA level and PhD research at religious madaris. PU Acting Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Arif Butt, addressing the meeting, stressed the faculty deans to focus on research work in their departments to raise the standard of education.

MSc Home Economics exam
The Punjab University Examination Department has issued the admission schedule for MSc Home Economics, Part-I and Part-II Annual Examination 2007. According to a press release, the last date for submission of admission forms with single fee is Dec 31, 2007 while the forms can be submitted with double fee till January 4, 2008. Part-I exam will start from January 11, 2008 while Part-II exam will start from January.

PU Eid prayer schedule
Eidul Azha prayer, at Punjab University Jamia Mosque, New Campus, will be offered at 8:30am. PU buses will leave for the mosque at 7:45am from the varsityís residential colony. The News
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BA/BSc annual exams now from Feb 17
Lahore, Nov 20: The Punjab University has decided to take BA/BSc annual examinations 2009 one month earlier than the schedule, keeping in view the larger interests of the students.

According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, there was a clash in the dates of matric and intermediate examinations with BA/BSc exams, which, earlier, were to start from March 12.

Due to lack of examination centres and supervisory staff and other related problems, the conduct of the exams was not possible before May 15 and if the exams were started from May 15, the students had to face problems in getting admissions to MA/MSc, besides dealing with the problem of loadshedding.

Controller Examinations Prof Zahid Karim Khan said that the PU Examinations Department had written a letter to the Education Department of the Punjab government in this regard and a meeting was called, attended by members of boards intermediate and secondary education and other stakeholders which, after thorough discussions, decided that the BA/BSc exams should be started from Feb 17 instead of March 12. He said all the colleges were informed in this regard 10 days ago and they had been instructed to complete BA/BSc courses.

Prof Zahid Karim further said the PU decided to start the exam on Feb 17, to facilitate the students in getting admissions to MA/MSc. He said 170,000 students, including 120,000 private students, appeared in the BA/BSc exams last year, adding that the minor change in the schedule would not affect the private students as they do preparations on their own while colleges had been informed in this regard about three and half months before the exams. The PU spokesman said as the PU was the largest examination conducting body in the country, therefore, the schedule of the exam had been very carefully revised keeping in view the larger interests of the students. The News