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No admission quota at PU psychology centre
LAHORE, March 2(Dawn): The Board of Governors of Punjab University's Centre for
Clinical Psychology on Thursday refused to accord centre's request to fix quota
for male students for admission to it programmes.
The BoG meeting chaired
by PU vice-chancellor Arshad Mahmood was attended by Amir Raza Khan, former
federal secretary Mukhtar Masud, former chief secretary of Punjab Pervez Masud,
PU registrar Prof Dr Naeem Khan, life sciences faculty dean Prof Dr Shahida
Husnain, special education department chairman Dr Abdul Hameed and resident
auditor Sohial Shaukat.
It is learnt that the centre had placed a request
that the board should fix quota for male students as almost 90 per cent girls
were making their way to the clinical psychology centre on merit basis. The
centre was of the view that the quota system would help create gender balance in
postgraduate programmes.
However, the BoG turned down the request saying
that it would be against the law. They said the situation showed that girls were
working hard and getting more marks than the boys so they could not be barred
from getting admission.
The board members said the enrolment situation
also reflected that more and more female clinical psychologists would be
available in the market in the years to come. They said by acquiring such
educations the future mothers would also be able to help solve social problems
and upbring their children in a better way. They said that it would help enhance
women's respect and confidence.
The BoG also refused to allow the centre
to recruit the faculty from the candidates who did not have a postgraduate
degree with first division. The board said the centre must stick to the Higher
Education Commission's qualification criteria for faculty
recruitment.
The board meeting approved centre's academic committee
recommendations on different programmes, besides approving contents of different
courses.
It also approved the budget estimates for the current financial
year as well as the proceedings of previous board meetings. The BoG also
approved centre's demand that the board meeting should be held thrice or four
times instead of once a year.
The BoG also decided that the centre should
send its students for rehabilitation of juvenile prisoners once a month. It also
decided that the university's health centre would offer medical facilities to
the clinical psychology center, and it should submit the health allocation being
offered by the federal government.
Earlier, the centre's performance
report was discussed in detail. Centre director Dr Nosheen K Rehman said the
centre had launched research to prepare experts to offer clinical services. She
said the centre was running four programmes - BSc, MSc, M.Phil and
Ph.D.
Dr Rehman said there was a shortage of research scholars, teaching
faculty and staff for teaching and research programmes. She said there was a
great need to fill the vacant posts in the centre.
Consequently, the
board allowed the centre to fill some necessary posts within two months,
directing that no new posts would be offered as recommended by the staff
rationalisation committee.
The meeting also discussed the clinical
services of the centre and stressed improvement.
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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