Education department attempts to occupy DJ College building
Hundreds of students protested against shifting of the Directorate of College Education office inside the DJ College
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KARACHI:
Hundreds of students protested Tuesday morning against the shifting of the Directorate of College Education office inside the DJ Sindh Government Science College.
Sindh's college and education department, in a notification issued on July 27, ordered the office of Regional Directorate of College Education, Karachi to be shifted from the Government College of Women located on Sharae Liaquat, to the DJ Sindh Government Science College.
Meanwhile, Sindh Professor and Lecturer Association (SPLA), in a press statement, warned the education department that in order to stop the occupation of the college building they could carry out protest demonstrations in all colleges across Sindh.
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SPLA President Feroz Ahmed Siddiqui said that the Sindh Text Book Board office has already occupied a portion by establishing its offices illegally inside the college. "This is the height of injustice to, now, relocate the Directorate of College education department inside the college," he said adding that to resolve the issue they had a meeting with the education secretary but to no avail.
Just a day before the protest, officials of the Directorate of College Education visited the DJ College and put up their posters, which the college students later tore down. According to the sources inside the college, the Sindh Education Department has its eyes set on the newly constructed building at the DJ College where, the Directorate of Regional Collegiate is most likely to be relocated.
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"The new building is to facilitate the students not to open up offices for different government departments," a professor of the college said, adding that they won't let the Directorate of College Education open their office at any cost. "If this happens then educational activities will be disturbed," he said.
Students of the college held placards against the Sindh Education Department and shouted slogans such as, 'We want justice' and 'college occupation, unacceptable.' The flow of traffic remained suspended as the students walked from the college all the way to Pakistan Chowk.
College Education Secretary Lubna Salauddin could not be reached for a comment.
Hundreds of students protested Tuesday morning against the shifting of the Directorate of College Education office inside the DJ Sindh Government Science College.
Sindh's college and education department, in a notification issued on July 27, ordered the office of Regional Directorate of College Education, Karachi to be shifted from the Government College of Women located on Sharae Liaquat, to the DJ Sindh Government Science College.
Meanwhile, Sindh Professor and Lecturer Association (SPLA), in a press statement, warned the education department that in order to stop the occupation of the college building they could carry out protest demonstrations in all colleges across Sindh.
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SPLA President Feroz Ahmed Siddiqui said that the Sindh Text Book Board office has already occupied a portion by establishing its offices illegally inside the college. "This is the height of injustice to, now, relocate the Directorate of College education department inside the college," he said adding that to resolve the issue they had a meeting with the education secretary but to no avail.
Just a day before the protest, officials of the Directorate of College Education visited the DJ College and put up their posters, which the college students later tore down. According to the sources inside the college, the Sindh Education Department has its eyes set on the newly constructed building at the DJ College where, the Directorate of Regional Collegiate is most likely to be relocated.
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"The new building is to facilitate the students not to open up offices for different government departments," a professor of the college said, adding that they won't let the Directorate of College Education open their office at any cost. "If this happens then educational activities will be disturbed," he said.
Students of the college held placards against the Sindh Education Department and shouted slogans such as, 'We want justice' and 'college occupation, unacceptable.' The flow of traffic remained suspended as the students walked from the college all the way to Pakistan Chowk.
College Education Secretary Lubna Salauddin could not be reached for a comment.