GCU initiates biometric attendance system.

LAHORE -- Government College University (GCU) Lahore has introduced a biometric attendance system on a trial basis for intermediate students, besides engaging its senior faculty members in teaching of these top merited students of Pakistan. GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi stated this while addressing the faculty of intermediate studies at the University's Faiz Seminar Hall on Tuesday. The GCU faculty Deans and Director Intermediate Studies were also present. Prof Zaidi also formed a five-member oversight committee to ensure quality of education and minimum 75 percent attendance of students as per the regulations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore. He said that in pursuit of excellence in research and higher studies, GCU Lahore would wish to retain its focus on its intermediate section where it received only top merit students from all over Pakistan. About equality of opportunities for boy and girls, Prof Zaidi pledged towards opening intermediate admissions for...