KARACHI, June 24: The University of Karachi has announced tentative dates for the graduate level annual examinations 2006. The spokesman for the varsity said on Saturday that a decision to this effect was made at a meeting of the principals of affiliated colleges and the chairpersons of KU’s teaching departments. The KU’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Akhlaq Ahmed, chaired the meeting.
Accordingly, the dates of the theory exams of BCom parts I and II and both parts is December 5 and that of BA (Pass) Part I and II and both parts is December 16.
The tentative date for the BSc (Pass) parts I and II and both parts is January 1, 2007.
The meeting further decided that the date for submission of graduate level forms of college students will be from August 16 to 31, 2006 without late fees. The date with late fees will be announced later.
The practical exams of the college candidates should be arranged before the theory exams for BSc from November 1 to 15, 2006 and for BA from November 1 to 30, 2006.
The relevant chairpersons of KU’s departments have been asked to convene a meeting of the board of studies of their departments as soon as possible and send panels to the controller of examinations for making further necessary arrangements, said the varsity spokesman.
The principals were also requested to send the names of internal examiners of all subjects to the chairpersons of concerned departments on priority basis to enable them to include them in the panel lists.
Meanwhile, in another communiqué, the spokesman for the University of Karachi on Saturday said the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, had left for London to participate in the World Urdu Conference.
He said the KU’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Akhlaq Ahmed, would perform as the acting VC in absence of Prof Pirzada.—APP
