ISLAMABAD: Protesting college lecturers from Federation of All Pakistan Universities Educational Workers Affiliation referred to as off their sit-in on Friday evening after profitable negotiations with Greater Schooling Fee (HEC).
The sit-in had gone on for 3 days. “After successful meeting, we have decided to call off our sit-in,” affiliation’s Secretary Normal Dr Kaleem Bareach informed Daybreak.
HEC Chairman Dr Tariq Banuri, he mentioned, held an in depth assembly with the protesting lecturers, assuring them that their points will likely be resolved with session. The pursuits of school members could be thought-about while forming a brand new coverage.
The fee will situation a clarification to universities stating all papers printed below the outdated system will likely be accounted in the advantage of the school and the brand new coverage will likely be relevant just for papers printed after June 30, 2020, he added. Each side agreed to overview the present coverage round gaining expertise after getting a PhD on the premise of proof and rationale, as this was one of many calls for made by the protesters.
The brand new coverage will likely be introduced by March 31, 2021, and till it’s finalised the present one will stay suspended, minutes of the assembly acknowledged.
A number of different points, together with time scale and new recruitment coverage, have been mentioned.
It has been determined that the backlog of tenure observe system (TTS) instances from Comsats College Islamabad (CUI) will likely be cleared inside a fortnight and an unique assembly will likely be held with the college’s new rector to overview points associated to recruitment. “CUI will be allowed recruitment only when its system is put in order,” learn the minutes, including, the fee will maintain a quarterly assembly with the affiliation to overview points.
Final week, lecturers serving below TTS additionally staged a protest demonstration outdoors HEC nonetheless they have been assured by the fee that their points are being resolved.
On Friday, representatives of the affiliation held a press convention outdoors HEC in opposition to what they referred to as “destructive and disruptive policies.”
A press launch issued by the affiliation’s president Dr Sohail Yousaf acknowledged that the HEC chairman didn’t safe enough funding for greater training and has indulged himself in damaging practices and insurance policies as a substitute.
Analysis funding has been lowered by orders of magnitude, analysis tradition at universities is being undermined by de-incentivising the analysis and college is being discouraged. Teachers is being undermined by diluting the topic specialty and lack of services for college students, it learn.
A number of days in the past, the fee’s chairman had additionally held a press convention throughout which he mentioned HEC has been taking steps in direction of enchancment within the greater training sector.
HEC has initiated a variety of programmes for lecturers associated to their greater research, skilled improvement in addition to offering steerage to universities on streamlining the hiring and promotion processes, he had identified, including analysis grants have additionally been elevated.
Revealed in Daybreak, October 24th, 2020
