RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Punjab University (PU) is going to adopt the latest examination management system according to the needs of modern age in order to provide maximum facilities to the students, Punjab University vice-chancellor Prof Dr Zafar Mueen, said.

During his visit to the Department of Examinations, Dr Zafar Mueen assured that the hardware for the university Examination Management Information System (EMIS) and all financial support would be provided to modernize the department.

He shared his vision to transform the memory based exam system to conceptual and knowledge based application examination, quality education and modern paper & curriculum designing that would be implemented. He also focused on various projects including provision of UAN number, telephone exchange, installation of CCTV cameras and PUEMIS.

Dr Zafar Mueen instructed to expedite the paper work of new PC-I for the construction of new state of the art examination halls, university auditoriums and allied services. The VC showed his keen interest to finalize the PC-I within a month so that it could be presented before the CDWP in HEC to be added in the budget of fiscal year 2017-18.

Earlier, Prof Dr Shahid Munir briefed the vice-chancellor that the new system will have salient features, enabling the candidates to submit their admission forms, rechecking forms, subject or centre change form, degree forms and degree verification forms thorough online access. Moreover, he said, in new system, a reliable and secure award management mechanism will ensure in time and error-free result preparation. New system will be flexible enough to accommodate all existing and future examinations. Moreover, colleges will be able to submit their affiliation requests through online access. All affiliated institutions will also be provided with the secure logins on website. The system will automatically print the due fee and candidate’s particulars as per schedule notified by the university. Candidate will be able to apply for degree issuance and degree verification through both conventional and online methods. An online fee reconciliation mechanism will be implemented between bank and accounts department for timely verification of deposited fee. Examinations Department will be able to scan and preserve both old and new record by implementing comprehensive document archival.