MANSEHRA: The teaching and other staff of the Hazara University on Thursday staged a rally against the plan to devolve the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to provinces.
The participants of the rally, holding banners and placards, marched on different roads on the university premises. The lecturers and professors also observed one-hour token strike against the government decision.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Iftikhar, Dr Habib, Dr Mohsin and others said the HEC had been striving to promote higher education in the country. “The government should take decisions to boost the higher education in the country rather than putting it into the mess. If HEC is devolved, the country would suffer a great setback and go back almost 50 years,” said one of the speakers.
The protesters said currently the development projects worth Rs800 million were being executed at the university. They said besides this, the HEC was giving Rs140 million annually for the salaries of the staff.
They said not only the higher education would be affected but regular education in the university would also be affected badly if the HEC was devolved to the provinces.
Source: Daily The News International
The participants of the rally, holding banners and placards, marched on different roads on the university premises. The lecturers and professors also observed one-hour token strike against the government decision.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Iftikhar, Dr Habib, Dr Mohsin and others said the HEC had been striving to promote higher education in the country. “The government should take decisions to boost the higher education in the country rather than putting it into the mess. If HEC is devolved, the country would suffer a great setback and go back almost 50 years,” said one of the speakers.
The protesters said currently the development projects worth Rs800 million were being executed at the university. They said besides this, the HEC was giving Rs140 million annually for the salaries of the staff.
They said not only the higher education would be affected but regular education in the university would also be affected badly if the HEC was devolved to the provinces.
Source: Daily The News International
