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Vice Chancellor unveils                                                 HIGHLIGHTS
             “GCU Goals: 2020-23”                                                          2020

                                                                                      Government College
             rof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, the Vice Chancellor of Government
             College  University  Lahore,  unveiled  his  three-year                   University Lahore
        Pstrategic  vision  “GCU  Goals:  2020-23”  aimed  at
        improving  quality  of  education,  promoting  research  culture,
        internationalization,  infrastructure  development  and
        digitalization  of  university's  learning  and  management
        systems.
        The  Vice  Chancellor  unveiled  the  document  “GCU  Goals:
        2020-23” at a monthly meeting of academic heads and deans
        at the University's meeting Rooms.
        “This monthly meeting of the University's academic heads will
        become a permanent feature of the University calendar and
        would be held on every first Tuesday of the month to review the
        progress on these goals and discuss challenges faced by the
        University,” said Prof. Asghar Zaidi.
        He  said  that  the  GCU  Lahore  is  empowering  its  academic
        heads, and from this year onwards, instead of the University's
        Registrar  Office,  chairpersons  and  Deans  are  given
        responsibility to ensure merit and transparency in admissions
        and appointments.
        Talking about the importance of holding training of faculty and
        staff,  Prof.  Zaidi  remarked  that  GCU  will  have  HR  policy  to
        attract and retain the best talent.







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        Prof. Zaidi said that the biggest challenge, they would be facing
        this year, is to start academic activities on the new campus of
        GCU in Kala Shah Kaku. He said initially Physical Education
        and  Fine  Arts  Departments  would  be  shifted  to  the  New
        Campus, while Chemistry Department had also consented to
        conduct its MPhil classes there. These Departments will also
        retain their buses in the old campus.
        The Vice Chancellor said that as many as ten focal persons
        were  appointed  under  Clause  4  of  Higher  Education
        Commission  (HEC)  Policy  against  Sexual  Harassment  and
        students  are  encouraged  to  report  any  matter  related  to
        harassment to these focal persons.
        The  VC  also  shared  that  the  GCU  Goals  also  aimed  at
        strengthening employability of their graduates and developing
        entrepreneurial  mindset,  producing  research  leading  to
        commercialization and social impact, developing linkages with
        policy making bodies, partnering with industry and academia
        abroad and improvement in all the underlying indicators used
        for international university rankings.
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