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Curse of plagiarism
The problem of plagiarism in Pakistan has given our academic world a very poor image internationally.
KARACHI: The problem of plagiarism in Pakistan has given our academic world a very poor image internationally. Over the past several decades, numerous incidents of plagiarism in Pakistan have come to the fore, but no action has been taken against the culprits. Surprisingly, the people involved in this practice are usually from higher academic echelons, who publish ‘their’ work in local journals, only for the act of plagiarism to be discovered later when an earlier similar work by an international academician comes to surface.
There is no doubt that the quality assurance programme of the Higher Education Commission has failed dismally. I urge universities to monitor the PhD theses and research publications of all their faculty members. Universities should ensure internal and external reviews of all published works and maintain transparency to restore the integrity of research publications in Pakistan.
Najmus Saher
Published in The Express Tribune, May 2nd, 2012.
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I endorse the contents of the letter written to Editor of Express Tribune. Universities should take appropriate steps to stop plagiarism.
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Higher education has become a joke. It is due to wrong policy of university grants commission to link promotions of academic staff to their published work. In order not to miss their promotion the academics got involved into plagiarism and all sorts of irregularities. As the saying goes that rubbish in rubbish out. Remember, that the level of students cannot rise beyond the level of teachers. Since merit is not the criteria, the education system at all levels is just like blinds leading blinds. No nation on this planet has progressed without merit.Recommend