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Urdu University students continue protest
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14, 2007: Unavailability of teachers in the department of
engineering in The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology has
provoked students to continue boycott of classes for the eighth consecutive day
on Thursday.
Dozens of students staged a protest on campus. They carried
placards reading 'save our future', 'appoint permanent VC', 'ensure permanent
faculty' and 'get accreditation from the Pakistan Engineering Council
(PEC)'.
They vowed to protest until their demands were met. They said the
PEC board had asked the university to induct new teachers to take classes. They
said the PEC wanted to cancel the one-year on-probation accreditation of the
university because it had failed to appoint the required faculty. The university
officials said that private sector universities offered more
salaries to qualified faculty than public sector universities so the teachers
were attracted towards the private sector universities.
They said they
had to go through a long process to induct teachers. They said 15 teachers were
required for the Engineering Department and the university would induct 10
teachers initially. They said the university's labs were well equipped and new
books worth Rs 200,000 had been added to the library. Students, on the other
hand, said the administration was deceiving them by presenting excuses about the
accreditation of the university by the PEC. They said their future was at stake
since their course ends next June but the administration could not get the
university accredited with the PEC.
They said no one will accept their
degrees without the university's accreditation by the PEC. They said the absence
of a permanent VC was another cause of concern for them. They said Higher
Education Commission (HEC) Executive Director Dr Sohail H Naqvi had informed a
student delegation that he could not help release funds for the university, as
it had no permanent VC. University's Finance Director Abdul Aleem claimed that
the administration will soon advertise posts for teachers. The engineering
department head confirmed that the PEC was reluctant to accredit the university
due to lack of faculty. Daily Times
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| Education News | | Updated: 23 May, 2012 |
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