Karachi University’s dean Prof Nasir Sulman called for overhauling the entire education and examination system. AFP/File
KARACHI: The Sindh government is denying children their fundamental right to education guaranteed in the Constitution by failing to provide quality education and that includes the responsibility to ensure holding exams in a fair and transparent manner. Rampant malpractices in the exam system and lack of action against corrupt officials suggest that there is no state willingness to bring improvement.
These points were raised by experts sharing their views with Dawn in the light of reports about the matriculation board exams marred by paper leaks and rampant cheating.
The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association leaders have strongly reacted to the examination policy announced by the federal government, saying that the decision would have far-reaching negative.
By our correspondentDespite the lapse of 10 months after the Higher Education Commission’s new policy on bachelor’s degrees, the colleges affiliated with the University of Karachi have.
Govt employees to stage protest on May 27
National
May 24, 2021
PESHAWAR: All Government Employees Grand Alliance has decided to stage a big demonstration on May 27 to press the government for accepting their demands.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the alliance, which was also attended by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Professors and Lecturers Association’s president Abdul Hameed Afridi. In a statement, Hameed Afridi said that college teachers would gather at government college Peshawar and they would join the main protest in a big procession. He said that the leading demands of government employees were provision of 25 percent allowance, increase in salaries with proportion to hike in prices and revision of pay scale.
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