PESHAWAR: Sixteen public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are functioning without permanent vice chancellors.
The appointment letter of administrator Shaheed Benazir University, Peshawar, couldn't be issued even after 22 months thanks to bureaucratic procedure within the province. a politician of the upper Department of Education said on condition of anonymity that it had been not the bureaucracy but political interference that was liable for the delay within the appointment. Some officialdom don't want Razia Sultana reappointed.
VC Razia Sultana term ended on April 9, 2018 and post was re-advertised by the upper Department of Education KP. Academic Search Committee interviewed the shortlisted candidates in November 23, 2018 and incumbent administrator Razia Sultana was declared the foremost suitable of all the candidates and was placed at the highest . afterward the provincial cabinet also approved her appointment but matter remains pending since long thanks to some unknown reasons.
The tenure of the another administrator of girls University, Mardan, Ghazala Yasmeen, had already expired in July 2019 but the post has yet to be advertised by the provincial government, which is violation of Section 12 (3) of Universities Act 2012. administrator Mardan Women University Ghazala Yasmeen was appointed in July 2016 and she or he completed her tenure in July 2019. Interestingly, this administrator has also been given acting charge till the arrival of the new administrator . consistent with University Act KP 2012 Section 12(3), the method of selection of a replacement administrator shall be initiated in six months before the expiry of the prevailing term of the incumbent. Article 6 says the administrator shall be appointed by the chancellor for a term not exceeding three years on market-based salary. A administrator may go within the same university for a maximum of two such tenures.
Apart from the 2 women’s universities, 14 other universities are functioning without vice chancellors including Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Engineering University Peshawar, Islamia College University Peshawar, Bannu University, University of Swabi, Fata University, Khyber Medical University Peshawar, University of Peshawar, Kohat University. Bacha Khan University Charsadda, Chitral University, Buner University, Pak Austria University Haripur and Shuhada-e-Army Public School University, Nowshera.
Chief minister’s adviser on education Department, Khaleequr Rahman told this correspondent that the tutorial Search Committee had declared Razia Sultana at favorite within the merit list, which was also approved by the cupboard , but ambiguity was found regarding the date of her appointment. Provincial cabinet referred the interest law department to make a decision the appointment date of the administrator because she has been working as acting VC since the top of her term.
“A meeting of HED and law departments has been convened in the week to make a decision on a meeting date of Razia Sultana. a meeting letter are going to be issued as soon the matter was settled,” he assured. He accepted that the appointment was delayed thanks to legal issues but now the matter are going to be resolved soon. additionally , the method for the appointment of a female administrator is additionally being started in Mardan Women University, which was delayed thanks to amendments within the University Act.
“The government thought that after the amendment within the University Act, vice chancellors would be appointed but now we've decided to reconsider the choice and send the names of the shortlisted candidates to the Search Committee for interview. Amendments to the University Act are going to be considered later,” he added.
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