August 13, 2006	Sunday	Rajab 17, 1427

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LAHORE, Aug 12: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Saturday the University of Education would provide free science education to eligible candidates to overcome shortage of science teachers in educational institutions in the province.

Presiding over a meeting here at the Governor’s House, he said the offer would help motivate able young people teach science subjects in public and private schools in the province.

The meeting expressed its satisfaction over the Higher Education Commission (HEC) permission to the University of Education to introduce PhD in education.

It was informed that the Government College University Faisalabad was launching PhD classes in chemistry, botany and zoology as experienced faculty members fulfilling the HEC standards had been detailed to act as supervisors of thesis on the three subjects.

The meeting decided that the public sector universities would advance PhD level research in different subjects in close association with PCSIR, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture and Biology, and the genetic engineering institution NIBGE. Under this arrangement scientists working with these institutions would act as co-supervisors of the PhD scholars.

GCU vice-chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab said the HEC’s inspection committee had inspected 32 public and private universities.

CULTURAL WEEK: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi is scheduled to inaugurate the first-ever cultural week being organised here at the Lahore Fort by the Punjab Archaeology Department and Unesco on Aug 15.

According to Punjab Archaeology Department director-general Auriya Maqbool Jan on Saturday, the occasion being organised for the first time in Fort’s history was also to mark the completion of the restoration of its Sheesh Mahal conducted with the Unesco’s assistance.

He said activities of the week included exhibitions of photographs and paintings of Lahore’s monuments. In one portion of the Fort, artisans including fresco painters and calligraphists, would continue to perform during the week.

Another event would be a grand “mushaira” in the Hazoori Bagh which would be attended by a large number of poets from all over the country.