LAHORE:17 January: The inter-university boards have been established at the national and provincial levels to standardise medical education especially at the postgraduate level, and to hold a single uniform entrance test for admission to various programmes.

LAHORE:January 14: Gilgit-Baltistan Students Federation on Sunday staged a protest demonstration at Liberty, against police for not arresting the culprits involved in the murder of a student. The protesters said that the police concerned were reluctant to round up the culprits who had kidnapped and killed a student Ejaz in Rawalpindi 10 days back. They demanded the authority concerned to look into the matter and direct the police to arrest the murderers.The news.

FAISALABAD:12 January: University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice-Chancellor Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa Friday announced donating his seven acres of land to the Akhuwat Trust for educational purposes. Chairing the steering meeting of Akhuwat, the VC said helping the disadvantage class and work for their welfare would result in the progress of the country. He said his land near Gojra should be used to raise educational level and bring prosperity in the area.

LAHORE:12 Januuary: University of Management and Technology (UMT) President Ibrahim Hasan Murad has said that in order to ensure real change impacting people's lives positively, effective strategic planning especially in education sector is the need of the hour because peoples' expectations in the government are very high.

LAHORE:12 January: Punjab University has issued schedule for registration of private students for BA/BSc Part-I annual examination 2019 for those students who have passed compartment (failing in one/ two paper) only supplementary intermediate examination 2018. Such students can apply for online registration and have to submit private registration form along with original bank challan of fee Rs3720/- deposit fee in any HBL branch (notified for such purpose) and required educational documents with photocopies of I.D card from January 14 to January 28.

LAHORE:12 January: Punjab Minister for Schools Education Murad Raas Friday chaired a meeting here at Civil Secretariat to devise a plan for eradicating narcotics in educational institutions across the province.

LAHORE:January 11: Punjab University has awarded PhD degree to Savera Mujib Shami daughter of Mujibur-Rehman Shami in the subject of Communication Studies after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Social Media and Political Communication: Usage of Facebook and Twitter by the Political Actors of Pakistan and Analysis of Audience Reaction’. Dr Savera Shami is currently working as Assistant Professor at Punjab University, Institute of Communication Studies.The news.

LAHORE:January 11: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has advised the universities to ensure adherence to its guidelines in order to launch Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree programme.

OKARA:10 January: Punjab Population Welfare Minister Col (retd) Sardar Hashim Dogar Wednesday said population could be controlled only through education. Addressing a symposium arranged by the District Population Welfare Department (DPWD), the minister said healthy family and children were the basis of a healthy nation. He said unchecked increase in population was a critical situation for the country. The minister said the Punjab government was initiating a monthly stipend from the Benazir Income Support Program for poor mothers who go out for labour and cannot feed their children.

FAISALABAD:January 10: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) will observe February 14 as the Sisters’ Day to promote eastern culture and Islamic traditions among the youth, said UAF Vice-Chancellor Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa.

LAHORE:January 10: Improvement in education sector is the priority agenda of PTI government. Government has sufficiently enhanced the educational budget to achieve this target and in the current fiscal year, as much as Rs373 billion has been allocated for education sector. Only lip-service was done for educational betterment in the previous governments.

FAISALABAD:January 10: Punjab Auqaf Minister Sahibzada Saeedul Hassan Shah announced that the provincial government would establish Sufi University in Lahore to promote the education of Sufism.

LAHORE:January 9: Punjab University has announced the result of Doctor of Pharmacy fourth professional annual examination 2018. Detailed results are available on PU website.The news.

Rawalpindi:04 January: All campuses of Sadeeqa’s Learning System (SLS) Montessori & High School celebrated Scientist Week, says a press release. Primary students of Montessori Section Lalazar Branch celebrated Scientist Day through series of science experiments and handmade science projects which were made by the students and were presented in front of the parents and other guests. From the invisible ink experiment to the magical balloon, the gigantic solar system and the water cycle the students impressed the audience with their remarkable presentations.

Lahore:04 January: Punjab University has announced results of MSc Mathematics Part-II annual examination 2018. Detailed results are available on PU website.The news.