Shortage of facilities: Protest at NCA against evening classes

NCA deferred an admission test for evening classes after students staged a protest

LAHORE: The National Collage of Arts deferred an admission test for evening classes after students staged a protest demonstration on Thursday. Around 150 students blocked a lane on The Mall in front of the college’s main gate. Traffic remained suspended for more than an hour. The protesters said that evening classes should not be started in the college. They said there was already a shortage of basic facilities, like studios and equipment. They called off the protest after the NCA administration postponed the admission test. Rao Dilshad, an NCA administration official, said: “Evening classes will not in any way affect students in the morning shift. The college faces some financial constraints. It can generate revenue by launching evening classes,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st, 2014.