Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information and Higher Education Kamran Bangash on Wednesday said that 1900 lecturers were being recruited in the existing colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to overcome staff shortage.
He expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of contract lecturers who called on him at his office. During the meeting, the BS Lecturers delegation briefed the Special Assistant about the issues they were facing. On the spot, Kamran Bangash issued instructions to the Director Higher Education to pay the arrears of contract lecturers on time.
He urged lecturers to focus on their duty instead of protesting, adding the government would leave no stone unturned in resolving their problems. Regarding recruitment of lecturers, Special Assistant Chief Minister Kamran Bangash said that the recruitment process would be completed through the Public Service Commission in a transparent manner.
Addressing the concluding session of two days training workshop at Women University SWABI on Associate Degree Program, he announced to establish KP’s first Women IT Park at Women University Swabi. He said that the government wanted to take on-board the academia and universities in the policy making process of higher education. He said the provincial government wanted to promote soft skills and skill based programs among youth rather than traditional methods. The contemporary needs of today are to educate our youth on modern day trends and facilitate them in order to ensure societal progress.
‘I am so happy to listen to the thoughts of the Vice Chancellor Professor Shahana Urooj Kazmi on the introduction of skill-based and modern day disciplines in the university and ready to support in every possible manner’, said Bangash. He lamented about the fact that our youth are now far away from the reading culture. He informed the audience that out of six million population of Peshawar, only 2500 are registered members at Peshawar Central Library. He urged to promote reading culture among the youth and varsities to take suitable measures in this regard.
‘We must provide students counseling facilities to our youth, there is no dearth of talent in the youth of KP, the government is providing them the right direction which will benefit our coming generations’, he added. He lauded the academic leadership and vision of the Vice Chancellor Women University Swabi and assured her full support in this regard.
Professor Shahana Urooj Kazmi thanked Kamran Bangash for facilitating in the establishment of the first Women IT Part at the varsity and emphasized on the need of introduction of modern day teaching disciplines rather than conventional ones. ‘Our priority is to educate our women so that they can compete in every field of life, the empowerment of women is vital for societal development’, she added.
