Universities are facing funds cut, Sindh HEC chief

Courtesy : Dawn

KARACHI: "There will be cuts in the funding being given to colleges attributable to nation's poor monetary position. Numerous colleges won't most likely continue themselves since they have no other monetary assets and they depend totally on the administration [to run their institutions]."

This was expressed by Dr Asim Hussain, the administrator of Higher Education Comm­ission, Sindh, at a function held at the Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) on Thursday.

The occasion was held to respect Sindh Medical College graduated class who have gotten lofty honors from the legislature.

Mr Hussain prompted colleges to build up their own wellsprings of pay as "numerous instructive organizations have done over the world".

"The Sindh HEC still faces a condition of vulnerability as subsidizing stays with the national government. The Sindh government and the commonplace HEC are attempting to discover [a] way," he stated, while talking about the difficulties being looked by the administration and the commission.

He likewise underscored the requirement for setting up scholastic gauges and said this ought to be the need of each college. The commission understood the significance of this objective and was attempting to make scholarly individuals part of the HEC.

Prior, Vice Chancellor of JSMU Prof S.M. Tariq Rafi acknowledged commitment of the graduated class to the administration of the nation and said that the occasion was held to motivate the present understudies to accomplish refinement in their fields as their seniors had done. He additionally displayed an advancement report of the college.

Genius bad habit chancellor Lubna Ansari Baig, an alumna herself, displayed a point by point reference of the administrations by the visitors.

A sum of seven SMC graduated class and two visitors were granted shields to recognize their acknowledgment at the most noteworthy government level.

These included Dr Altaf Hussain Hashmi (Sitara-I-Imtiaz), Dr Shahid Ahmed Sami (Sitara-I-Imtiaz), Dr Majida Bashir Ahmed (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz), Dr Saeed Akhtar (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz), Dr Javed Suleman (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz), resigned colonel Dr Muhammad Khalid Rafi (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz, military), resigned colonel Dr Sharafuddin (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz), Dr Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz) and Dr Abdul Bari Khan (Tamgha-I-Imtiaz, Hilal-I-Imtiaz).