The University of Punjab

The University of Punjab was established in 1882 at Lahore, the University of the Punjab is the largest and the oldest seat of higher learning in Pakistan. It was the first to be established in the sub-continent in Muslim majority area. The fact that two Nobel laureates, Dr. Abdus Salam and Har Gobind Khorana are from this University speaks volumes for its academic and research excellence. Located in the historical and culturally alive city of Lahore, this University has played a leading role in higher education in the country. The University strives to provide a conducive environment for the pursuit of the academic activities. On account of its quality degrees, pleasant environment and low tuition fees the University remains the institution of first choice for admission seeking students. It is the oldest and largest public university in Pakistan. With multiple campuses in Gujranwala, Jhelum, and Khanspur. The Punjab University was the fourth university to be established by the British colonial authorities in the South Asia; the first three universities were established in other parts of British India. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programmes and various institutes in Punjab are affiliated with the Punjab University. There are 13 faculties in the University with 10 constituent colleges, over 73 departments, centres, and institutes. It has over 808 permanent faculty members involved in teaching/research and over 36,000 on campus students.The Punjab University has ranked first amongst large-sized multiple faculty universities by the HEC in 2012. There are also two Nobel Laureates amongst the university's alumni and former staff. Quaid-i-Azam Campus: also known as the new campus, it is named after the founder of Pakistan and is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the south of the Allama Iqbal Campus. Spread over an area of 1,700 acres (7 km2) of lush green landscape this campus is the centre of academic and administrative activities of the university. A canal divides the academic blocks from the student lodgings. Gujranwala Campus: the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Law and Science all conduct teaching in the campus. Khanspur Campus: the summer campus is located at a height of about 7,000 ft (2,100 m) in the Himalayan range near Ayubia. This campus, in addition to providing research facilities, is also used as a recreational center for the faculty and the students. Jhelum Campus: having recently opened in 2012,citation needed, it offers studies relating to the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Law and Science. The university has collaborated with different universities globally and has articulation agreements with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University and San José State University in the United States. It also has agreements with the University of Manchester, University of Luton, University of Bedfordshire, University of Birmingham, University of Surrey, University of Bradford, University of Cambridge, University of Derby, and University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. In China, Punjab University has collaborations with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Wuhan University School of Foreign Languages and Literature, University People’s Republic of China, Sichuan University, and Zhengzhou Medical University and in Iran with Markaz Nashr-e-Miras-e-Maktoob, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, University of Tehran, and Tarbiat Modares University. The University Punjab is very famous university in the World. More

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Pakistan Higher Education Commission

Higher Education Commission provides scholarships to the local students to study in high education at local and foreign universities. The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is an independent, autonomous, and constitutionally established institution of primary funding, overseeing, regulating, and accrediting the higher education efforts in Pakistan. The HEC also facilitated the development of higher educational system in the country with main purpose of upgrading the universities and colleges in the country to be focal point of the high learning of education, research, and development. Over the several years, the HEC plays an important and leading role towards building a knowledge based economy in Pakistan by giving out hundreds of doctoral scholarships for education abroad every year. Higher Education of Commission offering scholarships for students interested in higher studies. Pakistani student can get the whole details of these scholarships from HEC. Higher Education Commission are provided scholarships for all subjects and have focus information for opportunities seeker, students can find the most prominent and latest scholarships updated on daily basis. More

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Education for all

Process of learning is called education and education is the basic right of every person. A nation can be strong with educated citizens and education plays a vital role in the progress of any nation and responsible for its advancement towards success and Education is the light of the life. Education proves to one of the most important factors for the development of human civilization. Education enhances human status and leads everyone to propriety. it is a continuous and lifelong process. It attributes most important, precious and permanent property of an individual. Education provides manpower, strengthens national unity and uplifts public awareness. It invites positive and constructive change in life. It makes our life really prosperous and meaningful. Everyone wants to be well educated. Life can be successful by the help of appropriate education. Educated person can only judge what is correct and what is wrong?? And takes the appropriate and right decision but uneducated person fails to do so and the education system in Pakistan is generally divided into five levels, primary ,grades one through five, middle ,grades six through eight, high ,grades nine and ten, leading to the Secondary School Certificate or SSC, intermediate, grades eleven and twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary ,School, Certificate or HSC, and university programs leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees. The literacy rate ranges from 96% in Islamabad to 28% in the Kohlu District. Between 2000 and 2004, Pakistanis in the age group 55 to 64 had a literacy rate of almost 38%, those ages 45 to 54 had a literacy rate of nearly 46%, those 25 to 34 had a literacy rate of 57%, and those ages 15 to 24 had a literacy rate of 72%. Literacy rates vary regionally, particularly by gender. In tribal areas female literacy is 9.5%. Moreover, English is fast spreading in Pakistan, with 18 million Pakistanis ,11% of the population, having a command over the English language, which makes it the third largest English-speaking nation in the world and the second largest in Asia. On top of that, Pakistan produces about 445,000 university graduates and 10,000 computer science graduates per year. Despite these statistics, Pakistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world and the second largest out of school population ,5.1 million children, after Nigeria. Education is taken care of both by the public and private sector. The private sector instituions flourish due to their high qaulity education and better physical facilities. Private Schools in Pakistan enroll more students than in other countries of the region. They least bother about the capacity and facilities available, they rather over burden the teaching staff. The rapid mushroom growth of private schools and academies of teaching reflect the people's lack of trust in the public sector schools coupled with a deficiency of sufficient educational institutions to cater to the needs of the fast growing population. However, there are certain private schools which are slightly better than the public ones. In the elite schools where the quality education is offered, heavy fees is charged that continues to be a problem. These private sectors schools are meant only for a special sector of the population and are out of the reach of general masses. The private sector schools should be brought under the control of rules making these somewhat accessible for the common population. Globalization has greatly influenced our thought process, culture and ideology. It has a huge impact on education. On one hand, globalization has made higher education a web of knowledge through Information Technology and on the other, it has changed the structure of higher education through Neoliberal reforms. Due to higher demands and global necessities, public structure of higher education is converting into private structure. With increased number of higher education candidates, the role of universities has been transformed into knowledge workers from knowledge producers. As a result of privatization in higher education, number of universities is increasing day by day. But there is an imbalance in quantity and quality of higher education. Quantity is preferred over quality because of lack of funds. In 1947, there was only one university in Pakistan i.e. University of The Punjab, Lahore. Four years later, one university was set up in Peshawar and two in Karachi. During the regime of Ayub Khan 1958 to 69, two professional engineering and agricultural universities opened. The most remarkable work in public higher education was done during the Bhutto regime,1971 to 77. Seven universities in Sindh and southern Punjab, nine centers of excellence for promoting high quality research in different fields and seven area study centers were opened. During this era controlling authority of higher education UGC ,University Grand Commission, which is now reformed as Higher Education Commission  was established. If looked at beyond its conventional boundaries, forms the very essence of all our actions. What we do is what we know and have learned, either through instructions or through observation and assimilation. When we are not making an effort to learn, our mind is always processing new information or trying to analyze the similarities as well as the tiny nuances within the context which makes the topic stand out or seem different.

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