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Academic staff slams HEC
PESHAWAR, Jan 14, 2008: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic
Staff Association has expressed concern over the alleged interference of the
Higher Education Commission in the internal affairs of universities in the
country and held it responsible for creating divisions among
teachers.
The federation held its general body meeting here on Sunday
with Peshawar University Teachers Association's Prof Dr Mumtaz Salik in the
chair. The meeting passed various resolutions and discussed problems of
teachers.
The members of the federation complained that the HEC had been
interfering in the matters that should be decided by universities on their own.
They called for autonomy of public sector universities.
"The HEC is
becoming more of a regulatory authority than a body to facilitate teachers,"
they said.
They accused the HEC of creating divisions among teachers by
introducing four different kinds of service structures.
The foreign
faculty hiring programme had been an insult to 'loyal' teachers who had opted to
return home after completing their PhDs from abroad and teachers who had
remained abroad were instead brought back with inflated salaries under the
programme, said Dr Shafiqur Rehman.
He proposed that a teachers'
convention should be held in Islamabad with President Pervez Musharraf as the
chief guest to discuss their problems.
They said the 'Tenure Track
System' for recruiting teachers was flawed since the HEC and its chairman had
been given powers to approve appointments. Dawn
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| Education News | | Updated: 24 May, 2012 |
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