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Rs12b for Sindh universities | UoP students strike
Rs 12b allocated for developing universities
Karachi, Sep 17: At the inauguration of
three new buildings at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Sindh
Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan revealed that Rs 12.60 billion is being spent on
96 university development projects in Sindh.
Dr Ibad stated that even though
the financial crisis in the country has affected the development of higher
education institutes, the government is trying its best not to upset university
development projects. He added that funds would be suspended temporarily at the
most and the flow would resume when the country's economic condition gets
better.
The government is committed to developing all universities in the
province, including the University of Sindh, where projects worth Rs 1.3 billion
are being undertaken.
Out of the funds for NED, Rs 3 billion was spent on
upgrading and constructing new departments on campus. Around 60 percent of the
work is complete and the buildings inaugurated will accommodate the new Urban
and Infrastructure Engineering Department (UIE), the university's Medical Unit
and Foreign Faculty Section, which will house teachers and students who visit.
These additions bring the total number of departments to 19. Suhail Ahmed,
assistant to the UIE department's chairmen, stated that it was separated from
the department of Civil Engineering as urban and town planning explores a broad
range of construction and social environment aspects that need to be placed in a
separate field of study. "The purpose of the separation is to produce experts in
the field of urban planning and infrastructure engineering," said Ahmed.
Urban planning also focuses on restoring inner city areas by adapting modern
planning methods to cities with long-term infrastructure decay. Daily Times
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UoP students threaten to go on hunger strike
Peshawar: University of Peshawar students, while resenting the sharp increase in
the admission fee and hostel charges, have urged the varsity administration to
review what they termed as an "anti-student" decision.
The activists of
Pakhtun Students Federation (PkSF) organised a protest demonstration on the
campus premises Tuesday and condemned the recent UoP decisions.
Led by
their central leader Iftikhar Ahmad, dozens of activists after the protest rally
called on Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Azmat Hayat Khan and apprised him of the
students concerns.
On this occasion, the speakers lashed out at the
varsity administration for what they called making education out of reach for
the students.
They set a three-day deadline for the university
administration to review the fresh increase in fees or they would go on hunger
strike till acceptance of their demands. They said the university administration
has made 200 per cent increase in fees making it difficult for the middle class
to afford study in there.
The students claimed the hostel charges had
gone up from 7,000 per year to Rs19,000 and admission fee from 9,000 to Rs14,000
which, they said was unbearable for the poor students. "Education is the
fundamental right of every individual of the country, therefore, the government
must take concrete steps to facilitate people in getting education," the
protesters demanded.
The speakers also condemned the Higher Education
Commission decision on reducing grants to the public sector universities, which
brought the institution of higher education at the brink of collapse. It was due
to the cut in grants that the varsities remained with no other option but to
increase fees to run their affairs smoothly. They also demanded of the
provincial government to award special grant to the public sector universities
to ally the burden on students.
The vice-chancellor informed the students
the decision was taken under severe compulsion, as it has become impossible to
run the university affairs in a smooth manner. He, however, assured the students
that the varsity administration would review the spike in university charges and
would try its level best to bring them down. The News
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Three MBBS students attempt suicide
Mirpurkhas: Three students of a medical college in the city
tried to commit suicide on Tuesday after having failed in an
examination.
Jazib Nisar Ansari of Jacobabad, Jameel Shaikh of Pano Aqil,
and Ayoub Jogi of Thari Mirwah, who lived in a rented house in Adam Town, were
taken to a private hospital by friends and neighbours after they took overdose
of lethal drugs.
Later they were referred to the Civil Hospital where
doctors saved their lives by washing their stomachs.
They were now out of
danger, said Dr Ved Parkash.
Mohammed Khalid, a final year student of the
same college, told journalists that no official of the college administration
had visited the hospital to inquire after the students.
Dr Syed Mohammed
Razi, managing trustee of the Mohammed Foundation which runs the college,
rejected a charge that the administration had something to do with the students'
failure.
The exams had been conducted by the Sindh University, he
contended.
About 30 students of MBBS third year had failed due to their
own ineptitude, Dr Razi added.
Old Mirpur SHO Bhuromal Khatri said that
police would lodge an FIR against the students after recording their
statements.
Local leaders of the JSQM, JSM, JST and HRCP held the college
principal and staff responsible for the students' failure and suicide
attempt.
Several students of the college, office-bearers of NGOs and
activists of political parties held a demonstration in the Civil Hospital in
protest against the college administration's "indifference to students'
problems". Dawn
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| Education News | | Updated: 26 May, 2012 |
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