Students, parents and office-bearers of Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) at a joint meeting on Wednesday demanded of the Sindh Education Department to immediately take back its decision of denationalisation of St Pat's and St Joseph's colleges.
They also asked Sindh government to review its denationalisation policy and called for removal of Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khoro, allocation of 5 percent of country's GDP for education and keeping education among top most priorities.
The meeting held at APWA Govt Girls College Gulberg Town was attended by teachers, students and their parents.
During the meeting, SPLA Sindh President Professor Syed Riaz Ahsan told the participants that after denationalisation of educational institutions, those who were paying from Rs 300 to 1200 as tuition fee would have to pay Rs 3000 to 4000.
"After denationalisation of colleges, education would become out of reach for the people hailing from middle and lower middle class segments of the society," he said adding that teaching and non-teaching staff at those educational institutions would also be handed over to private owners.
Later, participants of the meeting held protest demonstration at Kareemabad roundabout against denationalisation of colleges and chanted slogans against Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khoro. They also presented a resolution to Gulberg Town Nazim Farooq Naimatullah that urged him to support campaign against denationalisation of educational institutions.