On the instructions of PU Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, PU administration has organized meeting with principals and representatives of affiliated colleges to improve quality of education for the first time in PU's history. The meeting was organized at PU's Faisal Auditorium in which Punjab Higher Education Commission's Director General Dr Shahid Soroya, Deans of various faculties, Administrative Officers and Principals/representatives of 618 colleges affiliated with Punjab University participated in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Prof Niaz Ahmad said that the incumbent administration was very serious to take steps to improve academic standard. He said that we must have competent faculty, modern curriculum and appropriate infrastructure for improving quality of education. He said that our degrees must be market-oriented and our graduates must have skills relevant to their degrees. He said that the quality of graduates on campus and in affiliated colleges should be equal at least and the administration would focus on it. He said that the quality of education attracted candidates towards institutions.
He said that the country was facing specific circumstances and academia must play its role for development of our country in all the fields. He said that PU would also ensure academic audit of programmes. He said that we must play our role to eliminate unemployment from the country and raise standard of our degrees.
Later, a detailed question-answer session was held with the principals/representatives of affiliated colleges to get feedback, resolve several issues and improve quality of education.
The Vice Chancellor also announced to form several committees.
The Principals /representatives of the colleges thanked the vice chancellor for providing them with the opportunity to interact with each other and work collectively to improve quality of education.
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