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attained from TEVTA and PBTE -  Maths and Physics were                During the COVID-19, the
           Lahore. In the year 2016, DAE in   initially started. However these   College has put into place
           Petroleum Technology was also      programs now have only 16          safety measures for students
           started in the Institute to help   students, as the HEC converted     and teachers. Hand sanitizers
           the local people. Syllabus of      the two-year program into an       have been placed at all
           Three-year Drilling Course was     Associate’s Degree Program         entrances, wearing mask is
           prepared and sent to TEVTA for     therefore the college also         made mandatory, and social
           approval. A separate board was     shifted to a four-year BS          distancing practices have been
           constituted to go through the      program.                           enforced to ensure the safety of
           syllabus, who took about two       Dr. Rashad Degree College also     students, faculty and staff.
           years and finally the course was   received affiliation with Punjab   POL Model School
           approved. The institute has now    University to start the BS in      POL Model Secondary
           applied for registration in Punjab   computer science program, and    School Khaur was started
           Skills Development Authority       we are pleased to inform that we  and registered with Punjab
           (PSDA) to start this program in    now have 49 students enrolled      Education Department w.e.f. 1st
           Khaur.
                                              in this program.                   January, 1994 to impart quality
           Dr. Rashad Degree College                                             education to the children of
           The college, started as an          In order to adapt to new          POL employees, later on the
           Intermediate College in 2007,      situation caused by COVID-19,      facility was extended to local
           was upgraded to a Degree           the College is slowly shifting     community as well. It has now
           College in the year 2010 with      from in-person education to        grown with a population of 783
           the objective of providing         an online format in order to       students both girls and boys.
           quality education to the next      ensure that students continue      The school not only focuses
           generation of Khaur and            to receive quality education.      on academic education but
           its surroundings. Two-year         All classes have transitioned to   also training for social, moral
           bachelor’s programs in pure        online with the help of trained    and physical growth of its
           sciences, including Botany,        teachers.                          students. During Covid, on line
           Zoology, Chemistry, Double                                            education was imparted. Some



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