LAHORE: A delegation from various US universities visited on Sunday the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) to discuss possibilities of close academic and research collaborations.

The delegates met with UET Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar and also students from more than 20 engineering departments.

The delegation comprised Lin Larson from The University of Texas at Arlington, Amir Sadafi from University of Colorado, Cory Cottingim from New York University, Aaron Wheelbarger from Oklahoma City University, Tim Hercules St Louis University, Samantha de Leon from Illinois Institute of Technology, Bob Coffey from Michigan State University, Patrick Morrison from University of South Dakota, Vince Milam from Marshall University, Sarah Noppen from Florida International University and Robert Medrano from Clarkson University.

It was an opportunity for students to interact with the US delegation and learn about various educational opportunities there. Most of the students – 78 per cent -- were interested in securing an admission for MSc, 15pc were planning to apply for PhD, 3pc post-doc opportunity, while 4pc learnt about MBA and semester-exchange opportunities in the US universities.

The session enabled students to broaden their horizons and gain academic exposure that could benefit them in the future.

SCHOOL EDUCATION: Punjab School Education Department on Sunday directed all the chief executive officers (CEOs) of district education authorities to grant causal leaves to teachers.

According to a notification, Punjab Education Sector Reform Programme Monitoring and Implementation Unit had written to the CEOs that the teachers were not being granted casual leaves within the timeline of 24 hours by the administration.

This should be rectified and schools administrations should allow casual leaves for teachers followed by proper procedure regardless of MEA visit.

Published in Dawn, November 25th, 2019