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Ziauddin University convocation | Private schools business
PM awards 138 degrees at ZU convocation
Karachi, Aug 30, 2008: As many as 138 students were conferred degrees at the sixth
convocation of Ziauddin University at Bahria Auditorium here on Friday.
A total of 64 graduated in MBBS, two in B.Sc Medical Technology (Batch 6
honours), three (Batch 7 Honours), 20 (Batch 8 B.Sc Medical technology), four
(Batch 7 Lab Medicine), 10 (Batch 8 M.D./MS Honorary Degrees), six MD
(Oncology), one Master in Clinical Laboratory , 22 Bachelor in Physical Therapy
and six M.Phil students.
Speaking as the chief guest the Prime Minister,
Yousuf Raza Gilani said that Pakistan Peoples Party led governments made
health a high priority, believing that the welfare of the people flows from
investing in their health. The principles of our Health Policy as per our
manifesto have been firstly, the guarantee of access to a doctor for every
citizen through a National Health Service, secondly, the prevention of
disease and thirdly, the guarantee that affordable medicines are available to
all the sick and needy; and finally, the provision of good medical education and
training at various levels for health education policy.
A medical school
must ensure that its students complete the degree programme, competent not only
in technical skills but equally competent in the art of medicine. "You must also
remember that your professional lives are a trust to humanity, every minute of
it thus is accountable and under scrutiny", he told the passing out
graduates.
Pointing to the graduates, the Prime Minister advised them not
to ever consider themselves 'Learned people'. "Now that you have an impressive
degree of MBBS, you rather see yourselves as 'Learning people' as, like any
other discipline, the field of Medicine is a 'living' field, he emphasised. He
told them that they must strike a good balance between Medicine as a business
and Medicine as a profession and said there is a very strong debate going on in
the international arena whether medicine is an economic good or a social good.
"You need to be professionals rather than just sellers of a service. It
will be your ethical duty to ensure that care is available to patients; be
available when you are expected to be." Concluding, the Prime Minister was happy
to note that Ziauddin University is moving from strength to strength and has now
entered into the second decade of its existence.
Earlier in his address
Chancellor Ziauddin University, Dr Asim Hussain said with the blessings of Allah
the university, after successfully completing its first decade is now entering a
new phase of advancement in the field of education. He said the varsity's
development programme envisages shifting of the college of Pharmacy to the
education city. He said the colleges of engineering, business management,
physical sciences, mathematics, social sciences and liberal arts, law and mass
communication have also been planned in different phases. Congratulating the
students on their graduation, the Chancellor wished them and their families a
happy future.
In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor Dr Anwar Ejaz Beg
expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for his
presence in the convocation. He said the past year has brought much intellectual
and administrative satisfaction for the university. The PMDC upgraded the
Medical College from provisional to comprehensive and recognised status. The
Higher Education Commission also improved the standing of the university from
`X' to `W' status, which implies that it now fulfils all the conditions laid
down by the Federal Cabinet. The News
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Private schools lend books to 'fleece' students
Karachi: It appears as if the privately-managed schools, both
registered and unregistered, want to leave no stone unturned to mint more and
more money on one pretext or the other.
Most of these schools have been
fleecing parents in various manners like their demand for the illegal fee called
'annual charges' and the list goes on. This time, however, a number of schools
have come up with yet another novel idea to mint money by providing students
with textbooks on an annual rental basis.
According to circulars issued
by various private schools, all books with a black rental stamp inside will be
issued to students for an academic year and the students will be required to
return the books in good condition and without any marks at the end of the
session, otherwise parents will be charged double the amount of the original
price of the book.
Though the system apparently sounds good, the
conditions set for the provision of books on a rental basis is so harassing for
the students that they are reluctant to avail the facility merely because of
fear that in case the books are lost or damaged, their parents will have to pay
double the amount of the original price.
A number of parents asked as to
how any school could compel its students to get the books on a rental basis.
They were of the view that it would not be possible for their children to
maintain those books in order throughout the year without leaving even a single
mark.
According to them, the circular through which the system has been
introduced has mentioned the following conditions:
a) if any book is lost
or damaged, replacement has to be done or double the amount of the original
price will have to be paid,
b) if the child is discontinuing with the
school, he/she has to return all the rental books in order for receiving a
school-leaving certificate,
c) no marks should be made by the students on
any part of the book,
d) any mark on the books will be taken as damage to
the books, for which the student will be liable to be penalised,
e) and
students should write their names and class only on the paper pasted on the
book's cover and not on the books.
Most of the parents expressing their
reservations over the system said that it was very difficult for their children
to keep their books intact the entire year. They said that above all no school
had the right to compel its students to obtain books on a rental
basis.
"Isn't it too much to expect from our children that they must keep
the books in a good condition and that too without any mark on them for one
year," remarked another parent.
Most of the parents criticised the
relevant officials of the Sindh education department's directorate of private
institutions. They were of the view that based on their earlier experiences; it
would be useless to expect any assistance in this regard from the relevant
officials.
A perturbed parent said that beyond any shadow of doubt this
newly-imposed system was nothing but another way to fleece the masses but there
was no one to pay heed to public complaints. Dawn
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Quaid-e-Azam Public School: educating the poor
Karachi: Quaid-e-Azam Public School is an institute in the suburbs
catering to children from families with meagre financial resources. It is
situated on the link road between the Super Highway and the National highways in
the midst of the Sindh government's proposed Education City, where various other
institutes of higher education, healthcare, and research have also acquired
land. The school is run by the Sindh Madressah Board (SMB) and launched a
College of Medical Sciences this year after being successfully upgraded to teach
at higher education level.
In 1985, the SMB unfolded its plan to
construct a school for children of the underprivileged sections of the society,
keeping intact the guiding principles behind the foundation of Sindh
Madressat-ul-Islam (SMI). Patrons of the SMI formally announced their wish to
build such a school at SMI's centennial celebrations, which were attended by the
then President Gen Ziaul Haq, Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo, and Sindh
Chief Minister Syed Ghous Ali Shah.
"The then Sindh chief minister
offered us 200 acres of land free of cost, although we requested him to
determine the market value to determine the property first," said Effendi, great
grandson of SMI founder Hassan Ally Effendi. He said that it is up to the
patrons and management of the Quaid-e-Azam Public School how to best use the
government grant, which is given to meet the financial deficit in running the
schools. The school caters to over 600 pupils, and also runs a boarding house
for pupils who have to come from outside, such as the remote areas of
Balochistan. The News
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