PARTICIPANTS of the ceremony cut a cake to mark the Chinese New Year. White Star
KARACHI: The Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi on Thursday evening celebrated Chinese New Year also known as Happy Spring Festival at an hour-long ceremony on the university campus.
Speaking on the occasion, the Pakistani director of the institute, Prof Nasiruddin thanked KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi for lending a helping hand in organising the event. He wished that the new year would bring happiness and prosperity to China and hoped that Pak-China relations would further strengthen. He told the audience that the institute was in its seventh year having six to seven teaching sites in Karachi with 800 students.
Fact check: Karachi University will not hold only online exams
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KU clarifies it is going assess performance via a hybrid mode both online and in-person
40% of the weightage for a student s grade will be assigned to the in-person exam and 60% to the rest of the course work; depts that held online classes only may hold online exams
Students suffering from COVID-19 are not allowed to appear in the exams
The University of Karachi on Friday clarified that it would not exclusively opt for online exams as the mode of assessment of a student s performance, after a fake notification started circulating on social media.
Over 800 candidates sit entry tests at KU
The candidates were allowed to enter the test centres only after their temperatures were checked with thermal guns
A view of Karachi University. PHOTO: MOHAMAMD NOMAN/EXPRESS
KARACHI:
Over 800 prospective students sat for the admission tests for computer science, software engineering and applied physics undergraduate evening programmes at the University of Karachi on Sunday.
The entry tests, held in 34 classrooms housed in the KU s department of economics and department of computer science, were conducted in line with coronavirus-related standard operating procedures (SOPs), stated the varsity in a statement issued on the day.
According to the varsity, KU vice-chancellor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi visited the classrooms to review the arrangements for the implementation of the SOPs. Expressing satisfaction over the arrangements, he said that test results and answer scripts would be uploaded online.
KU to upload students test answer sheets on portal from next year for transparency
Pakistan
University of Karachi s silver jubilee gate. Photo: APP/File
KARACHI: The University of Karachi on Sunday announced that it would upload the answer scripts of candidates as well as answers-key on the web portal from next year to make the marking of tests more transparent.
The announcement was made by KU s Vice-Chancellor Professor Khalid Mahmood Iraqi.
The University also conducted an entry test for the evening programme of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Physics on Sunday. According to an official statement released by the varsity in this regard, as many as 846 candidates appeared in the entry test.
KU conducts special entry test
Karachi
January 2, 2021
The University of Karachi on Friday conducted a special entry test for candidates who were unable to appear in the entry test of the morning bachelorâs programmes held on December 13.
The entry test started at 11am at the Directorate of Admissions and the candidates were given 100 minutes to solve their question papers. According to Directorate of Admissions Incharge Dr Saima Akhtar, six candidates were unable to appear in the entry test on December 13 due to Covid-19.
She mentioned that the candidates submitted their applications on the official web portal and informed the varsityâs admission committee and also submitted their medical reports. The results were announced within 15 minutes after the submission of the answer booklets.