Aitchison College abolishes kinship
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LAHORE: The Aitchison College Board of Governors has abolished the provision of kinship for admission to the college in a bid to ensure admissions on merit.
The decision was taken in the Aitchison College BoG meeting chaired by Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar at Governor House on Wednesday.
The meeting has unanimously decided that the college will not increase its fee so that the students belonging to middle class families could also get quality education at the institute. The meeting also reviewed progress of different development projects.
The meeting was attended by college principal Shamim Ahmad Khan, GOC Lahore, Dr Safdar Abbasi, Dr Ayesha Ghous, Raza Quli Khan and Dr Umer Saif.
Published in Dawn, June 19th, 2014
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Jun 19, 2014 06:12pm
A good and long cherished decision to end the feudals domain
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Jun 20, 2014 08:57am
How about abolishing sexism, and allowing girls to get admission too?
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Jun 20, 2014 12:50pm
@Yusuf so they should make Queen Mary and Kinnard and others co-education too sexism goes both ways
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Jun 24, 2014 10:18am
128 Years old tradition abolished, what for? This school is beyond studies, works more on building character. There need to be a criteria to get in which is not only scoring marks but some other extra-co-curricular merit.
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