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PUASA rejects TTS: Controller exams replaced
PUASA rejects Tenure Track System
Lahore, Feb 09, 2008: Executive body of the Punjab University Academic Staff Association
(PUASA) in a meeting with the vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran on Friday
expressed concerns over the recently adopted Tenure Track System
(TTS).
The teachers' body headed by Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Salik rejected the
TTS on the plea the system was not being offered to assistant professors and
lecturers of the university.
It is pertinent to mention here that PUASA
is an elected body of the university teachers.
The executive body of the
association informed the VC that teachers had rejected the circular regarding
their appointment under the Tenure Track System, as suggestions forwarded by
teaching community in this regard were not incorporated whereas a large number
of varsity teachers serving as assistant professors and lecturers had not been
offered jobs under the TTS.
The teachers said that service structure
offered under the Tenure Track System was not suitable for them as it favoured
contractual appointments. They said there were a number of loopholes in the TTS,
which needed to be removed before it is offered to teachers.
The PUASA
urged the VC to ensure decision making through statutory bodies of the
university such as the Senate and Syndicate. Issues related to plagiarism cases
in the university were also discussed in the meeting.
It was learnt that
the PUASA executive body urged the VC to remove the impression among the varsity
teachers that he (the VC) was representing a certain group of teachers and not
the entire teaching community of the university.
It is worth mentioning
that the PU Syndicate on January 22 had reached a consensus to adopt the Tenure
Track System (TTS), which earlier could not be adopted during various Syndicate
meetings in the past.
Dr Mumtaz Salik said that the document
recently circulated among the varsity teachers regarding TTS was ambiguous
whereas teachers' suggestions forwarded in this regard were not incorporated.
He said the VC was informed that, "It is unjust that TTS has not been
offered to the assistant professors and lecturers of the university."
He
said, "We do not support TTS since it offers contractual appointments while it
also disturbs the pay scale of the teachers."
He further said the
university administration had circulated the TTS document, which had already
been rejected by the teachers. He said the PUASA executive body would soon be
called to chalk out strategy in this connection.
Dr Salik said PUASA
appreciated the vice chancellor for accepting various demands of teachers
including upgradation of lecturers having PhD degrees, increasing scholarship
opportunities and facilities and increase in PhD allowance for those having done
PhDs in languages etc.
PU Registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan who also
attended the meeting said that the meeting was held in a very cordial
environment. He said PUASA expressed its concerns over the TTS and was informed
a committee was finalising all details in this regard.
He said the Tenure
Track System will be offered to university teachers in different
phases.
He said the VC assured the PUASA executive body that he was
representing the entire teaching community of the university and the impression
conceived by some teachers was wrong.
However, when contacted PU
official spokesperson Dr Mujahid Ali Mansoori, who was not present in the
meeting, said adoption of TTS was a decision made by the university Syndicate
unanimously and would be implemented accordingly.
"The PUASA cannot
implement TTS according to its own wishes," he said and added," The Syndicate,
which had adopted TTS had representation from teaching staff."
When
asked the PUASA had urged the VC to remove the impression prevailing among the
university teachers that the VC was representing a certain group of teachers, Dr
Mansoori said, "Its all rubbish and propaganda that only one shade is
dominating."
"The VC immediately adopted participatory approach to run
the administration as soon as he took charge," he said, adding, "Many big slots
are going to different factions of faculty."
The VC has removed gender
bias from the university, he said, adding now the administration had appointed
lady teachers in almost all committees. The News
PU controller of examinations replaced
Lahore: Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor Prof Mujahid Kamran
on Friday removed PU Controller of Examinations Prof Taqi Zahid Butt and
appointed Professor Zahid Karim Khan in his place.
PU spokesman Dr
Mujahid Mansoori said the suspension of Dr Butt from his positions was routine
re-shuffling.
Newly appointed PU Controller of Examinations Prof Khan has
been a teacher at the PU for 33 years.
The PU official said rumours
linking Dr Butt and a recent embezzlement case were false and that the institute
had suspended the junior clerk who was found with 200 fake result cards. Daily Times
PU wins four research projects
Lahore: The Punjab University has won four research projects under the
"Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperative Programme".
According to
a press release issued on Friday, 116 researchers from various universities had
applied for the grants of their projects while four projects of the PU faculty
were approved. PU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) Director Prof Javed Iqbal
would work on the project to "Enhance Sugarcane Production in Pakistan by Modern
Breeding Technology", Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Chairperson Prof Shahida Hasnain would work on the project of ìBioremediation of
Chromium and Arsenic from Industrial Wastewaterî, Centre of Excellence in
Molecular Biology Prof Dr Sheikh Riazuddin would do the research on ìNovel
Triple Chimeric Antimicrobials for Eradication of Multi-Drug Resistant Strains
of Staphylococcus Aureusî, and Centre for Applied Molecular Biology Prof Dr
Shaheen N Khan would work on ìDevelopment of DNA Database of Convicted Offenders
in Pakistani. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 09 Feb, 2012 |
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