ملک بھر میں انتہائی عقیدت و احترام کے ساتھ آج یومِ آزادی منایا جا رہا ہے، اس موقع پر مختلف چھوٹے بڑے شہروں میں یومِ آزادی کے حوالے سے تقریبات منعقد کی جا رہی ہیں۔
The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi.
THE appointments of several public-sector vice chancellors are being challenged in court. Recent examples include the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Women University Swabi, the University of Karachi and the Federal Urdu University. Not too long ago, Dr Asim Hussain, chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission, said that unfit people were being appointed as VCs in Sindh’s public universities. In a letter to the chief minister, he raised serious concern about the capacity and moral fitness of such academics to lead universities.
The competition to head universities is intense and ugly, with many senior faculty members aspiring to the post. The perks and privileges, social status, high visibility in ceremonial events, frequent interaction with public functionaries as well as foreign travel beckon academics in this direction. Whenever an advertisement for a VC post is announced, hundreds of applications are filed. Whi
10 scholarships distributed among students in SU
July 15, 2021
SUKKUR: The University of Sindh distributed scholarship cheques to 10 scholars of MPhil and PhD on Wednesday awarded by the Sindh Higher Education Commission.
The Sindh HEC had released Rs2.3 million under indigenous scholarship programme for the research scholars of MPhil and PhD, asking the university administration to disburse the amount of Rs230,000 each after selection on the need-cum-merit basis. The scholarship committee had interviewed the scholars and finalized 10 names for the award. The cheques of remaining balance were distributed among the scholars of the Sindh University after deducting admission fees.
The entrance of Karachi University.
Setting aside the provincial government’s decision, Sindh High Court’s verdict, and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s (HEC) directives that declared the two-year degree programme unauthorised, the Academic Council of the University of Karachi (KU) last week approved the continuation of the traditional two-year BA, BCom and BSc degree programmes in the affiliated colleges of the varsity.
In response to the KU’s announcement, the HEC once again has issued alerts on its official website and social media accounts, informing the students that two-year degree programmes will not be recognised. “Students and parents are advised not to waste their time and money by enrolling in unauthorised degree programnes. These programmes [two-year] have been phased out because of quality concerns.”
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