PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Wednesday expressed concern concerning the administrative, monetary, and educational problems with public sector universities within the province and urged Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to work collectively to resolve them.
In a letter to the chief minister, the governor referred to as for the speedy appointment of VCs to these universities.
Mr Kundi, who can also be the chancellor of presidency universities within the province, mentioned that the extended delay within the appointment of vice-chancellors to 25 authorities universities had brought on severe administrative, educational, and monetary challenges for them, jeopardising the way forward for college students.
Former governor Ghulam Ali had additionally issued such letter to the chief minister on April 17 relating to the appointment of VCs.
Governor asks govt to take corrective steps apart from filling VC posts
Underneath Part 12(3) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities Act, 2012, the method of collection of a brand new vice-chancellor shall be initiated six months previous to the expiration of the prevailing time period of the incumbent, based on Mr Kundi within the letter.
He, nevertheless, mentioned that regardless of the suggestions of the educational search committee, the method for approving really helpful candidates had not been initiated, exacerbating the scenario.
“Failure to behave promptly might jeopardise the way forward for greater schooling within the province and may result in the displeasure of the Peshawar Excessive Courtroom because of the established violation of legislation. Your (chief minister’s) honest cooperation in resolving this concern is crucial for securing the way forward for our province’s youth,” he mentioned.
The difficulty of lengthy delays within the appointment of VCs to universities was just lately taken up by a Supreme Courtroom bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Throughout the Could 15 listening to into the case, the bench noticed that it anticipated that the vacant positions in universities could be crammed “as quickly as practicable.”
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa extra advocate normal Shah Faisal Ilyas knowledgeable the bench that the search committee had chosen eligible candidates for the appointment as VCs, however they’d but to be appointed.
Officers instructed Daybreak that the schools functioning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with out common VCs for the final one 12 months included Abbottabad College of Science and Expertise, Gomal College Dera Ismail Khan, Khushhal Khan Khattak College Karak, College of Agriculture Dera Ismail Khan, College of Lakki Marwat, Hazara College Mansehra, College of Engineering and Expertise Mardan, and Ladies College Swabi.
Additionally, seven different universities within the province have been awaiting the filling of the highest place for 4 months. They embrace Abdul Wali Khan College Mardan, Bacha Khan College Charsadda, Shuhada-i-APS College of Expertise Nowshera, Kohat College of Science and Expertise, College of Peshawar, College of Science and Expertise Bannu, and College of Engineering Peshawar.
Officers mentioned 5 universities, together with Fata College Dara Adamkhel, Islamia Faculty College Peshawar, the College of Buner, and the College of Chitral, had been functioning with out common VCs for the final two months.
The newly-established College of Agriculture Swat, College of Engineering and Utilized Sciences Swat, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Swat, and College of Shangla additionally don’t have common VCs, based on them.
Sources within the greater schooling division claimed that the method for appointing common VCs to public sector universities within the province was accomplished 4 months in the past, however the provincial authorities was reluctant to inform the names of VCs “with none justification.”
The vacancies had been marketed over the last Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf authorities, with Mahmood Khan being the chief minister, based on them.
The sources mentioned the educational search committee for the appointment of vice-chancellors carried out interviews for VC posts from January 22 to January 26.
They, nevertheless, mentioned the provincial authorities insisted the method of appointing VCs had been accomplished throughout the time of the caretaker authorities, which had no authority to nominate VCs.
The sources mentioned the present elected authorities intended to re-advertise all these positions.
Additionally, the chairman of the Greater Training Fee has written a letter to the secretary of the upper schooling division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa concerning the concern.
“The event of upper instructional establishments hinges, amongst different issues, on the standard and continuity of their management. Discontinuity and advert hoc preparations, however, trigger inconsistencies in work, gaps in coverage implementation, and monetary indiscipline, leading to inefficiency, poor governance, and weak institutional efficiency,” he mentioned within the letter.
The HEC chairman pushed the upper schooling secretary for the early filling of prime vacancies in universities.
Printed in Daybreak, Could twenty third, 2024