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Model Universities Ordinance opposed
Karachi, Feb 07, 2008: University teachers have demanded immediate withdrawal of the
Model Universities Ordinance (MUO) from the University of Balochistan. This,
they said, is needed so that the Varsity may be governed by its rightful and
legitimate act of governance adopted by the provincial
legislature.
Addressing a Press conference at the Karachi Press Club on
Wednesday, Prof Dr Abdul Qadeer of the University of Karachi, Prof Tausif Ahmed
Khan of the Urdu University, Karachi, and Dr Agha Muhammad Nasir of Balochistan
University condemned the government attempt to minimise the teachers'
representation and involvement in the functioning and governance of the
Balochistan University through undue promulgation of the MUO.
They said
that after imposition of the MUO not only had the representation of the
university teachers been minimised in the senate, syndicate, and academic
council of the Balochistan varsity but the academic affairs of the university
were also being conducted in a capricious and non-congenial manner.
They
said that the teachers of the university who had been actively struggling
against imposition of the MUO were being harassed by the varsity administration
through various illegitimate measures so that they would conform to the whims of
the authorities.
They demanded that various statutory and academic
bodies of the university should be restored with the due representation of
Varsity teachers so that the academic and related affairs of the varsity would
be carried out in a more professional and rightful manner.
SU teachers not to perform election duties
Hyderabad: The executive committee of the Sindh University Teachers Association
(SUTA) in a meeting here on Wednesday resolved that the university teachers
would not perform election duty due to teaching and research responsibilities
and bitter experiences of the past.
Secretary SUTA Badar Soomro said in a
press release that the meeting took a decision in this regard following the
resolution of the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academicians and Staff
Association (FAPUASA) in its meeting held on January 12 and 13 in
Peshawar.
Moreover, the teachers of the Sindh University were not ready
for discriminatory attitude towards them in comparison to the attitude adopted
with teachers in other cities and universities.
The executive committee
also urged the vice chancellor to withdraw any such letter/ notification from
the Election Commission. The News
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Education News| Updated: 06 Jan, 2009 |
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