LAHORE :13 May: Information Technology University (ITU) held its 8th Robotics Expo at Arfa Software Technology Park on Saturday in which the university’s freshman students of the second semester showcased 20 projects that offer modern technological solutions to many problems of both local and global relevance.

LAHORE :May 13: The concluding ceremony of a weeklong training “Mapping of DVM Curriculum for OIE Compliance and Integrated Learning Interventions” was held at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) here on Saturday. According to a press release, UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha presided over the concluding session of the training and distributed certificates among the participants and resource persons.

Punjab bans dancing at school events According to details, the Punjab government has imposed this ban throughout the province, binding both government and private educational institutions in the province, to observe the ban. “During special occasions, such as competitions, parents day, teachers day and even orations there was a custom of students dancing on Pakistani and Indian songs, read a notification, adding that according to government rules, dancing has been banned regardless of the occasion. LHC orders PEMRA to take legal action against Sahir Lodhi’s morning show

LAHORE:12 May: The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has issued directions to assign homework to all students during summer vacations. According to a letter issued by the SED Chief Minister’s Monitoring Force, District Education Authorities (DEAs) Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of all the districts of the province had been told to have homework assigned to all students within a week.

LAHORE:12 May:Punjab University (PU) Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) Friday organised a seminar “The Geo Strategic Dimensions and Post 9/11 Afghanistan”. According to a press release, expert on Afghan affairs, intelligence and international security Brig (r) Ishaq Ahmed was the keynote speaker while Prof Dr Umbreen Javaid, faculty members, MPhil & PhD scholars and students were also present on the occasion.

LAHORE:May 12: Government College University’s Quaid-e-Azam Hostel launched a literary magazine “The Quaid” at its silver jubilee celebrations. GCU VC Prof Dr Hassan Amir, Hostel Warden Prof Dr Ahmad Adnan and Superintendent Dr M Nouman Sarwar Qureshi along with the students cut the cake of the celebration. They also unveiled the first edition of “The Quaid”.The news.

LAHORE :11 May: Punjab School Education Minister Rana Mashhood has announced public and private schools summer vacation across Punjab from May 17. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the minister said the schools would reopen on August 10 and a new government would be in place after the general elections 2018. He said the decision for early summer vacation was made in view of increasing temperatures and Ramazan.

LAHORE :11 May: A teachers-parents meeting was held on Thursday at an institute for special children, Defence Campus, Lahore. The meeting was held on the completion of the second term and parents were briefed on the performance of their children. The parents also sought guidelines from teachers to impart training to their children at home as well. They were handed over results of their children along with beautiful skills enhancing gifts. Parents also wrote their impressions about their children’s abilities and atmosphere of the institute.

Rawalpindi:09 May: Open House & Job Fair 2018 was held at NUST College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (EME), here on Tuesday. Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, renowned scientist, former Chairman NESCOM and former Member Science & Technology Planning Commission of Pakistan, graced the occasion as chief guest. In his address he emphasised on further strengthening industry-academia relationships for rapid scientific and technological development in the country. He highlighted the importance of fostering an entrepreneurial culture in Pakistan.

LAHORE:09 May: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) water safety teams have commenced inspection of 130,000 private and government schools in Punjab to check water filtration plants after ending a deadline given to them for fixing the plants. The teams will complete inspection within two days and submit a report to PFA Director General Noor-ul-Amin Mengal. Following the directions of DG Food, PFA’s watchdogs have launched a special drive.

LAHORE:09 May: The third degree awarding ceremony of Punjab University Oriental College was held on Tuesday in which 194 degrees were distributed among the students of master degree programme of Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi and Kashmiriyat (sessions 2015 and 2016) while five MPhil degrees were also awarded.

LAHORE:08 May: A five-day certificate course on Supply Chain Management started at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) with the collaboration of USAID on Monday. Addressing at the inaugural session, Technical Adviser of USAID Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Programme, Dr Nisar Ahmad Cheema said the process of procurement, supply and distribution of medicine and other health commodities in public sector hospitals of the province was being made standardised, comprehensive and effective.

LAHORE:07 May: A grand cultural show was staged by Turkish Culture Centre Lahore, which is the cultural body of Yunus Emre Enstitutu Intanbul under the theme of "We are the future of World" to promote harmony, peace and give awareness to Pakistani nation how kids are important.

LAHORE:May 7: Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) has appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to stop Lahore Development Authority (LDA) from auctioning the plots designated in housing societies for the establishment of schools and hospitals.

Lahore:May 7:Education remains one of the biggest challenges Pakistan is facing as a nation. As many as 22.6 million children in our country don’t go to school, that’s 44 per cent of all children aged 5-16, according to Pakistan Education Statistics. In a press release issued on Saturday, The Citizens Foundation (TCF) said it had been working towards enabling quality education for the less privileged for the last two decades.