LAHORE, Dec 25: The Punjab University Institute of Education and Research’s (IER) research and evaluation department has opened admissions for eight-week short courses in 10 different programmes.

The courses are: Certificate in practical skills; development in research methods and analysis; essential of a research topic; review of literature conceptual framework; sampling techniques and related issues; development of instruments for survey research; research design in experimental studies; orientation to SPSS; using SPSS for comparing means; using SPSS for correlations and regression and using SPSS for Chi-Square Test.

The classes for these courses will be held on Fridays and Saturdays. At the end of each course, a two-day workshop will be organised.

BA/BSC: The Punjab University’s BA/BSc supplementary examinations for 2007 results are expected to be declared on Dec 31.

According to PU controller of examinations Prof Dr Taqi Zahid Butt, the results have been compiled within 50 days of the conduct of the examination.