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Woes of Somali students at KU
Karachi, Sept 19: Students of the University of Karachi (KU) particularly foreign
students are facing many problems due to the new high security level of the
university of Karachi. The largest body of foreigners in the KU comprises of
students from Somalia, who have requested the University administration to
facilitate their long standing problems of security and
communication.
Duran Hassan, a third year student at the department of
Mass Communication, who acts as their spokesperson, informed that
though the security problem was common to all in the city and the country but
some times they were frequently targeted because of their foreign-looking
features and their language. The number of Somali students enrolled at the
university is 80, the bulk of them being in the Faculty of Pharmacy and in the
Department of Microbiology. The second largest Somali concentration is in the
International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad.
Hassan explained that
though the Mass Communication department had English and Urdu medium classes
that made it easy for the foreign students to listen and understand the
lectures. The same facility was not available in other departments, especially
in the Faculty of Science where the teachers often delivered their lectures in
Urdu or communicated with the students in the same language. For instance some
teachers will inform the students about the forthcoming tests in Urdu. When they
ask their Pakistani counterparts about the message sometimes they informed them
sometimes not. It created problem for them. They praised the Pakistani people
for their hospitality and love for them but sometimes the cultural barrier
prevented them from mixing with their fellow Muslims in more meaningful ways.
The Somali students recently hosted an annual dinner where the Vice
Chancellor (VC), Pro Vice Chancellor, Registrar, the Student Advisor and other
teachers were invited. They informed the VC about their problems and he promised
them to solve them after Ramazan. The students staged a drama to highlight their
problems and the audience enjoyed and appreciated their effort. Now the Somali
students are keeping their fingers crossed to see the outcome of their meeting
with the Vice Chancellor. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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