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FUUAST classes suspended due to lack of competent faculty
Islamabad, Jan 24, 2008: Classes at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST)
Electrical Department will remain suspended for a month. The classes have been
suspended at the demand of students, who are asking for induction of competent
teachers.
The students said on Wednesday that unqualified teachers were
serving at the Electrical Department and the administration was not interested
in having qualified faculty. They said the administration had put their future
at stake by closing the university every now and then. The administration kept
the university closed for 50 days because of student strikes, who demand
accreditation of the university from the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). The
students started protests on December 2 last year and went into verbal
altercation with faculty and administration many times.
Newly appointed
FUUAST VC Dr Muhammad Qaiser met the students, who told him that the
administration had forced them to hold strikes, but they never turned violent.
They said their session would end in June and much of their time had been
consumed in protests. They asked the VC to suspend the classes for a month and
induct qualified faculty during this time. The VC agreed for one-month
suspension of classes and promised the students that he would get the university
accredited at the earliest.
He said the PEC conditions would be fulfilled
and other problems would be resolved soon. He said the HEC would arrange for the
qualified faculty and issue funds for modernisation of labs and the library. He
said the students would be provided with a good transport service and asked them
to end protests. The students assured the VC of their cooperation. They said the
PEC would accredit the university for engineering degrees only after the
induction of highly qualified faculty. They said the university administration
had not equipped labs and furnished library on modern lines, leave alone the
induction of new faculty. Magistrate Kamran Cheema was present at the meeting
between the VC and the students. Cheema praised the students for being peaceful
throughout the protests. Daily Times
Your Comments
"well the VC issue has been resolved by the continous struggle of the "electrical eng dept" srudents ,i appreciate the great work of the students for having acheived the vc issue ,i would appeal the new VC of the univesity to take action against the administration who were committed in doing all this i dont want to name the high officials of the univesity but i request that they should be brought into justice."
Name: kami khan
Email: kami_420@yahoo.com
City, Country: islamabad, Pakistan
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| Education News | | Updated: 24 May, 2012 |
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