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Students with trade skills denied higher education
Students with technical qualifications denied higher education
Karachi, Nov 17: Although engineering diploma enrolment has registered an
increase of about 39 per cent over the past five years, students acquiring
relevant trade skills are still deprived of their right to higher education
because engineering universities do not acknowledge their qualification for
admission. Students holding technical qualifications also face difficulty
when they seek admission to colleges and general universities as their
educational background is looked down upon.
These views were expressed by
officials at the Sindh Board of Technical Education while talking to Dawn.
Speaking about the case of students with technical qualification, Syed Sirajul
Islam Bukhari, controller of exams, SBTE, said: "According to past government
notifications, the diplomas of associate engineering and commerce are equivalent
to intermediate (science) and intermediate (commerce), respectively.
But
in practice the qualification of technical students is either not acknowledged
or they are ignored at the time of admission. At the NED University of
Engineering and Technology such students are simply refused admissions. This is
unfair because students holding diplomas in associate engineering are taught all
relevant subjects, including physics and maths."
According to Asghar Ali
Soomro, assistant controller of exams, SBTE, students armed with technical
school certificate (TSC) faced similar problems despite the fact that a 1973
government notification had declared TSC equivalent to secondary school
certificate.
"Students with TSC are ignored for admission to colleges.
And that is the major reason behind the drop in enrolment to TSC programme. This
problem exists all over Pakistan and needs immediate attention of the
authorities," said Mr Bukhari.
Talking to Dawn, Karachi University
registrar Raees Alvi and Director-General of Colleges (Sindh) Prof Dr Rafiq
Ahmed Siddiqui dispelled the impression that any discriminatory attitude was
exercised towards students having technical qualification at the time of
admission. The sole criteria, they said, was merit.
An NED official,
however, admitted that students with diploma of associate engineering were not
considered for admission. "Yes, this is true. The university is an autonomous
body and we have our own regulations. Earlier, some seats were reserved for
diploma-holders, but they were later abolished upon seeing poor performance of
such students," he said.
A teacher at the university said that since the
university now had an admission test system, such students should at least be
given a chance to appear in the test. "Earlier, there were no admission tests.
So, one can accept the logic of rejecting students on the basis of poor
performance. But now with the admission test policy in place, the field should
be open for all."
Increase in enrolment
Student enrolment
in institutes affiliated with the SBTE, including both government and private
institutions offering diploma in engineering in the province, has registered an
increase of 39 per cent during the past five years.
On the contrary,
technical school certificate programme enrolment has dropped by about 21 per
cent in three years. Commerce diploma programme enrolment has remained more or
less the same in five years, according to the statistics available with the
SBTE.According to these figures, student enrolment at technical institutes
offering diploma of associate engineering has increased from 7,999 in 2003 to
11,128 in 2007. Technical school certificate enrolment, however, has decreased
from 2,323 in 2006 to 1,839 in 2008. Enrolment to diploma in commerce was 1,348
in 2004 and this year it is 1,360.
SBTE officials attribute the trend of
increased enrolment to rising inflation that has compelled low-income families
to motivate their children to opt for a three-year diploma course.
"The
diploma of associate engineer holds attraction for students who want to shoulder
financial responsibilities of their families as quickly as possible, without
spending more money and time on studies. The starting income is usually between
Rs15,000 and Rs20,000," Sirajul Islam Bukhari said, while stressing the need for
more cooperation on the part of commercial organisations in terms of looking for
bright students through an arrangement with prominent institutes of the
province.
"All courses are job-oriented and usually students do get jobs.
But if they fail, they can always start their own work."
About the number
of institutes and the courses on offer, he said there were about 200 technical
institutes affiliated with the SBTE in Sindh. Of them, 80 are exclusively
reserved for diploma in engineering trades. Dawn
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City, Country: hyderabad sindh,Pakistan
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Urdu University admissions schedule
Karachi: The Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and
Technology (Fuuast) has announced that the admission forms for BBA, BCom
(semesters II, IV, V & VI) and MBA and MCom (semesters II and IV) evening
programme can be submitted up to November 24.
It said that the forms
could be obtained from the National Bank, Urdu University Branch, and the fee
could be deposited at the UBL, University Road Branch. App
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Karachi Univesity Clinical diploma forms' dates announced
Karachi: The examination department of the University of Karachi
(KU) has announced that the examination forms and fee for Diploma in Clinical
Neurology (DCN) will be accepted till November 25.
It said that forms
could be submitted with a late fee of Rs500 per week till the date of the
examination.
In a separate announcement, the department said that the
last date for the submission of examination forms and fee of post-graduate
Diploma in Child Health (DCH) would be accepted till November 25 and with late
fee of Rs500 per week till the date of the examination. Ppi
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Private schools fleecing parents to face action
Karachi: Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq has asked
officials of the directorate of private educational institutions to help solve
problems of parents and schoolteachers on priority basis.
The minister
had taken a notice of recent media reports that most private schools were openly
violating provisions of the Sindh Private Educational Institutions (Regulation
and Control) Rules, 2005, sources said.
The minister had directed the
officials concerned to ensure that the trend of fleecing parents on pretext of
different charges must stop in private educational institutions, sources
added.
The minister also asked the directorate to make sure that service
conditions of private schools' staffs must comply with the regulations and
control rules.
He also asked the directorate to make arrangements for
setting up its regional offices in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana and
Mirpurkhas so that affairs of private schools of all five regions could be
monitored and supervised in an efficient manner.
The director of the
private institutions directorate, Mansoob Hussain Siddiqui, told Dawn that on
the instructions of the minister, regional offices of the directorate had been
set up in Karachi and Hyderabad.
He said they would look after affairs of
around 85 per cent of private institutions of these two regions. Regional
offices of the directorate in Mirpurkhas, Larkana and Sukkur would be set up
soon, he added.
He said that all private schools had been warned through
circulars not to increase fees in the middle of an academic year and only
collect fee and charges approved by the directorate at the beginning of an
academic year.
He said all private educational institutions had been
warned that strict action would be taken against them, which might lead to
cancellation of their registrations and heavy fines, if they violated any
rule.
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Sir Adamjee Institute Convocation
Karachi: More than 70 students of Sir Adamjee Institute were
conferred BBA/ MBA degrees at its first convocation held recently, said a press
release.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Karachi Prof Pirzada Qasim
Raza Siddiqui, who was the chief guest at the convocation, acknowledged that
most of the 125 KU-affiliated colleges and universities adhered to the
affiliation rules, but regretted that some business institutes were churning out
mere "human robots" while the country needed management personnel with noble
character and real social passion, besides expertise and competence.
Cdr
(rtd) Azhar Nisar, the Director of Sir Adamjee Institute, presented the welcome
address.
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"it was a good move by th einstitute for arrange such a beautiful honour for students. I also get the degree from SIR ADAMJEE INSTITUTE."
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City, Country: Karachi, Pakistan
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PSF and MSF men trade fire at college
Okara: Panic gripped students, faculty and the staff after
activists of the People's Students Federation (PSF) and the Muslim Students
Federation (MSF) exchanged fire at the government college for boys.
The
student groups exchanged fire when MSF office-bearers were taking oath. However,
no casualties or injuries were reported.
Police reached the scene and
restored law and order. Dawn
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Education News| Updated: 09 Jan, 2009 |
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