Bahria convocation: Navy chief confers degrees on 324 students
A majority of the position holders, with gold and silver medals, comprised of girls.
KARACHI:
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila stressed on Sunday the need for concerted efforts to raise the current three per cent for the rate of higher education in the country.
Speaking at the 8th convocation of Bahria University at its Karachi campus, he said increased enrolment at university-level programmes, with an adequate provision for quality, was extremely essential for national progress and development.
Admiral Sandila conferred degrees upon 324 graduating students from the faculties of business administration, engineering (electronics and telecommunication management), computer sciences, telecommunications. Students also walked away with an MSc in geophysics and MSc degrees in professional psychology.
A majority of the position holders, with gold and silver medals, comprised girls who had managed to bag positions in the MBA, BBA, Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Sciences and MSc in professional psychology programmes.
The chief of naval staff appreciated that Bahria University had recently raised its budgetary allocation for scholarships from Rs16 million to Rs20 million for meritorious students in need of financial support for their education.
“It is heartening to find that there are 9,600 students acquiring bachelor’s, master’s, MPhil and PhD level education at the Karachi and Islamabad campuses of Bahria University,” he said. “This speaks of the trust that their parents have reposed in the university,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2012.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila stressed on Sunday the need for concerted efforts to raise the current three per cent for the rate of higher education in the country.
Speaking at the 8th convocation of Bahria University at its Karachi campus, he said increased enrolment at university-level programmes, with an adequate provision for quality, was extremely essential for national progress and development.
Admiral Sandila conferred degrees upon 324 graduating students from the faculties of business administration, engineering (electronics and telecommunication management), computer sciences, telecommunications. Students also walked away with an MSc in geophysics and MSc degrees in professional psychology.
A majority of the position holders, with gold and silver medals, comprised girls who had managed to bag positions in the MBA, BBA, Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Sciences and MSc in professional psychology programmes.
The chief of naval staff appreciated that Bahria University had recently raised its budgetary allocation for scholarships from Rs16 million to Rs20 million for meritorious students in need of financial support for their education.
“It is heartening to find that there are 9,600 students acquiring bachelor’s, master’s, MPhil and PhD level education at the Karachi and Islamabad campuses of Bahria University,” he said. “This speaks of the trust that their parents have reposed in the university,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2012.