University of Okara Academic Council Approves Various New Departments

Lahore : The Academic Council of the University of Okara, in its 7^th meeting, unanimously approved the creation of various new departments including Department of Educational Planning & Management, Department of Educational Studies, Department of Industrial Physics, Department of Computational Physics, Department of Nanotechnology, Department of Data Science, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Center for Nanoscience and Center for Water Research.

The meeting was chaired by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zakria Zakar while the Additional Registrar Academics Dr. Khalid Saleem was the Secretary.

In his opening note, Dr. Zakar stressed the need of quick transformation from traditional teaching methods to blended teaching through the adoption of advanced informational and communication technologies.

He told that the intelligent use of technology for teaching was need of the hour due to various public health hazards and infrastructural problems involved in on-campus education.

“We have to move on from traditional university to smart university as wheel of learning need to continue in any type of circumstances. We are also working to maximize our outreach to the technologically deprived students”, said the VC.

The academic council also deliberated on the schemes of studies of various degree programs and declared that all departments would follow the guidelines of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in all academic matters.

According to the university spokesperson, the Admission Committee, chaired by Dr. Muhammad Wajid, also met early yesterday and decided to announce the Admissions Fall 2020 in the first week of July.