11,959 candidates appeared for pre entry test for admissions to bachelors degree programme at the University of Sindh for academic session 2012, here on Saturday. Among 11,959 candidates, 2,005 female and 9,954 male candidates appeared in the pre entry test for admissions to the programme under 54 disciplines.
The test was conducted at 216 examination blocks at the Faculty of Arts, Institute of English Language and Literature and Department of Mass Communication buildings located at Allama I.I.Kazi Campus Jamshoro. The test was conducted in a very well disciplined manner with key steps towards seating arrangements separate for male and female candidates, security as well transport arrangements for the candidates from the city to the campus. All 216 examination-blocks were connected with centralised sound system control rooms from where the instructions were broadcast for guidance of candidates in Sindhi, Urdu and English languages.
Seating arrangements were also made for the parents of the candidates at Fatima Jinnah Gymnasium at Vice Chancellor Road at the campus. The point buses from different routes of Hyderabad, Latifabad and Kotri were plied to provide pick and drop facility to the candidates. Police, Rangers and Sindh university security guards performed duties for security arrangements. The university also had made first aid arrangements with availability of medical doctor and ambulance during the test.
Before starting of pre entry test admit cards of the candidates were checked at the main entrances of all examination blocks where all senior faculty members deputed as head invigilators and invigilators. Proceedings of test started after recitation from Holy Qur'an recited by Professor Hafiz Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh.
Vice Chancellor University of Sindh, Professor Dr Nazir Ahmed Mughal while addressing the candidates welcomed them from the control room. He said that conduct of pre entry test aimed to prove the merit by the candidates through pre entry test for achievement of admission to their choice. I am extremely happy to see such a large gathering of aspirants of University education, eager to write pre entry test to ensure their selection for one of the programme being offered by the University Dr Mughal said.
He said that higher education is indispensable for development and added that enthusiasm for University degree is very welcome sign for the economic development of the community and country. This pre entry test provides opportunity to the candidates to prove merit for the discipline of their choice Dr Mughal said, adding that it helps the university to select all university-potential candidates as for as University's limited resources permit.