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HIGHLIGHTS
2020

Government College
University Lahore

GCU resumes online classes after teachers' training

he Government College University for online classes and providing time, to use Human Development Index data
Lahore resumes online classes support and guidance to students for in promoting sustainable development.
Tafter the training of its teachers readiness for online classes. Prof. Zaidi said that the quality of
and quality control of courses. This Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi said that the panel teaching was his prime concern as
helped the students in timely competition which included senior faculty and producing substandard graduates was
of graduation if the lockdown of administration has developed this policy not much worse than the COVID19. He
universities is extended beyond May 31, consistent with the guidelines of the said that's the university was not in
2020 due to coronavirus crisis. Federal and Provincial Higher Education hesitate to restart online classes and
Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi Commission. paying special attention to teachers'
said that the GCU constituted a “Panel For motivational and inspirational training and availability of a well-defined
for Digital Learning Environment” and purposes, the Vice-Chancellor dedicated course online.
embarked upon a four-dimension the working of this Panel for Digital He went on to say that the crisis has
strategy comprising teachers' training, Learning Environment to Dr. Mahbub ul offered us an opportunity and the
preparation of approved online-ready Haq (1934 - 1998), a distinguished availability of course material online
courses, adoption of the Learning Ravian and economist, who radically would also help in making classes
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Management System and procedures transformed the development paradigm interactive.

GCU conducts its first online PhD viva

n wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, the Government College University
Lahore has arranged its first online viva of a PhD candidate of Political
IScience, Ms. Sadia Rafiq, who completed her research on the topic related
to Sunni minorities in Iran.
An external examiner, Prof. Dr. Umbreen Javaid, the Dean, Faculty of
Behavioral & Social Sciences at Punjab University Lahore, conducted the PhD
viva ONLINE via Skype, while another examiner, Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed
Chaudhry, the former Dean of Bahaudin Zakria University Multan, was present
in person at the GC University campus.
Later, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Asghar Zaidi presented the PhD notification to
Dr. Sadia Rafiq, saying that the unusual situation due to COVID-19 posed
additional challenges to all communities which is why it is the need of the hour
that we learn to adapt and adopt innovative ways to tackle these challenges.

GCU starts Online Durs e Qur'an

h e G o ve r n m e n t C o l l e g e many years. He said that Prof. Zaidi
University Lahore has started regularly organized weekly sessions of
TONLINE Durs e Qur'an to Durs e Qur'an on the University campus
continue its tradition of character- before lockdown and now this tradition
building of its students during lockdown would continue ONLINE upon his
due to COVID-19. request.
Prof. Hafiz Muhammad Azmat on Friday Vice-Chancellor Prof. Zaidi said that the
delivered the first lecture on Taqwa Chancellor, Punjab Governor Chaudhry
(piety) through Facebook LIVE and Qur'an. Muhammad Sarwar had rightly
University's YouTube channel. He laid He lauded the effor ts of Vice- proposed the initiation of Qur'an
great stress on developing a system of Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi for education at the university level with
character-building of youth in reviving this decades-old tradition of equal emphasis on its translation and
educational institutions through Durs e Durs e Qur'an at GCU after a break of exegesis.