Admission to 1st Year classes in Punjab closed

LAHORE - Around 1.75 lakh Matriculates have secured admission in the Ist year Intermediate morning as well as second shift classes for the session 2008-2010 in Punjab.

The admission has been granted in Pre-engineering, pre-medical, Icom, ICS, General Science and Arts groups according to the merit. The enrolment has been made in 430 postgraduate, degree and Intermediate colleges in the province.

Around 1.25 lakh students have been enrolled in over 2000 higher secondary schools. Yet another 20,000 Matriculates are likely to join the Polytechnic Institutes by August 30 affiliated with Punjab Board of Technical Education (PBTE) which will register the enrolled students for examination.