Speakers at the launch of a book titled "Need of reforms at the Universities in Sindh" have called for reconstituting the search committee appointing vice chancellors at the Universities in Sindh to appoint VCs purely on merit and appointing chancellor at every university in the province curtailing the powers of Governor Sindh.
The speakers maintained that the role of Higher Education Commission Islamabad was murky and double standard over the distribution of funds between the universities of Sindh and Punjab adding that the restoration of students' union was the need of the hour.
This the speakers said while addressing a book-launching ceremony which was held at Shaikh Ayaz Auditorium, Arts Faculty Building, University of Sindh, Jamshoro on Thursday. The book is written by well-known author, educationist, researcher and President Sindh University Teachers' Association Dr Azhar Ali Shah, which is a research based book.
Chaired by SU vice chancellor Professor Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat, PPP MNA Dr Nafisa Shah, Secretary Sindhi Adabi Sangat Ahmed Solangi, Dr Shakeel Farooqui, Faheem Noonari and other luminaries attended the seminar.
Addressing the ceremony, the SU vice chancellor Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat said that he has become fully aware of the issues and matters regarding universities after reading the book written by Dr Azhar Ali Shah.
He said the information given in the book titled "Need of reforms at the Universities in Sindh" was up to date and it was the need of the hour to teach the same at Universities in Sindh as the book is significant and informative.
He said over 200 international PhD faculty members were serving the university adding that the first and foremost thing is to lift up university and bring it at par with top ranking universities simply by engaging all these teachers in research.
Dr Burfat said that the merit was being ensured on the campus. "For smooth running and progress of the university, we need to formulate a code of conduct," he said.
PPP MNA Dr Nafisa Shah said that every stakeholder had been invited to talk on the significance of Dr Azhar's book except that of students' representative. It would have been better, if there had been students' union on the campus adding that the major share holders at university were students, she said.
She mourned that quality research was not taking place on the campuses at universities in Sindh; therefore she said that the faculty members having PhD degrees to their credit should focus their attention to research activities.
"The meetings of the Syndicate are being convened only for the promotions of teachers, seeking approval of their financial benefits and granting study leaves and extensions in leave. No any case regarding proposals or recommendations for the improvement of academic and research activities has ever been placed before the meeting of the Syndicate", she lamented.
She said that the teaching community shall have to think over the issues as to why the youths seeking degrees from IBA Karachi got the jobs within 6 months after they passed out and why the students having degrees of Sindh and Shah Abdul Latif Universities were loafing to and fro carrying the degrees in their hands.
She said it was the responsibility of all the stakeholders to make joint efforts in getting the students' unions restored at the varsities. "The book of Dr Azhar Ali Shah needs to be included in the syllabus of universities as it is informative," she added. The author of the book Dr Azhar Ali Shah said that the universities should be the role models and not the reflection of society.
On the occasion, the renowned intellectual Inam Shaikh, Zulfiqar Halepoto, Asghar Soomro, Ahmed Solangi, Engr. Sajjad Hussain Shah, Dr Saleha Parveen, Dr Anila Atta-Ur-Rehman, Dr Shakeel Farooqui, Faheem Noonari, Dr Noor Muhammad Shaikh, Dr Ishaque Samejo and Abdul Latif Leghari also spoke.
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