Not giving Gold Medals in KU Annual convocation 2011 -A very good Decision

 
Karachi: University of Karachi held a Annual Convocation 2011 on 17 December 2011 at Valika Ground.Students, who have taken degrees of BS in the relevant subjects staged protest during the Convocation Ceremony 2011 against the neglecting by the administration.
Its a very good decision by KU Administration to not giving gold medals to the position holders because everyone knows how they got positions in their respective discipline. Karachi University administration said that due to unavailability of sponsors we are unable to give gold medals to position holders.The main cause behind no interest of sponsors in giving sponsorship for gold medal might be they knows about checking system in KU.They have seen that what KU's gold medalist do in market after passing out.

Its a common belief in KU that if any teacher got angry or student just argue, misbehave on any lecture matter or point, the teacher will definitely took revenge by giving him low marks as compare to his class fellows even the student gave a perfect answers  on sheet.If you want good marks in any subject, all you have to do is to curry favor of your teacher.Even in the morning,You will have to admit it as evening if your teacher called morning as evening.If you succeed in to happy your teacher as compare to your mates, you will definitely got highest marks even you left empty copy.The student who does not care about these things & just focuses on his studies gets average marks. You can't even claim on any result if your teacher failed you or give you low marks, you have to write an application to your DEAN & CHAIRMAN but like all government institution your application will not effect anything and will disappear soon.
BS program starts with controversially as the administration has no plan what they have to do and what not.They even have not give GP(Grade point) to 1st BS batch which passed out recently. Their is lack of professional teachers in BS Program. Departments cover this by outsourcing and sometimes they called their recent master students for teaching their BS batch.Outsource professor founds sometimes unavailable and took few classes, no one can ask them.On other hand inexperience teacher can give limited information as experienced professor can share his experience with students and can teach well.But senior teachers are remained very few in KU.Many have resigned due to threatening from students political parties in Karachi University.
The major problem of BS program which administration recently solved was market is not recognizing it as old Master degree.The name changed like  earlier you have to enroll for 3 years graduation program and than for 1 year master or 2 years bachelor and 2 year master, in short in past 16 years of education consider as masters degree but HEC starts in 2007 that every institution affiliated with it will have to start 4 Year BS  program.But it came out in controversial when students passed out in 2010 & started searching jobs but market asked them for a masters degree and give jobs to 2 years bachelor and 2 years master holder candidate.KU now has given offer to students whether they want to took 3 years bachelor and 1 years master or 4 years BS.This is the fault of HEC and universities that they should aware the market about their BS Program.

The main reason of no sponsorship in Convocation is the failure of BS Program.KU administration should make strict action and make it possible that their should be clear & fair teaching and checking of examination copies that we can get good graduates and masters in future.The graduates should be "GOLDEN" not Gold lover.The main complain from companies ,enterprises,banks & other industries is that they want golden product for running their business on a successful path but when they took interview of Gold Medalist they even don't know basics about their discipline and when the interviewer asks him how he got gold medal if he does not knows basics than the answer comes from him that the teachers didn't taught us that things or teacher of that subject didn't took classes properly.
If the gold medalist will not perform well in the market than how come we expect from anyone to Sponsor further graduates from University of Karachi.Administration should consider all these facts and make it possible that we will produce quality of graduates not in Quantity.


By  
Muhammad Usama Abbasi