Colleges and some universities offering intermediate level education

The Government College

University has been told to bring some 4,000 students, while the University of Engineering and Technology and Lahore College for Women University have been asked to bring 3,500 students each.

Colleges and some universities offering intermediate level education are confused as they have already sent Part-I and Part-II students’ admissions for board examinations and most of the students are not attending classes.

The GCU and UET spokesmen have said the teachers have motivated students to participate in the event enthusiastically and be a part of the `historic’ event.

LCWU Student Affairs director Shirin Asad said the university had sought permission from parents and only those students would be taken to the event who had their parents’ permission. The students, whose parents did not allow, are not being taken to the event. Agreeing that intermediate students have gone homes for preparation of their examinations, she said the BS (Honours) and masters students were being taken to the event.

Meanwhile, a college teacher on the condition of anonymity said his principal had asked teachers and office staff to call intermediate students to come to the college and attend the event on Monday. “The students are being asked to attend the event at gunpoint,” he commented.

Explaining certain problems, Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association senior vice-president Hanif Abbasi said the Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, had been asked to bring 4,000 students. He said the college had four buses and hired eight more buses to transport students to the venue.

“The transportation activity will begin early in the morning and the Islamia College alone will be required to make at least five rounds to take all 4,000 students to the PU cricket ground. The event is expected to take place in the afternoon,” he said. Besides coercive measures, the colleges are also offering some bait of lunch and buffets to students.

Mr Abbasi regretted that the Punjab Youth Festival had wiped out colleges’ annual sports events as well as board level competitions. He said the festival had not produced sportsmen that could bring laurels for Pakistan at international events.

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