KARACHI: The Academic Council meeting of the University of Karachi on Friday approves to conduct the online classes to continue the academic activities as part of the lockdown measures against the spread of the coronavirus.
As many as 86 members participated in the online meeting, which was held to decide the future line of action of the University, and was chaired by the KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi.
The members of the Academic Council decided that as per the recommendation of the Higher Education Commission Islamabad, Karachi University would start online classes, and initially, University would facilitate three to five teachers from each faculty as master trainers, whose responsibility would be to train other faculty members of their faculties.
The Academic Council also approves that the deans would be responsible for nominating the master trainers and would also monitor the training of other faculty members by the master trainers.
The dean offices would be the hub to facilitate the teachers, whereas, the Dean Faculty of Education, Professor Dr Nasir Salman, would guide the teachers in avoiding plagiarism and copyright matters during online classes.
The online classes/submission of assignments of various courses as per the approved course outline would be conducted till July 15, 2020. The online classes may also include the alternative to labs/practical sessions.
The teachers would conduct online classes from their homes. However, in case of any difficulty, they could use their offices, classrooms, or meeting rooms of the Dean Offices of their faculties. Each department should constitute a departmental evaluation/student assessment committee before July 15, 2020.
The Academic Council also permits that University could conduct classes for the students who were unable to attend the online classes on Saturdays and Sundays from July 16, 2020, to August 13, 2020.
It has been decided that during the same period, classes, labs, or alternatives to labs/practical to complete the leftover part of the syllabi by considering the smart duration of 40 minutes for each class. The finalisation of online student assessment/ examination/ evaluation material would be carried out from August 17 to 21, 2020 and the semester examination would be held from August 22 to September 12, 2020.
The second-semester teaching would be conducted from September 15 to December 13, 2020. The semester examinations would be held from December 14 to 31, 2020.
Meanwhile, online teaching (classes), labs and assessment for the evening programme would be conducted till July 15, 2020, while classes/labs for leftover syllabus could be conducted from July 16 to September 10, 2020, and finalisation of online assessment/examination/evaluation material would be held from September 11 to 13, 2020.
The first-semester examination would be held from September 14 to 30, 2020 while the second semester could be arranged from October 01 to December 31, 2020, and second semester examinations could be started from January 01 to 20, 2021. The Academic Council also constituted a subcommittee regarding students' examination, assessment, and evolution which would be supervised by Professor Dr Abdul Wahid Baloch. This subcommittee would submit its recommendations to the KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi.
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