KARACHI:
The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA), protesting against the decision to appoint bureaucrats as vice-chancellors, boycotted the teaching process in Sindh universities, including the University of Karachi.
FAPUASA General Secretary Professor Nag Raj has said that the teaching process will remain suspended in universities across the province. The appointment of bureaucratic venture capitalists in universities will not be acceptable; only experienced teachers can understand academics. If the demands are not met in two days, they will surround the Sindh Assembly and CM House.
He said his next step will be severe. A bureaucrat will not be allowed to hold the post of VC in any university. The hiring of contract teachers is unfortunate, he added.
FAPUASA says the 18th Amendment transfers powers to the private sector, but the PPP is centralizing it.
Following the call of FAPUASA, Sindh Chapter, a complete boycott of teaching in Sindh universities was carried out. Teaching remained suspended in all public universities. The professors boycotted academic activities to send a clear message to the government that ignoring the serious problems faced by universities in Sindh is unacceptable.
FAPUASA Sindh Chapter President Ikhtiar Ali Ghumro said he is grateful to all the university professors who made the protest a success. This sacrifice will prove to be an important milestone in saving the higher education system and highlighting its crises.
