Okara university approves eight new disciplines.

OKARA -- The Academic Council of the University of Okara (UO), in its 7th annual meeting, chaired by Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar, approved eight new disciplines.

These new disciplines are Department of Educational Planning and Management, Department of Educational Studies, Department of Industrial Physics, Department of Computational Physics, Department of Nanotechnology, Department of Data Science, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Centre for Nanoscience and Centre for Water Research.

The meeting was moderated by Secretary/Additional Registrar Academics Professor Dr Khalid Saleem.

In his opening note, Dr Zakar stressed the need for quick transformation from traditional teaching methods to teaching through the advanced information and communication technologies. He said 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 the wheel of learning needs to continue in any type of circumstances. We are also working to maximise our outreach to the technologically deprived students,' said the VC.

The academic council also deliberated on the schemes of studies of various degree programmes and declared that all departments would follow the guidelines of the Higher...