VCs' appointments: Punjab varsities' teachers to launch movement against new criteria

The teachers of universities in Punjab have announced to launch a movement against new criteria for appointment of vice chancellors at public sector universities.
In their joint press statement, Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association Punjab Chapter President Prof Dr Javed Ahmed, Central Vice President Dr Shoaib, University of Engineering and Technology's Teaching Staff Association President Dr Sohail Aftab, PU Academic Staff Association office bearers Dr Azhar Naeem, Syndicate members Prof Dr Sajid Rashid and Mahboob Hussain, Senate members Dr Zaid Mahmood, Dr Kamran Abid, Dr Abdul Qayyum Chaudhry and others have rejected the new eligibility standards for appointment for VCs.
They said the condition of PhD must be mandatory for the candidates rather than giving it preference. They said the government never gave any development or research project of worth Rs 100 million to any teacher so teachers would not get points in this section in the overall marks to qualify for interview. They said that the new eligibility criteria had been approved with malafide intentions to open ways for appointment of bureaucrats as vice chancellors of public sector universities.