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CM announces Rs 1.8 million for FM radio station at KC |
Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has announced Rs 2 million for the Kinnaird College (KC) – Rs 1.8 million for a radio station and Rs 200,000 for the welfare of the college’s lower staff.
He made this announcement, while speaking at the convocation of the KC on Tuesday.
Association of KC chairman Dr Alexandar John Malik and the principal of the college, Mira Phailbus, were also present on the occasion. The CM said that the government was attaching top priority to education because it was necessary for prosperity. “The government is struggling for the uplift of the education sector. The educational budget has been increased during the last four years,” he added.
He said that the government was supporting the public-private partnerships and a number of educational programmes had been launched with the collaboration of the private sector.
He said that in addition to primary education, the government had taken measures to promote higher education. He said that free education was being provided to students at the government schools up to the matric level besides providing free textbooks. “In 15 districts of the province, Rs 200 is being given to girl students showing more than 80 percent attendance every month,” the CM added. He said that the dropout rate of girl students in schools had declined due to this policy. “The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the UN and other international organisations had praised the education programmes of the Punjab government,” he added.
He said that due to the policies of the government, the enrolment at the government schools had been increased by 21 percent.
The CM said that the policy of nationalising education institutions caused a serious setback to the education sector. The CM said that the Kinnaird College was also playing an exemplary role for the character building and polishing the talent of girl students. “The college has produced a large number of scientists, business executives and decision-makers,” he added. Talking to reporters after the convocation, he said that the government had not made a deal with the Pakistan People’s party. “There is complete freedom of expression in the country,” he added.
KC principal Mira Phailbus said that the college had produced excellent results. She said that the passing-out students were serving various national and multinational organisations in various capacities. She said that from the next academic session, the KC would introduce MPhil in various subjects including statistics, mass communication and English literature. She said the college had recently received an FM radio licence by the PEMRA. Mira Phailbus also praised the role of the Old Association of Kinnaird Society (OAKS).
Degrees were awarded to the successful students of the BCS, MA applied linguistics, English language and literature, French, and masters in science and statistics. The students showing outstanding performances were also awarded with gold medals. The recipients of the gold medals included Tayyabba Batool (2005) and Huma Mughal (2006) in the bachelors in computer science and business programme, Masooma Masroor (2005) for MA applied linguistics, Aafia Qureshi for MA English language teaching. Leena Sehr Ali and Zainab Siraj shared a gold medal for MA English literature. Saima Saleem was awarded with a special medal in the same subject for her seriousness and commitment towards her studies despite her handicap. Nida Masood (2004) and Sadia Falak Sher (2005) were awarded gold medals for MA environmental sciences. Amina Sarfaraz (2005) and Shahida Naheed (2005) were awarded gold medals for MS Statistics and MS Science Education respectively. A large number of KC faculty members, graduating students and their parents were also present on the occasion. staff reportLabels: career training |
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